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Master of Commerce (Accounting) (MC-COMACT) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
About this course
Contact
Melbourne Business School
Level 4, 198 Berkeley Street
Telephone: +61 3 8644 1670
Email: buseco-gradmissions@unimelb.edu.au
Coordinator
Professor Margaret Abernethy
Intended learning outcomes
1. Learning Goal
Graduates of this course will be familiar with recent developments and emerging issues relating to research in accounting.
Learning objectives to achieve this goal
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify and discuss contemporary issues in accounting research as reflected in the current accounting research literature.
2. Learning Goal
Graduates of this course will possess research skills that will enable them to conduct research into accounting research questions and critically evaluate the research of others.
Learning objectives to achieve this goal
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Identify suitable accounting research questions and related hypotheses;
- Develop and implement data analysis procedures to investigate accounting research hypotheses; and
- Critically evaluate the research design choices made in the accounting research literature.
3. Learning Goal
Graduates of this course will possess oral and written communication skills.
Learning objectives to achieve this goal
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Clearly communicate, both orally and in written form, their research ideas and their evaluation of the research ideas and procedures from the accounting research literature.
Graduate attributes
On successful completion of the Master of Commerce (Accounting), students will be able to;
- Identify and develop a research idea in the discipline of accounting;
- Outline a suitable research design to address the research idea;
- Critically evaluate research in accounting contained in the academic literature;
- Communicate their research ideas and critiques effectively, both in oral and written form.
Last updated: 18 December 2020