Accounting Software

Term Paper (Individual, 10 points) The term paper is meant to assess you understanding of and ability to apply the knowledge you have gained in the course. You must find a current financial accounting issue on which you believe research can be brought to bear. You can find such issues by reading academic and professional accounting journals or from press reports. Once you have a topic, you must find six to eight related published or unpublished research studies that can shed light on the issue. You must submit a brief proposal outlining the issue, the article(s) that motivated your interest in the topic and your reading list. I will usually approve all reasonable proposals but I reserve the right to suggest modifications. Once the proposal is approved, you will synthesize the insights from your readings list to propose a solution that you think will best address the issue. You can share topics with other students but your reading lists should not have more than two out of six or three out of eight papers in common. Your term paper should reflect your own analysis and thinking, not the results of others who are working on the same topic. Your paper should be distinctively yours even if the conclusions are the broadly the same as those of others.