Graduate Certificate in

Estate Planning

The Graduate Certificate in Estate Planning gives practitioners a broad-based education in a highly specialized field.

Online
SF & Seattle
Hybrid

1,250 /unit
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12 Total Units

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Designed and administered by attorneys and accountants who are estate planners, the courses in the program give students a solid foundation in federal tax law and relevant state law. Students will acquire the tools needed to advise clients on how to formulate, implement and revise estate plans.

Important Note:

Graduate certificate admission is limited to domestic students. Students that plan to study on an F or J Visa may apply to graduate programs only.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants should hold a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited US institution or the equivalent from a recognized foreign (outside the US) institution, and provide official transcripts.
Applicants whose native language is not English must meet the English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements.
Certificate students must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Read more about Admission Requirements to Certificate Programs

PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS

Writing Proficiency

Students are expected to possess proficiency in writing to ensure they can be successful in their course of study. Students may meet this requirement by satisfying one of the screening criteria listed under Graduate Writing Proficiency Requirement.

TOTAL UNITS — 12

REQUIRED COURSES — 12 UNITS

TA 325: Estate and Gift Taxation
TA 334: Estate Planning
TA 337: Individual Retirement Plans and Distributions
TA 344: Federal Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates

TAXATION DEPARTMENT

Elizabeth Christian Banta, Adjunct Professor
Sam Barnes, Adjunct Professor
Mark Berkowitz, Adjunct Professor
Mark Bookman, Adjunct Professor
Surbhi Bordia, Adjunct Professor
Lloyd W. Born, Adjunct Professor
Murray Buckman, Adjunct Professor
Mary P. Canning, Dean Emerita, Professor
Randy J. Churchill, Adjunct Professor
Robert G. Condie, Adjunct Professor
Tori Fischer, Senior Adjunct Professor
Deborah Fisher, Adjunct Professor
Melinda Fisher, Adjunct Professor
Timothy J. Fitzgibbon, Adjunct Professor
Erin L. Fraser, Adjunct Faculty
Mehrdad Ghassemieh, Adjunct Professor
John Gunn, Adjunct Professor
David E. Hardesty, Senior Adjunct Professor
Jeffrey Haveson, Adjunct Professor
Helen Hayes, Adjunct Professor
James S. Henderson, Associate Professor
Wendell Hutchinson, Associate Professor
Tyler Jones, Adjunct Professor
Jeffrey H. Karlin, Professor, Braden School of Taxation
Lassanna Karrim, Adjunct Professor
Luke Keel, Adjunct Professor
Anthony J. Kim, Senior Adjunct Professor
Dorothea Kim, Adjunct Professor
George J. Koutelieris, Adjunct Professor
David Rocco Lamanna, Associate Dean
Christine LeGrand, Adjunct Professor
Eric J. Lee, Director of Academic Quality & Training
Jaimie Lee, Adjunct Professor
William Lu, Adjunct Professor
Anthony J. Maggiore, Adjunct Professor

Anthony J. Maggiore, Adjunct Professor
Ronald Marcuson, Adjunct Professor
Robert M. McCallum, Adjunct Professor
John G. McWilliams, Professor
Kathryn A. Meyer, Adjunct Professor
Kirk Paxson, Senior Adjunct Professor
Leslie Pesterfield, Adjunct Professor
Amber Quintal, Adjunct Professor
Kelvin Ramirez, Adjunct Professor
Don Rath, Adjunct Professor
Gregory Roer, DirectorAdjunct Professor
Dorothy A. Roer, Adjunct Professor
Jordan Rose, Adjunct Professor
Laura Ross, Adjunct Professor
Javier Salinas, Adjunct Professor
Donald George De Santis, Adjunct Professor
Michael G. Schinner, Senior Adjunct Professor
Samuel Seaman, Adjunct Professor
Navineet Sethi, Adjunct Professor
Sandeep Singh, Adjunct Professor
Stanley Smiley, Adjunct Professor
Justin Smith, Adjunct Faculty
David Allan Snowden, Adjunct Professor
Diane Tebelius, Adjunct Professor
Daniel L. Thompson, Adjunct Professor
David Thompson, Adjunct Professor
Gary P. Tober, Adjunct Professor
Michael L. Vinson, Adjunct Professor
Belan Wagner, Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Joseph G. Walsh, Professor
John J. White, Adjunct Professor
Gregory L. White, Adjunct Professor
Douglas Woo, Adjunct Professor
Kathleen K. Wright, Director of State and Local Taxation Program
Yang Ye, Adjunct Professor

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