RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN ACCOUNTING & FINANCE (2 SCU)

Learning outcomes:

This course equips the students to conduct accounting and finance research. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to critically review accounting and finance literature, identify literature gaps in their chosen research topic; compare various research design elements; communicate their research ideas clearly; and compose a research proposal.

Topics:

This course uses academic journal articles as learning materials. The topics covered in this course are the research philosophy, literature review and theoretical/conceptual framework, qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, research model, and writing a research proposal.

Pre-requisite(s): Managerial Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Corporate Finance, Statistics Fundamentals