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Post Graduate Certificate

Students holding a MBA degree from an accredited institution may apply for a specialized certificate in Finance, Insurance, Management, Marketing or create an individualized certificate program. To receive these specialized certificates, students must complete four graduate courses that are approved by the department. Students interested in a post graduate certificate should contact the Claire Silverstein in the Academic Services Department at 860.768.4900. Students are required to submit an application form, official transcripts, a current resume and a letter of intent.

Certificate in Taxation

Students who hold a J.D. or a master's degree or higher from an appropriately accredited university may apply for admission to our tax certificate program. Study in this program allows students to enhance and expand their expertise in specific areas of taxation. The taxation certificate requires that the student has a basic undergraduate taxation course, or an equivalent graduate-level course, as a prerequisite, followed by completion of four graduate tax courses. One of these four courses must be AC 760 Taxation of Business Organizations or an equivalent course; the student may choose the remaining three courses according to interest. Students interested in a certificate in taxation should contact the Department of Accounting and Taxation at 860.768.4576. Students are required to submit an application form, official transcripts, a current resume, and a letter of intent.

Certificate in Accounting

Students who possess an undergraduate degree in a field other than accounting may be admitted into our Accounting Certificate program.
Students are required to complete the following courses:
AC 210 Financial Accounting
AC 211 Managerial Accounting
or MBA 612 Accounting Concepts
AC 320 Financial Reporting Theory I
AC 325 Accounting Information Systems

And 6 semester hours of accounting courses selected from the following:
AC 321 Financial Reporting Theory II
AC 332 Cost Management
AC 425 Federal Income Tax Concepts
AC 430 Auditing Concepts and Problems

Students interested in a certificate in taxation should contact the Department of Accounting and Taxation at 860.768.4576. Students are required to submit an application form, official transcripts, a current resume, and a letter of intent.