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Queen's University
Term Adjunct Position, Accounting Theory - COMM 318
(Posted: January 31, 2012)
Term Adjunct Position, Accounting Theory - COMM 318
QUEEN’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Queen’s University has an opening for a Term Adjunct Teaching Position is open in Queen’s School of Business for an instructor to teach in an on-campus, lecture-type undergraduate course in the Commerce Program. The course is COMM 318 – Accounting Theoryand is a fall or winter-term course for fourth year Commerce students, being offered either from September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 or January 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013. The successful applicant will be required to teach 100 % of either one or two sections of COMM 318. Anticipated enrollment in each section of COMM 318 is 60 - 80 students.
The course is described as follows:
This course examines the main issues in contemporary financial accounting theory and research, drawing on such areas as managerial economics, information theory, and agency theory. The emphasis is on active seminar participation and self-directed research, though approximately half of the class time is given to lectures. Some of the topics covered vary from year to year, depending on what are the most pressing current issues. They may include: theory of income and capital; markets for auditing services; effect of accounting information on capital markets; managers’ selection of accounting procedures; standard-setting; structure and governance of the accounting profession; ethics and accounting for environmental externalities; inflation accounting; international comparison of the bases for accounting principles; and selected topics such as deferred taxes or pension accounting.
Qualifications include a PhD, an MBA, prior relevant teaching experience and relevant industry experience, or a combination of the above. As this position will entail the teaching of one course section, together with office hours to meet with students, the incumbent will be expected to be on campus a minimum of two days a week during the teaching term. The deadline for applications is February 29, 2012
Interested persons are asked to submit their application to the Associate Dean of Faculty, Queen’s School of Business at the below email address. The application should include an up-to-date CV, a teaching dossier and the names of two referees who may be contacted.
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen’s University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. The academic staff at Queen’s University are governed by a Collective Agreement between the Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) and the University, which is posted at: qufa.ca. For additional detail and information on the position please contact Kathleen Lewis at:
Kathleen E. Lewis
Administrative Assistant – Dean’s Office
Queen’s School of Business
Telephone: 613-533-3361
Email: klewis@business.queensu.ca
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