ACCT 9100 - Seminar in Critical Analysis of Accounting Research

1 to 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Description
This course develops students’ ability to analyze accounting research papers with respect to design issues such as the choice of research issues, the development of theoretical underpinnings, the appropriateness of research methods, the effectiveness of methods’ application, and the cogency of the presented results. The research issues addressed span the subspecialties in accounting and expose students to current research. Students take this course continuously through at least the third year in the doctoral program and engage in oral and written critiques of accounting research papers.