Admission Requirements

1. Admission to the Certificate in Taxation program requires a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and completion of ACCT 3510 (Individual Taxation) or its equivalent.  Completion of an admission test is not required.  
2. The Certificate in Taxation program may be pursued concurrently with other programs at the University of Memphis. To be approved for the program, students must complete an application form and submit it and a current graduate transcript to the School of Accountancy for review. 
3. Non-degree seeking graduate students may also pursue this certificate program of study. To be approved for the program, these students must submit evidence of this non-degree-seeking graduate student status, along with the completed application form, to the School of Accountancy for review. 
4. Admission to this certificate program is not an implied acceptance into any other program in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics. 

Program Requirements

The certificate program requires completion of 12 semester credit hours, as follows: 

Graduation Requirements

1. To obtain the certificate, a student must complete all four of the required courses with an average grade of 3.0 (B) or higher, for a total of 12 credits. 
2. In the semester of completion, the student must submit an Intent to Graduate Form to the Graduate School and a Graduate Certificate Candidacy form to the College Director of Graduate Studies by the deadline specified by the Graduate School. 

Retention Requirements

Students receiving more than three semester letter grades below B- will be dropped out of the certificate program.