MS Taxation

The Master of Science in Taxation (MTAX) degree program offers a curriculum that focuses on interactively developing skills needed by accountants who want to emphasize tax during their careers. This program is a specialized tax degree designed to provide accountants the skills needed in mid- to upper-level tax. Further the program provides students with leadership, communication, interpersonal and ethical skills for supervisory-level positions.

This is a companion program to the Master of Science in Accountancy (MACC) program. All interested students should review the admission process and prerequisite requirements that are discussed under the MACC program. Those processes and prerequisites are also applicable to the MTAX program. In general, students applying to the MTAX program should already have completed an undergraduate degree in accountancy or its equivalent. Individuals without this background may still apply to the program, but will need to complete extended program requirements. Since all courses are only offered once per calendar year, students should carefully plan their program of study prior to beginning the program and should expect that completion will generally take a minimum of one calendar year.

Applicants can only be admitted to MACC/MTAX programs with the BACC equivalency. The only exceptions to this rule are current USD undergraduate students pursuing the Bachelor of Accountancy Degree.

As with the MACC program, students currently enrolled in the BACC program at USD can complete the BACC and MTAX in a combined program format. The admission process is identical to those required by the BACC and MACC combined program and prospective students should review the next section of this course catalog for those requirements.

For more information about the MTAX program contact the Graduate Accountancy Programs office at acctinst@sandiego.edu.