Each seminar will comprise a short lecture and class discussion. A short homework assignment is due for most classes. Students are expected to prepare solutions to these assignments and bring their solutions to the relevant class. These assignments are designed to help students understand the related topic and to develop practical research skills. The class discussion will focus on these short homework assignments.

Students are also expected to attend and participate in research seminars in the School’s Seminar Series Program. Attendance at these seminars will expose students to current accounting research.

Students will make an oral presentation on the last day of the course. The presentation will be for a research study that individual students have designed. Students will need to explain the objective of the study, the research question(s) addressed in the study, the contribution of the study to the academic literature, hypotheses and research design. The assignment is designed to facilitate students’ understanding of the material covered in the course and how the concepts covered in the course would be applied to designing a research study. The assignment will also assist in the development of students’ oral presentation skills.

Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3