This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to translate their cumulative learning into a self-directed research project of their interest in the field of business and accounting analysis. The research may cover topics including earnings management, capital market pricing of public information, corporate governance and executive compensation. Students will conduct a thorough analysis based on regulatory files, media coverage, analyst reports, and other sources of public information, and learn to translate unstructured initial inspirations into a problem statement, identify key issues, define the scope, and break down the work into a set of tasks to be accomplished systematically. This project-based course will enhance students’ problem-solving skills by refining their techniques in answering a general unstructured question and in managing their own complex work streams. At the completion of this course, students will be able to plan, conduct, manage, and control their own projects, as well as equip with skills in presenting the findings of their own project and explaining the implications of the results in a verbal presentation and written report.