Module ACCT3082: Dissertation in Accounting

Department: Accounting

ACCT3082: Dissertation in Accounting

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combination of Modules

• ACCT3052 Dissertation in Accounting & Finance
• FINN3112 Dissertation in Finance

Aims

• The dissertation should be a substantial piece of work that provides a detailed and critical examination of a particular topic. Empirical research is encouraged where appropriate to the topic but is not compulsory. The dissertation can also be based upon an area of interest encountered during work experience through an internship, placement or similar.
• It aims to provide students with an opportunity to undertake a substantial research project on an approved topic of interest, and to present their findings and conclusions in an extended and coherent piece of work.
• It aims to develop students' abilities to plan and manage their own learning.
• It aims to facilitate students' development of research skills and provide the opportunity to apply their knowledge to an appropriate topic associated with their degree pathway.

Content

• The content of the dissertation will be decided in consultation with an appropriate member of staff, should be of relevance to their degree pathway, and is subject to approval.

Learning Outcomes

• To have acquired extended knowledge of a relevant topic of interest.

• By the end of the module students are expected:
• To have acquired skills of independent research and project management;
• To be able to demonstrate an ability to present and analyse data in a clear and appropriate manner;
• To be able to demonstrate an ability to present arguments and conclusions in an extended and coherent form.

• Written communication
• Planning, organising and working to deadlines
• Problem solving and analysis
• Initiative
• Intellectual challenge

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Learning is facilitated by lectures, drop-in classes, supervisor consultations and support for private study.
• Students will have individual consultation sessions with a named supervisor from the end of Term 1 and throughout Term 2.
• Formative assessment is by means of the dissertation proposal in Term 1 and the draft chapter in Term 2.
• Summative assessment is through the production of a poster and dissertation of 10000 words.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Dissertation proposal and draft chapter

■ Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.