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.
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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 651 | Advanced Issues in Taxation | 3 |
| ACCT 661 | Advanced Accounting Analytics I | 3 |
| ACCT 702 | Tax Practice, Procedure, and Research | 3 |
| ACCT 706 | Partnership Taxation | 3 |
| ACCT 708 | Taxes and Business Strategy | 3 |
| ACCT 781 | Tax Analytics | 3 |
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select 12 credits from the following: | 12 | |
| Estate Planning | ||
| Special Topics in Taxation | ||
| International Taxation | ||
| State Local Tax | ||
| Tax Policy Seminar | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |