GRA 6278 Research Methodology in Accounting and Business Control
GRA 6278 Research Methodology in Accounting and Business Control
This course is an introductory course for students who will write the master’s thesis as a part of the MSc in Business with major in Accounting and Business Control.
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
- Understand how to write a research proposal
- Understand some of the most relevant methodologies and data sources
- Have an understanding of information search strategies and of source evaluation
- Write a proper literature review
Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:
- Plan and conduct research
- Decide which methodology is more appropriate for their research
- Understand the limitations of their chosen methodology
- Find reliable data to answer to test their hypotheses.
- Find reliable literature sources to build and support their research
- To understand the research process
- To understand how the research design and methodology influence and are influenced by the theme of interest.
- To conduct research at the MSc level and critically evaluate the research process.
- Philosophy of science
- The research process
- Formulating problems to be addressed
- Research designs
- Problems relating to research ethics
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Advice on writing the master thesis
- Literature search and evaluation of sources
The course consists of lectures. The lectures are organized in the form of ordinary lectures, seminars with student presentations, and practical exercises.
Please note that while attendance is not compulsory in all courses, it is the student’s own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component is graded by using points on a scale from 0-100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the examination code (course). Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam elements will get a lower grade or may fail the course. You will find detailed information about the point system and the cut off points with reference to the letter grades when the course starts.
At resit, all exam components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course.
All courses in the Masters programme will assume that students have fulfilled the admission requirements for the programme. In addition, courses in second, third and/or fourth semester can have specific prerequisites and will assume that students have followed normal study progression. For double degree and exchange students, please note that equivalent courses are accepted.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 10 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Week(s) Comment: Library assignment Exam code: GRA62783 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Weight: 25 Grouping: Group/Individual (1 - 3) Duration: 1 Month(s) Comment: Hand-in (STATA) Exam code: GRA62783 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 65 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 3 Hour(s) Comment: Written examination under supervision. Exam code: GRA62783 Grading scale: Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade Resit: All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.