BE936-6-FY-CO:
Accounting Project
2021/22
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 01 July 2022
15
06 August 2021
Requisites for this module
BE100 or BE110 or BE111
(none)
(none)
BE937, BE938, BE939, BE940
(none)
BSC N400 Accounting,
BSC N401 Accounting (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N402 Accounting (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N404 Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BSC N420JS Accounting and Finance,
BSC N420NS Accounting and Finance,
BSC N4L1 Accounting with Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NKL1 Accounting with Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC NL41 Accounting with Economics,
BSC NL44 Accounting with Economics (Including Placement Year)
This module seeks to bring together the knowledge and understanding gained during the accounting degree course and enables students to apply and integrate their research skills, with a view to critically investigate a topical issue within the broad area of accounting and/or its cognate subjects (e.g. audit, risk, regulation, governance, financial markets, taxation, financial management).
The accounting project is an independent, self-directed project which will rely on a number of skill- and knowledge-based workshops that will guide students towards the selection of a problem or question to investigate. Students will be required to attend a one-day Accounting Project Conference and methods workshops in the Autumn where students will be given guidance on how to prepare, plan and complete the research-led project. By the end of this module, students will develop their research skills, competencies and knowledge, which will enable them to engage in situations simulating real-life professional tasks and assignments.
This module aims to enable students to develop a more focused understanding of an accounting and/or cognate issue that is of interest to companies, organisations, government and/or society more broadly. It will rely on the knowledge and skills imparted in core and compulsory modules and reinforce the research-led and critical mind-set that is expected of all Essex graduates. The project provides the opportunity to final year students to reflect on the use and impact of accounting information, principles and theories, accounting techniques and/or cognate issues such as auditing, taxation, corporate governance, control and regulation.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. identify, plan, organise and pursue a research-based project or study.
2. demonstrate the capacity to exercise a range of research and transferable skills and methods in order to produce a research-led report.
3. analyse and reflect critically on theories and/or conceptual/analytical frameworks in addressing real-life accounting and business problems.
4. demonstrate a series of transferable skills including those related to accessing data, analysing information, and synthesising knowledge.
5. integrate technical knowledge and professional skills.
6. communicate effectively findings and analysis, and generate appropriate recommendations.
On completion of this module, students should have attained key transferable skills that include being able to:
1. Apply and adapt academic skills to a professional working environment
2. Develop and apply high level analytical and problem solving skills in the working environment
3. Understand the need to communicate and explain complex information to a variety of audience and write reports in a clear and concise manner
4. Be aware of, and understand, contemporary debates and developments in accounting (and/or cognate subjects) within an international and practical context
5. Appreciate the importance of ‘softer’ skills in the working environment such as planning and organising activities effectively, prioritising and completing tasks to strict deadlines, exhibiting sound communication, and developing a professional attitude and commitment.
Module Information
Please refer to the BE936 module handbook for further details.
This module is normally delivered through a one-day Accounting Project Conference (in week 2) delivered by various academics on the processes of conducting and completing the project, including research areas/topics, planning and organising, and research methodologies that could be used. This will be followed by a methods workshop and practical sessions in Week 4 and Weeks 5/6. In addition, five individual supervisory meetings will be held in the Spring Term.
In academic year 2021-2022 the delivery may involve online learning.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Final Report on Project |
|
100% |
Additional coursework information
Submission of a literature review as formative assessment.
Assessment of the module is based on the final project report (100%)
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Ileana Steccolini, email: ileana.steccolini@essex.ac.uk.
Ileana Steccolini, Shaila Ahmed, Junaid Ashraf, She Chaoyuan, Andre Lino, Kamran Malikov
No
No
No
Dr Idlan Rabihah Zakaria
Dr Pingli Li
University of Southampton
Associate Professor
Available via Moodle
Of 59 hours, 53 (89.8%) hours available to students:
6 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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