Research On China Undergraduate Accounting Education Under The Knowledge Economy

Economy exists and develops in some society environment. The strongest characteristic of the 21st century is knowledge economy which is the unification of globalization, information and network application. Along with the development of economy, accounting becomes more important. If accounting is wanted to develop, education will be the key. The aim of undergraduate accounting education in colleges and universities is to make students systematically grasp accounting basic theory, basic knowledge and bookkeeping procedure, to make students have principium ability in working as an accountant and ability in researching. For this, there must be some innovation in colleges and universities, so that they can bring up some more people with ability that can adjust environment and continue to doing science research.Firstly, this thesis introduces the effect made from environment to undergraduate accounting education, then through analyzing the actuality of undergraduate accounting education in colleges and universities in China and apocalypse from the American accounting education, bring forward the innovation train of thoughts, in the economic and society environment of present-day, about undergraduate accounting education in colleges and universities of our country. This thesis is divided into four parts:The first part expatiates the present-day environment-- globalization, information and network application, and then analyzing what effect all these made to companies, accounting and accounting education and new request to accountant. The second part introduces the actuality of undergraduate accounting education in colleges and universities in China from seven aspects, they are education environment, education aim, subject system, specialist designing, specialist courses designing, putting experience and education behavior into reality, etc. Based on it, analyzing reason further, and finding out the main reason is lacking of communication between accounting education field and career field.The third part, through introducing a succeeded case about American accounting education innovation when the environments have changed, makes it clear that our country's undergraduate accounting education can partly refer that of American, but cannot copy it totally.The last part brings forward the innovation train of thoughts, in the economic and society environment of present-day, about undergraduate accounting education in colleges and universities of our country, that is adjusting the change of market need, applying modern education method, putting case education and strengthening career moral education. This part also designs the courses for undergraduate accounting education; lists case for accounting main course.