Dr. Rong Zhao

Professor

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Biography

Rong Zhao is a Professor of Accounting at Haskayne School of Business. Her research has been published in leading academic journals and top practitioner outlets, including The Accounting Review, Management Science, Contemporary Accounting Research, Harvard Business Review, and California Management Review. She won the prestigious Deloitte Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for her PhD thesis and is a recipient of SSHRC Insight Grant and several CPA Alberta research grants. She is currently a member of the editorial board at Contemporary Accounting Research and Accounting Horizons. She teaches financial accounting both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Since joining Haskayne, she has been nominated several times by students for teaching awards and received the MBA Society Outstanding Teaching and Learning Award in 2019. Prior to her academic career, she was a CPA licensed in Texas and worked as a tax accountant and business systems analyst at the RIA division of Thomson Reuters.

Research Interests

Awards

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SSHRC Insight Grant

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Dean's Innovative Research

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Dean's Research Scholar

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SSHRC Insight Grants

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MBA Society Outstanding Teaching and Learning Award

Courses

Intermediate Financial Accounting I Intermediate Finance Accounting I

Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
Application Checklist
  • Unofficial Transcripts
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Two Letters of Reference
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.