Accounting forms the core of businesses large and small. Its broader implications extend to government policy and international relations.
With the national and international business economy constantly evolving, our accounting faculty members keep ahead of the curve through their engagement with ongoing research.
We provide undergraduate and masters students with excellent conceptual and technical skills that will allow them to excel in productive and successful careers as future business leaders in public, corporate, or governmental accounting. The school also actively contributes to creating knowledge by conducting and publishing high-quality scholarly research, and by training PhD students to become future teachers and scholars.
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Beta Alpha Psi
Founded in 1919, Beta Alpha Psi is an honor organization for financial information students and professionals. There are over 300 chapters on college and university campuses with over 300,000 members initiated since Beta Alpha Psi's formation. Beta Alpha Psi shapes financial and business information professions by developing members into ethical, professional, and confident leaders.
Research Workshops
The School of Accounting hosts many events throughout the year, including research workshops with visiting scholars.
Events
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
The Lundquist College of Business Student Involvement Fair is a fantastic opportunity for students of all majors to explore business-affiliated clubs, organizations, and exciting opportunities. Hosted by the DCICC (The Deans Council for Inter-Club Coordination), this event is designed to help you connect, engage, and get involved. Network with business clubs, enter a raffle for amazing prizes, and grab a free snack while you're at it! Whether you're looking to meet new people, join a club, or simply enjoy a fun atmosphere, this is the perfect event to kickstart your fall/spring term.
5:00–7:30 p.m.
Looking to meet public accounting firms and industry leaders while learning more about careers in the accounting field?
Beta Alpha Psi invites you to explore a variety of opportunities and career paths at our Meet the Firms event, during which a broad range of public and industry firms looking to hire accountants. This is an amazing opportunity to learn more about a firm of interest, its employees, and any positions they are looking to fill.
Want to learn about accounting careers from professionals prior to the main event or ask questions in an informal setting to settle your nerves? Two panel sessions featuring two different groups of firms will take place simultaneously before the main networking event.
Schedule:
- 5:00–6:00 p.m. – Panel events, Chilies 125 and Lillis 112
- 6:00–7:30 p.m. – Networking event, Lillis Atrium
Make sure you have your resume updated and come dressed in business casual or formal attire.
This is the biggest networking event of the year, so don’t miss out. We hope to see you there!
5:00 p.m.
Take the first step toward becoming a data visualization expert during this Professional Edge training. Get started exploring and analyzing your data quickly in Tableau, using visual cues that help you see the answers to the questions you have, and see how much easier and faster it can be to communicate with data when using techniques based in cognitive science.
Using the foundational concepts and techniques learned in this training, you will be able to identify insights, highlight those insights, and share your findings in interactive dashboards that encourage your audience to engage with your data and ask deeper questions.
Course Overview
- Why visualize your data?
- Introduction to the Tableau platform
- Characteristics of data
- Visual exploration with bar charts, line charts, scatterplots, and maps
- Introduction to calculations
- Limiting and segmenting data
- Highlighting insights
- Interactive dashboards
- Designing with your audience in mind
- Enhancing user experience with interactivity
Schedule
- Friday, October 10, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (in-person in Chiles 326)
- Friday, October 17, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (in-person in Chiles 326)
Participants who attend both days of this program and fulfill all requirements are eligible to earn a digital microcredential in Tableau Essentials. Microcredentials are portable, verifiable credentials that can be shared on platforms like LinkedIn, showcasing your expertise to potential employers and offering tangible proof of in-demand competencies.
About the Instructor
Emily Miley, an analytics consultant at Interworks, has always approached problem-solving by understanding different perspectives and staying curious. Whether it's rock climbing, learning how to fly fish, or solving Hanayama puzzles, she believes in the importance of being a lifelong learner. After moving to Portland and graduating from the University of Oregon, she transitioned from a data visualization firm working with nonprofits to building a data and analytics program for the City of Portland's 311 program. Now, as an analytics consultant for InterWorks, she is excited to use her curiosity and ability to see from multiple points of view to help clients get the most out of their data.
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Think Excel is just rows, columns, and formulas? This workshop will change your mind. Discover the Microsoft Excel features that will transform your productivity during this one-day workshop.
In just one hour, you'll explore powerful features that go far beyond basic spreadsheets—tools that help you clean data, analyze trends, and make smarter decisions faster. This session isn't about learning how to sum a column, it's about unlocking the hidden gems that make Excel a powerhouse for productivity and insight.
What You'll Learn
- Data validation and cleanup – Learn how to control data entry with validation rules and quickly remove duplicates to keep your spreadsheets clean and reliable.
- Flash fill and quick analysis – Discover how Excel can recognize patterns and automate formatting, and use the quick analysis tool to instantly visualize your data.
- Mini visuals with Sparklines – Add tiny, powerful charts directly into cells to show trends at a glance. They're perfect for dashboards and reports.
- What-if analysis and goal seek – Explore scenario planning tools that help you test outcomes and find the exact inputs needed to reach your goals.
- Consolidate tool – Combine data from multiple sheets or workbooks into one streamlined summary, no manual copy-pasting required.
- Forecast sheet – Use built-in forecasting tools to project future trends based on historical data, with just a few clicks.
This workshop is ideal for anyone who already works with data in Excel and wants to move beyond formulas into smarter, faster analysis. Whether you're tracking budgets, managing projects, or reporting outcomes, these tools will help you work more efficiently and make your data work harder for you. Discover what you've been missing!
5:00 p.m.
Prepare for a future in today's dynamic business environment—enhance your data analysis and visualization skills with Power BI during this virtual Professional Edge training.
In the organizations you will work for, vast amounts of data will be collected every day, and your challenge will be to make sense of it. Excel spreadsheets have their place, but they're static, limited in their ability to visualize data, and time-consuming to build and use. In this training, you will be equipped with the skills to move beyond the confines of stagnant data and transform it into a living, breathing dashboard.
NOTE: This training requires access to a computer running a Windows operating system. Power BI is NOT available on MacOS computers, including MacBooks.
Why Participate?
In a data-driven world, your ability to extract meaningful insights and make informed decisions is a game-changer. Power BI empowers you with the skills you need to drive decision-making processes, giving you a competitive edge in the job market.
What You'll Learn
- Transform data – Format data to extract actionable insights.
- Create data models – Present your data intuitively and in a visually engaging way, making it easier for your audience to understand complex information.
- Visualize data – Tell the story of your data in quick, responsive analytics.
- Share assets – The power of automation ensures that your data reaches the right people at the right time.
Schedule
- Friday, October 17, 1:00–4:00 p.m. (virtual)
- Friday, October 31, 1:00–4:00 p.m. (virtual)
Participants who attend both days of this program and fulfill all requirements are eligible to earn a digital microcredential in Power BI Essentials, validating your newly acquired skills. Microcredentials are portable, verifiable credentials that can be shared on platforms like LinkedIn, showcasing your expertise to potential employers and offering tangible proof of in-demand competencies.
About the Instructor
Wyatt Schow is a current third-year University of Oregon student studying accounting and economics—subjects in which he often deals with large amounts of data. Power BI enables him to effortlessly organize and customize data, transforming it into a wide range of insightful charts and graphs.
Faculty
Expertise
- Comparability
- Disclosure
- Financial statement complexity
- Revenue recognition
Recent Research
The School of Accounting at the Lundquist College of Business features several nationally renowned scholars. Accounting faculty are renowned for their research in key areas.
- Consolidations
- Financial accounting theory
- Corporate misconduct
- Corporate social responsibility
- Political economy
- Capital structure decisions
- Effects of taxes on corporate financial reporting and investment
- Market capitalization of corporate and investor-level taxes
- Corporate governance
- Managerial incentives
- Financial disclosure
Accreditation
The School of Accounting is an accredited member of the AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Accreditation assures quality and promotes excellence and continuous improvement in undergraduate and graduate education in accounting. To maintain accreditation standards, the School of Accounting has adopted a mission statement, as well as learning goals for its undergraduate and Master of Accounting students.
Mission
The School of Accounting is dedicated to the teaching, research, and service mission of the Lundquist College of Business and the University of Oregon. To further this mission, we will
- Provide undergraduate and masters students with excellent conceptual and technical skills that will allow them to excel in productive and successful careers as future business leaders;
- Contribute to creating knowledge by conducting and publishing high quality scholarly research, and by training PhD students to become future teachers and scholars;
- Encourage a collegial and supportive culture within the school, a respect and tolerance for people and their ideas, and an environment that values diversity and nurtures success and the pursuit of excellence; and
- Build mutually beneficial relationships with business and alumni communities to increase our value to our constituencies and to partner with them in support of our research and teaching activities.
Jobs and Internships
Are you an accounting student who is getting ready to find an internship or job? Then you should use the online career support system called Handshake where you can:
- Schedule an appointment with a career advisor
- Register for career services events
- Access on-demand career resources
- Search job, internship, and volunteer postings—both on and off campus—from its network of more than 350,000 employers.
Accounting Circle
Interested in investing in the future of accounting education?
Join your accounting and business associates and become a member of the college's Accounting Circle, a special giving society just for accounting supporters. We promise that we will use your investment judiciously and make you proud.
Invest in accounting education today!
Accounting Alumni
The School of Accounting builds mutually beneficial relationships with business and alumni communities to increase our value to our constituencies and to partner with them in support of our research and teaching activities.
Our alumni and friends are remarkable individuals—accounting firm, corporate, business, and community leaders. They provide the inspiration, leadership, and private gift support that are vital to keeping accounting education at the cutting-edge of the students' educational experience. When you give to the Lundquist College School of Accounting, you invest in the future. By supporting innovative teaching, experiential learning, and research that advances knowledge, you transform lives.
To glimpse some of the outcomes of alumni and donors investments in accounting education, please see our Prospectus, the school's annual magazine.
Contact
For general questions, please contact:
Kyle Peterson
Director, School of Accounting | Charles E. Johnson Memorial Professor of Accounting
541-346-3329
kylepete@uoregon.edu
Lillis 379
Lundquist College of Business
1208 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1208
Prospective and current student questions about the undergrad accounting program and postbaccalaureate:
Undergraduate Advising
541-346-3303
lcb-undergrad@uoregon.edu
Peterson 203
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Questions about the Master of Accounting program:
Jennifer Welander
Interim Director, Master of Accounting Program | Instructor of Accounting
541-346-3281
jweland2@uoregon.edu
Anstett 391D
Questions about the accounting PhD program:
Jaewoo Kim
Assistant Professor of Accounting | Coordinator, Accounting PhD Program
541-346-3540
jkim27@uoregon.edu
Lillis 371