Completion of required equivalent undergraduate courses.
Applicants must have completed the following undergraduate courses (or equivalent) prior to admission. The SJSU course numbers for these courses are in parenthesis:
These requirements may be fulfilled at a community college. See a list of local community college courses that will fulfill the above requirement from Acceptable Classes for Tax admisions(pdf).
If your undergraduate degree is in Accounting, all above requirements are waived.
Four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university from the U.S. or from outside of the U.S.;
GPA of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale) in your last 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of coursework (Professional Development and Certificate Program course work cannot be included in this calculation); and,
TOEFL exam if required. More about GMAT, LSAT, and TOEFL
The following courses are recommended prior to beginning the MS Taxation program: