Dissertation in Accounting and Taxation

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The Master’s Dissertation is an individual work, but subject to the supervision of the supervisor and/or co-supervisors.

The MAF’s Coordination organizes some sessions during the course of the Dissertation, in which the various Dissertation projects are presented to students, professors and supervisors. During these sessions students are confronted with the issues and problems that their research may involve, and the various participants can/should suggest the improvements that they deem convenient.

Learning Outcomes

MAF’s scientific route is completed by the submission of a Master’s Dissertation. The Dissertation is a research work supervised by a supervisor belonging to the MAF’s faculty, and may be accompanied by a co-supervisor, internal or external to the OU, depending on the specific nature of the topic to be developed.

The student, under the supervision of the supervisor, selects a topic within the scope of Accounting and Taxation and addresses it in depth in the Dissertation.

The student conducts the research work using the appropriate methodologies. He/she must acquire an in-depth knowledge of the topic chosen to the Dissertation and must be empowered with the following skills:

a) Appropriate level of written expression;

b) Capacity to manage and organize the information;

c) Ability to critically analyse, summarize and reflect;

d) Ability to work interdisciplinary subjects;

e) Ability to generate new ideas and to sustain them before a jury.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Each student chooses a topic to investigate in Accounting and Taxation, which must be approved by the supervisor(s).

The proposal of the Dissertation topic, along with a declaration from the supervisor(s), must be subsequently approved by the MAF’s Coordination.

Head Lecturer(s)

Susana Margarida Faustino Jorge

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Dissertation - The evaluation of the Dissertation is done under the conditions laid down in the Academic Regulation of the University of Coimbra: 100.0%

Bibliography

A bibliografia, essencialmente no âmbito da Contabilidade e Fiscalidade, é escolhida por cada um/a dos/as estudantes que elabora a Dissertação de Mestrado, sob a supervisão do/a orientador/a ou dos/as coorientadores/as.

Bibliography, essentially within the scope of Accounting and Taxation, is chosen by each student working on a Master's Dissertation, under the supervision of a supervisor or co-supervisors.