Program Overview

Taxation, MS

Overview

The objective of the M.S. in Taxation program is to provide a comprehensive, high-quality, and professionally oriented education for students interested in pursuing a career in the field of taxation. Its structure and design are similar to the M.S. in Accounting program.

Admissions

Full eligibility and admission requirements can be viewed on the program website.

Policies

For additional policies governing all graduate degrees, see AP.6 Graduate Policies

All students registering for Costello College of Business graduate courses must have graduate standing. Non-degree student status is not available.

Graduate-level courses offered by the Costello College of Business cannot be audited.

Banner Code: BC-MS-TAX

Degree Requirements

Total credits: 30

The M.S.T. program requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate course work, including 18 hours from the required “core” M.S.T. courses and 12 hours of elective tax courses.

Required Courses

Each candidate must complete the following core courses unless, in the opinion of the program director, the candidate has had previous comparable graduate-level course work that would justify substitution of other graduate courses.

• ACCT 651: Advanced Issues in Taxation (3 credits)
• ACCT 661: Advanced Accounting Analytics I (3 credits)
• ACCT 702: Tax Practice, Procedure, and Research (3 credits)
• ACCT 706: Partnership Taxation (3 credits)
• ACCT 708: Taxes and Business Strategy (3 credits)
• ACCT 781: Tax Analytics (3 credits) Total Credits: 18

Electives

• Select 12 credits from the following:
  • ACCT 641: Estate Planning
  • ACCT 712: Special Topics in Taxation
  • Select from any 600- or 700-level ACCT courses that are part of the MSA program.
  • LAW 250: International Taxation
  • LAW 359: State Local Tax
  • LAW 446: Tax Policy Seminar Total Credits: 12