ACC536 Accounting and Business History (8)
Enrolment Restriction: Accounting graduates only.
This subject provides an introduction to history and historical analysis in accounting and business, tracing
developments, events and crises in accounting from ancient times through to the early 21st century. A
particular focus of the subject is on how social, industrial, business/institutional and regulatory change
across millennia has shaped the nature of accounting and accountability. Emphasis on the relevance and
implications of historical developments to the contemporary practice of accounting is a further key feature
of the subject.