Tax (Graduate Certificate)

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Offered by the Kogod School of Business .

Admission to the Program

Open to students with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited institution with a satisfactory grade point average. Applicants must have at least one year of work experience. Applicants whose first language is not English must have a satisfactory score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Certificate Requirements

12 credit hours of approved coursework with grades of B or better. Grades of B-, C, C-, or D in certificate program courses are not accepted toward the fulfillment of certificate requirements, although these grades will be included in the calculation of the GPA. Students must have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students must complete at least 6 credit hours during each 12 month period. Students must complete the certificate within four years.

Course Requirements

12 credit hours from the following:

ACCT-630 Legislative and Judicial Foundations of Income Tax (3)
ACCT-631 Tax Research and Procedure (3)
ACCT-740 Taxation of Corporations (3)
ACCT-741 State and Local Taxation (3)
ACCT-742 Special Tax Topics (1-3) (3 credit hours required)
ACCT-743 International Taxation (3)
ACCT-745 Employee Benefit Tax Planning (3)
ACCT-746 Taxation of Real Estate Transactions (3)
ACCT-747 Taxation of Pass-Through Entities (3)
ACCT-750 Tax Policy (3)