Stillman School of Business

Curriculum 

Completion of the M.S. in Taxation degree requires 30 semester hours of coursework composed of 18 credit hours of required courses and 12 credit hours of elective courses. As a general rule, students must successfully complete 10 courses in taxation. A maximum of 6 credit hours of coursework earned in an accredited graduate taxation program may be accepted in partial satisfaction of degree requirements by the Stillman School. Two restrictions apply:
  • First, no course may be transferred if it has been applied to a prior degree.
  • Second, a minimum of 24 credit hours of courses in taxation must be earned in the Stillman School.

I. Required courses (18 credits)

 BTAX 6001
 Concept of Income Determination
 3
 BTAX 6003
 Tax Research
 3
 BTAX 6005
 Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders
 3
 BTAX 6007
 Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
 3
 BTAX 6009
 Tax Accounting
 3
 BTAX 7012
 Federal Income Tax Practice and Procedure
 3

II. Elective courses (12 credits)

(Prerequisites: As noted in course descriptions)

 BTAX 7013
 Taxation of Financial Instruments
 3
 BTAX 7014
 "S" Corporations
 3
 BTAX 7015
 Consolidated Returns
 3
 BTAX 7016
 Corporate Reorganizations
 3
 BTAX 7018
 Executive Compensation, Pension and Profit Sharing Plans
 3
 BTAX 7030
 Tax Problems of Partners and Partnerships
 3
 BTAX 7033
 Multinational Tax Considerations
 3
 BTAX 7037
 State and Local Taxation
 3
 BTAX 7039
 Multinaitonal Tax Seminar
 3
Total credits: 30

Specific BTAX course scheduling for the three academic years beginning with 2008-09 presented below:


Fall Spring Summer
2008-09

 

BTAX 6001
BTAX 7030

BTAX 6009
BTAX 7012

BTAX 6005
BTAX 6007
BTAX 7013
BTAX 7015
2009-10 BTAX 6001
BTAX 6003
BTAX 7018
BTAX 7030
BTAX 6009
BTAX 7012
BTAX 6005
BTAX 6007
BTAX 7016
BTAX 7039
2010-11

BTAX 6003

BTAX 6009

BTAX 7016

BTAX 7037

BTAX 6001

BTAX 7012

BTAX 6005

BTAX 6007

BTAX 7014

BTAX 7033



  • Student Profile
  • Mark Saylor
  • When you talk to 20 year old Mark Saylor, a business major and honors student in the Stillman School of Business, you find yourself trying to figure out how he can fit all his extra curricular habits into the busy life of a college junior.