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 are required to take and earn minimum acceptable scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and demonstrate English language proficiency. 

Certificate Requirements

• 15 credit hours of approved course work with grades of B or better. 

Grades of 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 have at least a 3.0 GPA in certificate courses in order to be awarded a certificate. Students must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during each 12 month period. Students must complete the certificate within four years. 

Prerequisites

Passing grades in introduction to economics and introduction to accounting courses, and passing grade in undergraduate statistics course or passing score on mathematics equivalency examination. 

Course Requirements

• ACCT-743 International Taxation (3) 
• ACCT-745 Employee Benefit Tax Planning (3) 
• ACCT-751 Seminar in Business Tax Planning (3) 
• ACCT-752 Seminar in Family Financial Planning (3) 
• additional approved tax course (3)