Departmental Advisors
Paul Hutchison
- Room: BA 217G
- Phone: (940) 565-3083
- Email: paul.hutchison@unt.edu
The Master of Science in Taxation is designed for students interested in pursuing a career as a tax specialist in public accounting, industry, or government. Students earning this degree will have completed an educational program consistent with recommendations from professional accountants and accounting educators, and will be prepared for entry into careers as tax professionals. Click here to download a copy of the track sheet and proposed course offerings. Click here to download a suggested two-year degree plan.
Career Possibilities with an MS in Accounting:
- Tax Accountant
- Tax Compliance Specialist
- Tax Lawyer
- Tax Specialist
- Tax Supervisor/Auditor
- Tax Preparer
- Tax Examiner, Collector, and Revenue Agent
Background Courses (up to 37.5 hours)
All students must fulfill the MS program's background course requirements. Background courses may be required if your undergraduate degree did not prepare you for current master level courses. Background courses are assessed on an as needed basis after evaluation of undergraduate transcripts. Credit is not given for work or life experience. Grades of C or better must be earned on all background courses whether taken at the undergraduate or graduate level. Grades of C earned on any 5XXX level courses will affect the graduate grade point average (GPA).
- ACCT 5020
- Accunulation and Analysis of Acct. Data (1.5 hours)
- BCIS 5090
- Intro. to Business Computer Info. Systems (1.5 hours)
- BLAW 5050
- Legal, Reg. and Ethical Env. of Business (1.5 hours)
- DSCI 5010
- Statistical Analysis (1.5 hours)
- ECON 5000
- Economic Concepts (3 hours)
- FINA 5040
- Intro. to Finance and Financial Mathematics (1.5 hours)
- MATH 1190
- Business Calculus (or other calc. course) (3 hours)
- MGMT 5070
- Management Issues (1.5 hours)
- MKTG 5000
- Marketing Concepts (1.5 hours)
- ACCT 2020
- Managerial Accounting (3 hours)
- ACCT 3110
- Intermediate Accounting I (3 hours)
- ACCT 3120
- Intermediate Accounting II (3 hours)
- ACCT 3270
- Cost Accounting (3 hours)
- ACCT 4100
- Accounting Systems (3 hours)
- ACCT 4300
- Federal Income Tax (3 hours)
- ACCT 4400
- Auditing--Professional Responsibilites (3 hours)
Required Accounting Courses (18 hours)
- ACCT 5120 (3 hrs.)
- Using Information Systems in Accounting
- ACCT 5310 (3 hrs.)
- Tax Research and Administrative Procedure*
- ACCT 5320 (3 hrs.)
- Taxation of Flow-Through Entities
- ACCT 5330 (3 hrs.)
- Taxation of C Corporations
- ACCT 5360 (3 hrs.)
- Advanced Topics in Federal Taxation**
- ACCT 5370 (3 hrs.)
- Family Tax Plan. and Contemporary Topics**
- ACCT 5340 (3 hrs.)
- Oil and Gas Taxation**
- ACCT 5760 (3 hrs.)
- Accounting, Business Analysis and Valuation (take in last year)
*Fundamentals (ACCT 5310) should be taken as early in the program as possible.
**Chose one of the three
Electives (18 hours)
All electives must be approved in advance by a departmental advisor. Examples of electives often selected to support this specialization area:
- ACCT 5800
- Internship
- BUSI 5200
- Professional Ethics & Corporate Governance
- BLAW 5400
- Law for Accountants and Managers
- FINA 5170
- Financial Management
- FINA 5210
- Investment Analysis and Management
- REAL 5350
- Introduction to Real Estate and Investment Analysis
- RMIN 5780
- Financial and Estate Planning
- RMIN 5770
- Employee Benefits, Uses of Life & Health Insur
All electives must be approved in advance by your departmental graduate advisor.
ACCT 5800 (Internship) and BUSI 5200 (Professional Ethics and Corporate Governance) are strongly recommended.
Internship
You may complete an internship for three hours of pass/no pass credit, upon completion of three hours in your area of study. Your internship will not count towards your degree and may not be taken your first semester. Please see your departmental advisor for more information.
Professional Organizations
Students in Accounting can join Beta Alpha Psi, an national accounting honorary fraternity; NABA, National Association of Black Accountants; and ALPFA, Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.
Additional Information
To learn more about the Accounting program and possible jobs in the field, visit the http://www.coba.unt.edu/acct/
