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Semester 2

Accounting and Everyday Life (ACCN10014)

Subject

Accounting

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

4

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have at least 4 Accountancy courses at grade B or above. This MUST INCLUDE at least one Financial Accounting course at advanced level. This course cannot be taken alongside 'Accountancy 2A'; 'Accountancy 2B'; 'Accountancy 1A' or 'Accountancy 1B'. We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Summary

Accounting's interactions with arenas such as consumerism, art, cinema and gender have contributed rich insights to the accounting craft. This course aims to gather together the core streams within this broad church and offer students an alternative insight into the accounting discipline.

Course Description

In recent years accounting research has moved beyond traditional boundaries to embrace an array of organisational forms and diverse arenas and a host of investigations into accounting's operation in everyday life proliferate the accounting academic journals. The aim of the course is to build upon prior study to further develop the student's appreciation of accounting practice in alternate arenas. Through the use of class discussion, group work, and independent study, the course attempts to foster a knowledge and understanding of key theories within the discipline and the ability to critically appraise them. Outline Content: Accounting and Everyday Life: An Introduction Accounting and the Department Store Accounting and Fashion Accounting and Architecture Accounting and Art Accounting and the Stereotype Accounting and Cinema Accounting and the Home Accounting and Gender Accounting and Television Student Learning Experience: The course is based on weekly two-hour lectures.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 80%, Coursework 20%, Practical Exam 0%

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