ATA Survey

ATA Graduate Program Survey

The purpose of this survey is to gather information about graduate programs that offer tax courses. Any university that is considering adopting or changing a graduate program will find this information helpful. In addition, faculty members will see what others are teaching. The ATA Midyear Committee will present a compilation of the data you provide in this survey at the Midyear Meeting, February 28-March 1, in St. Petersburg, Florida. A report summarizing this data will be posted on the ATA website after the Midyear Meeting.

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1. Is your university on the semester or quarter system?	Semester Quarter
2. How many classes per academic year is your typical teaching load for full-time tenure-track faculty?	4 classes 6 classes 8 classes 10 classes
3. How many tenure-track tax faculty are at your school?
4. How many full-time adjunct tax faculty are at your school?
5. How many part-time adjunct tax faculty are at your school?
Questions about tax courses that you teach
6. What undergraduate tax courses do you personally teach?
7. What graduate tax courses do you personally teach?
8. Are you personally doing anything innovative in terms of format or content in your tax classes? If so, please describe.
Questions about your school's graduate programs
9. What graduate program(s) does your school have? Select all that apply.	Master's of Science in Accounting (MSA) Master's of Tax (MST) MBA PhD No graduate programs
If your school does not have a graduate program, please go to question 54. If you have or are planning to have an MSA program, please answer questions 10-21. If you have or are planning to have an MST program, please answer questions 23-32. If you have or are planning to have an MBA program, please answer questions 33-43. If you have or are planning to have a PhD program, please answer questions 44-52.
MSA Questions If no MSA program, go to MST questions.
10. Name of person in charge of the MSA program
11. E-mail for MSA program
12. Website URL for the MSA program
13. When did/will your MSA program begin?	Before 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 We are starting one, but start date is beyond 2004 We are thinking of starting an MSA program
14. How many tax classes are offered in your MSA program?
15. Which tax classes are covered in your MSA program? Select all that apply.	Taxes and Business Decisions (a Scholes et al. type course) Tax Research Corporate Tax Introduction Corporate Tax Advanced Partnership Tax Introduction Partnership Tax Advanced Business Entities Civil and Criminal Procedure Closely Held Businesses Computer Tax Applications Consolidated Returns Employment Tax Executive Compensation Fiduciary Income Tax Flow-through Entities Individual Tax Topics International Natural Resources Personal Financial Planning Property Transactions Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans S Corporations State Tax Tax Accounting Tax Topics Tax-exempt Entities Trusts and Estates Transfer Taxation
16. Please list the tax classes offered in your MSA program that were not listed in the previous question.
17. Does your MSA program have a tax track /specialization?	Yes No
18. How many tax classes are required in the tax track in your MSA program?
19. How many MSA students graduated last year (F2001, S2002, Summer 2002)?	0 1-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-70 70-90 more than 90
20. How many MSA students with an emphasis in taxation (tax track) graduated last year (F2001, S2002, Summer2002)?	0 1-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-70 70-90 more than 90
21. Are the number of MSA graduates	staying about the same increasing decreasing
22. Are the number of MSA tax specialization graduates	NA staying about the same increasing decreasing
MST Questions If no MST program, go to MBA questions.
23. Name of person in charge of the MST program
24. E-mail contact for the MST program
25. Website URL for the MST program
26. When did/will your MST program begin?	Before 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 We are starting one, but start date is beyond 2004 We are thinking of starting an MST program
27. How many tax classes are offered in your MST program?
28. Which classes are offered in your MST program? Select all that apply.	Taxes and Business Decisions (a Scholes et al. type course) Tax Research Corporate Tax Introduction Corporate Tax Advanced Partnership Tax Introduction Partnership Tax Advanced Business Entities Civil and Criminal Procedure Closely Held Businesses Computer Tax Applications Consolidated Returns Employment Tax Executive Compensation Fiduciary Income Tax Flow-through Entities Individual Tax Topics International Natural Resources Personal Financial Planning Property Transactions Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans S Corporations State Tax Tax Accounting Tax Topics Tax-exempt Entities Trusts and Estates Transfer Taxation
29. Please list the tax classes offered in your MST program that were not listed in the previous question.
30. How many tax classes are required in the MST program?
31. How many MST students graduated last year (F2001, S2002, Summer2002)?	0 1-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-70 70-90 more than 90
32. Are the number of MST graduates	staying about the same increasing decreasing
MBA Questions If no MBA program, got to PhD questions.
33. Name of person in charge of the MBA program
34. E-mail contact for the MBA program
35. Website URL for the MBA program
36. When did/will your MBA program begin?	Before 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 We are starting one, but start date is beyond 2004 We are thinking of starting an MBA program
37. How many tax classes are offered in your MBA program?
38. Please list the tax classes offered in your MBA program.
39. Does your MBA program have a tax track/specialization?	Yes No
40. How many tax classes are required in the tax track in your MBA program?
41. How many MBA students graduated with a tax specialization last year (F2001, S2002, Summer 2002)?	0 1-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-70 70-90 more than 90
42. Are the number of MBA graduates	staying about the same increasing decreasing
43. Are the number of MBA tax specialization graduates	NA staying about the same increasing decreasing
PhD Program Questions If no PhD program, go to General Questions.
44. Name of person in charge of the PhD program
45. E-mail contact for the PhD program
46. Website URL for the PhD program
47. When did/will your PhD program begin?	Before 1998 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 We are starting one, but start date is beyond 2004 We are thinking of starting a PhD program
48. How many tax classes are offered in your PhD program?
49. Please list the tax classes offered in your PhD program.
50. How many tax classes are required in the PhD program?
51. How many PhD students graduated last year (F2001, S2002, Summer 2002)?	0 1-2 3-4 5-6
52. How many PhD students with a tax dissertation graduated last year last year (F2001, S2002, Summer 2002)?	0 1 2 3 4
General Questions
53. Are the graduate programs offered at your school doing anything innovative in terms of delivery format, content, class structure, timing, etc.? If so, how do these innovations affect the tax content of the program?
54. Do you have any personal comments about graduate tax education?
Once you press submit, your responses will be confirmed, but you will not be able to change the responses. If you want to change an answer, please send an email to amy.dunbar@business.uconn.edu with the question and response that you want to change.
THANKS FOR HELPING THE ATA GATHER INFORMATION ON GRADUATE TAX EDUCATION!