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Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum: The Unique Case Of Iran, H. Wijewardena, J. Roudaki
Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum: The Unique Case Of Iran, H. Wijewardena, J. Roudaki
Faculty of Business - Accounting & Finance Working Papers
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the entire education system in Iran was drastically changed to make it more relevant to the Islamic principles. Accordingly, a single undergraduate accounting curriculum designed by the government was imposed on all universities in Iran in 1982. Since then, undergraduate accounting programmes of all universities have been conducted on the basis of this common curriculum. However, there has been criticism that several features of this curriculum are not appropriate in terms ofeducational objectives and economic conditions of the country. This study examined the nature and content of the above curriculum with the purpose of …