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Course Description
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Course Name
Advanced Accounting Theory
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Host University
University of Glasgow
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Location
Glasgow, Scotland
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Area of Study
Accounting
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
Financial Accounting 2
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Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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SCQF Credits
15 -
Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3.75 - 4
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units6
Hours & Credits
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Overview
Short DescriptionThis course provides an overview of the various approaches to accounting theory and analyses their impact on financial reporting. The course will help students to understand how accounting theories develop and will provide students with a critical overview of the different approaches to research in financial accounting.Course AimsThe course aims to explain and understand the evolving nature of accounting theory and its potential for continuing evolution, and to provide an overview of the various approaches to accounting theory, analysing their impact on financial reporting. The course will help students to understand how theories develop and will provide students with a critical overview of the different approaches to research in accounting. The course considers a variety of theories that may help to explain different types of voluntary reporting decisions and practices; the development of a variety of normative theories of accounting; and recent developments and emerging research areas.Intended Learning Outcomes of CourseBy the end of this course students will be able to:1. Explain the evolving nature of accounting theory and to distinguish between, and appraise critically, different approaches to theory development2. Discuss a variety of theories that may help to explain different types of voluntary reporting decisions and practices3. Evaluate critically a range of normative theories of accounting4. Evaluate critically a range of positive theories of accounting5. Use academic literature that utilises selected theoretical frameworks to appraise critically contrasting opinions and the clustering of communities of research thought6. Search for, and locate, relevant literature in order to write an essay in which research papers are critically evaluated through using independent judgment in deciding the focus of analysis.
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