Taxation, Graduate Certificate

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Minimum Total Hours: 12

Program Code: G838

Certificate Requirements

The Taxation Graduate Certificate will provide students with advanced and focused knowledge in business and personal taxation, preparing them for positions as tax advisors in professional service firms, tax and finance departments of businesses, and federal and state departments of revenue (e.g., the iRS, the Oklahoma Department of Revenue).  

Program Core
ACCT 5613Tax Research and Practice3
ACCT 6613Federal Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders3
ACCT 6623Federal Income Taxation of Partnerships3
ACCT 6633Selected Topics in Taxation3
Total Credit Hours12

A graduate certificate is not a graduate degree. A graduate degree represents a program of independent inquiry beyond the depth of coursework alone, while a graduate certificate represents a set of courses only.

  • All courses must be taken at OU. No transfer credit will apply.
  • No course substitutions are permitted for graduate certificates.
  • Coursework applied to a graduate certificate cannot be more than five years old as of the semester the graduate certificate is awarded.
  • Students must earn a grade point average of 3.00 or higher on all coursework applied to the graduate certificate.