A minimum of 30 graduate credit hours are required in the MSAT degree.  Students that lack prior college course work in taxation will  be required to complete six additional hours in taxation (3 hours each at both the undergraduate and graduate levels) prior to starting graduate level course work in taxation.  Students without prior education in business and accounting should consult with the program director to determine an appropriate course of study to prepare for them for success in the program.

Nine hours of approved graduate level non-accounting course work are required.  These nine hours may be selected from any approved graduate program on campus and thus are not limited to graduate business courses.  All non-accountancy electives must be approved by the graduate tax faculty and graduate business programs director.  Up to six hours of these electives may consist of "G" courses (undergraduate course taken for graduate credit).   Most 400 level undergraduate courses can be taken as a "G" course with approval of both the graduate tax faculty and the instructor of the course in question.

Non-accounting graduate courses selected from the Boise State University MBA Program may not include the program's business essentials courses in the case of students with an undergraduate degree in business.   Persons entering the program with a non-business undergraduate course may take such courses.

Degree Requirements, MSA - Taxation

Required Tax Courses

Course Number Course Title Credit Hours
ACCT 502 Advanced Tax Topics 3
ACCT 515 Business Valuation 3
ACCT 517 Environmental Accounting & Taxation 3
ACCT 518 International Financial Reporting 3
ACCT 520 Research in Federal Taxation 3
ACCT 525 Partnership Tax Law 3
ACCT 530 Corporate Tax Law I 3
ACCT 533 Corporate Tax Law II 3
ACCT 535 Estate & Gift Taxation 3
ACCT 545 Real Estate Taxation 3
ACCT 555 Farm and Natural Resource Taxation 3
ACCT 560 Income Taxation of Trusts & Estates 3
ACCT 565 Deferred Compensation Taxation 3
ACCT 570 State Taxation & Procedures 3
ACCT 575 International Taxation 3
ACCT 579 Current Tax Topics & Policy Issues 3
ACCT 590 Practicum/Internship 3
Accountancy Electives 0-6
ACCT 505 Perspectives in Auduting 3
ACCT 510 Advanced Financial Reporting 3
ACCT 512 Advanced Reporting Theory 3
ACCT 516 Estate & Gift Taxation 3

If you have questions or comments about any aspect of MS in Accountancy - Taxation degree program at Boise State University please contact:
E. Shawn Novak PhD, CPA, Associate Professor of Accounting 
novakes@boisestate.edu
(208) 426-1238

 

Last Update: August 30, 2004