Universität Wien

040269 SE Seminar Externes Rechnungswesen (MA) (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Herzlich willkommen und viel Erfolg!

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 24 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Deutsch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 07.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Freitag 12.04. 08:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Samstag 13.04. 11:00 - 17:45 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Dienstag 04.06. 08:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 6 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Mittwoch 05.06. 13:15 - 18:15 Seminarraum 1 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Purpose:
The course's goal is to familiarize students with different published academic articles that greatly influenced the financial accounting literature's development and the current state-of-the-art research.

The class is very informative for students because they get feedback for each of the assignments, both from the instructor and students' peers. This procedure helps to better understand how to structure and organize students' future research papers. In addition, the instructor provides many valuable insights regarding the type and quality of research paper work and navigates the class dynamics.

Intended learning outcomes:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding
1. Demonstrate knowledge about accounting research and the current state-of-the-art research.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of central streams, concepts, methods, and their influence and relevance to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting studies.

Skills and abilities
3. Demonstrate how the theoretical foundations of accounting, auditing research have been developed during the past decade and are currently modified.
4. Demonstrate ability to apply research-based literature to describe and analyze particular aspects of accounting research related to future master theses project.

Judgment and approach
5. Demonstrate a reflective approach to accounting research and its pronounced future research topics
6. Critically evaluate different methodological approaches about own studies project

Content:
The course covers financial accounting literature in several sub-fields, ranging from international accounting, auditing, financial reporting studies to accounting history. The academic papers have become essential points of reference in terms of framing an accounting field. This Seminar offers insights into accounting literature that we could expect to see discussed in the future.

Type of Instruction/Teaching format:
This is an intensive course of seminars, with individual studies required before the meetings. The course consists of self-learning, seminars, and discussions.
Participants are supposed to read the relevant assigned course literature and participate.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Examination and grades:
The examination is recurrent through active participation during all tuition and through the fulfillment of individual assignments.
Active participation in the form of presentations and discussions at course meetings and a passing grade in the individual course papers.

The course will be examined in the following way:
(1) Two written assignments fulfill ILOs: 1,2,3,4,5,6
a. Assignment one: Word-Count summary of an assigned academic paper (10%)
b. Assignment two: Word-Count paper with the purpose based on the assigned 1) a) paper (30%)
(2) Two oral presentations fulfill ILOs: 1,3,5
c. Presentation of the assigned academic paper (15%)
d. Presentation of the own thesis paper (15%)
(3) Active participation in discussions fulfill ILOs: 1,2,3,4,5,6
e. Active participation through discussions. Each student gets an academic paper assigned for seminar 1 (15%).
f. Active participation through discussions. Each student gets a thesis assigned for seminar 2 (15%).

The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the production of texts is only permitted if they are expressly requested by the course leader (e.g. for individual work tasks)

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

o Late submission not in time = 1 grade lower
o Plagarism = fail
o Scheme: Below 50% fail (grade 5); 50,0%-62,5% passed (grade 4); 63,0%-75,0% passed (grade 3), 75,5%-87,5% good (grade 2), 88,0%-100% excellent (grade 1).
For all parts of the examination, student attendance is compulsory. Unexcused non-attendance in the first course session will result in a deregistration from the course.

Prüfungsstoff

Literature:
See separate literature list on Moodle.

Literatur

Literature:
See separate literature list on Moodle.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Letzte Änderung: Do 01.02.2024 15:25