ACT 6651 Financial Accounting ResearchAbout your paperâ¦Choosing a TopicYour paper/project can be about any financial a...
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ACT 6651 Financial Accounting Research
About your paperâ¦
Choosing a Topic
Your paper/project can be about any financial accounting topic in which you are interested. Your topic can address a specific accounting standard and how that standard affects business entities. Or, your topic may be about a particular problem which has been addressed by the FASB. For example, you may want to write about how the new lease standard will/has affect/affected business entities. This would be an example of a specific accounting standard. Or, you may want to address how fair value measurement vs. historical cost is affecting financial accounting. This would be an example of a specific accounting issue or problem.
You should try to choose something that interests you. Or, a topic about which you want to know more. You shouldnot choose your topic because you think it will be âeasy.â
Make your topic as current as possible. A good place to start looking for a topic would be www.fasb.org. You might also look in the accounting section of the SEC (www.sec.gov).
Of course the Wall Street Journal and other popular press outlets are good sources for topics of current interest.
Paper Guidelines
P aper/project guidelines:
Presentation Guidelines
You will present your paper to the class. There will be a ten-minute time limit. You cannotexceed this limit. I will set a timer and stop your presentation at ten minutes. If you are not finished, I will score your presentation accordingly.
While you cannot exceed the time limit, you must present all of the important components and points in your paper. You must also allow appropriate time for a question/answer session. Your presentation will receive a lower grade if you do not cover all important points.
You must use powerpoint or another presentation software to ensure that your audience is able to follow your presentation easily.
Having a time limit and a requirement to present every major component of your paper suggests that you will need to carefully plan your presentation. Do not simply make powerpoint slides that mimic your paperâdecide what you want to say about what you learned and make powerpoint slides that illustrate that knowledge.
During your presentation you cannot âread from the powerpointâ slides or note cards. Make sure you understand your topic before your presentation begins!