Determination of undergraduate students' perceptions for the introduction of accounting courses

Abstract

The purpose of this study is determining differences at the beginning and end of semester perceptions of students who take first time accounting courses. The reason for doing the research is providing recommendations for enhancing success at accounting courses. The research was done first grade students of business administration and economics departments of Akdeniz University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. For getting the aim a survey is used two times at the beginning and end of period. With the consequences of 164 surveys evaluations, excluding some of the dimensions of accounting courses, the perceptions about accounting courses at the beginning are more negative than the perceptions at the end of period.