2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS3316 Dissertation for Accounting, Banking and Finance

30 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Alan Duboisee de Ricquebourg
Email: A.J.DuboiseeDeRicquebourg@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Pre-requisites

LUBS2227

Financial Econometrics

This module is mutually exclusive with

LUBS3670

Financial Analysis

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module is an independent study in Accounting and Finance, or Banking and Finance on a topic of the student's choice. Lectures and computer lab support will be provided, and each student will have a supervisor to offer guidance, but essentially the module helps develop students' self-management and self-direction. The module is assessed via an 8,000 word paper on the chosen research topic.

Objectives

This module aims to provide students with the skills and knowledge to conduct a substantial research project in Accounting and Finance, or Banking and Finance according to their programme of study, independently of detailed guidance from staff.

Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module students will be able to:

- Critically assess the current state of knowledge relevant to their research question
- Interpret quantitative or qualitative data and draw inferences and conclusions relevant to a research objective

Skills outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able to:

Transferable
- Apply research skills, critical analysis and communication skills in the context of independent working
- Communicate research context, methodology and outcomes in both written and oral forms
- Collect and analyse quantitative or qualitative information

Subject Specific
- Formulate an accounting and finance or banking and finance research question and select an appropriate method or methods to address the question based on theoretical analysis and available data.

Syllabus

Indicative content:

The module is the last of the programme's strand of modules concerned with research skills' development. Students will be expected to:

- define a research question
- abstract and simplify their question in order to identify and model the core of their topic
- select an appropriate methodology for the analysis of their question
- collate, structure and analyse qualitative and/or quantitative information sources, both secondary and (where relevant) primary
- establish and critically assess the current state of knowledge
- use appropriate techniques to analyse data
- think critically about their own research and to place it in context
- draw policy inferences (where relevant)
- use skills in time management
- communicate their research effectively both orally and in writing
- develop qualities of independence and initiative

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision Meetings	5	1.00	5.00
Lecture	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			285.00
Total Contact hours			15.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			300.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will receive feedback throughout different stages of their dissertation. They will also receive verbal as well as written feedback to the dissertation proposal.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay or Dissertation	8,000 words dissertation	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The resit for this module will be 100% by coursework - resubmission of improved 8,000 word dissertation.

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 28/04/2023 14:49:15

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