This course provides an introduction to behavioural accounting research and, more specifically, judgement and decision making research in accounting. The literature in this area is extensive, and encompasses disciplines including auditing, financial accounting and management accounting. As part of this course, you are expected to develop an appreciation and understanding of how behavioural research is conducted. Individuals’ decisions are affected by accounting information, and judgement is the cornerstone of auditing. BUSN8101 is designed to introduce you to some concepts related to judgement and decision-making and apply these concepts to the broader accounting and auditing contexts.
This course is only available to students enrolled in a PhD or MPhil in the College of Business and Economics. Enrolment must be approved by the Convenor of the program in which you are enrolled.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon completion of the course students will have:
1. read widely within the literature concerning the information content of published financial statement and the use of accounting information in contracting;
2. demonstrated an understanding of the key issues presented in the above literature and the implications of these issues for accounting research and practice ;
3. developed rudimentary empirical research skills.
Other Information
See the course outline on the College courses page. Outlines are uploaded as they become available.
Indicative Assessment
- Seminar Critiques and Presentation 40%
- Practical Research Assignment 50%
- Participation in Seminar Discussions 10%
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Workload
Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 12 hours a week (including non-teaching weeks) to completing the work. This will include attending classes, course reading, research, writing and assignment work.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Research School of Accounting to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Assumed Knowledge
This course is only available to students enrolled in a PhD or MPhil in the College of Business and Economics. Enrolment must be approved by the Convenor of the program in which you are enrolled.
While there are no formal pre-requisites for this course, students are expected to have successfully completed a unit in financial accounting, a subject in quantitative methods or statistics and a unit in corporate finance (or equivalent). Students with no finance background who elect to study this course will need to devote extra study time to enhance their understanding of the basic principles of finance (particularly financial asset valuation).
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3660 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4878 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2792 | 15 Feb 2016 | 26 Feb 2016 | 31 Mar 2016 | 27 May 2016 | In Person | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7757 | 18 Jul 2016 | 29 Jul 2016 | 31 Aug 2016 | 28 Oct 2016 | In Person | N/A |
