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Program Description
Graduate certificates prepare students to increase their marketability to employers through focused learning. When the graduate certificate option is pursued, students may be required to complete preliminary work to adequately prepare the student to gain full benefit from the corporate-defined coursework. Upon successful completion of the graduate certificate, students are able to transfer all credits earned into the MBA program and the GMAT will not be required for MBA application.
Admission Criteria
Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Successful applicants will demonstrate potential for success via the required materials.
Admission requirements for Graduate Business Certificates are designed to identify applicants who have the ability, interest, and qualities necessary to complete the program, with the potential to contribute to the field of business based on the materials submitted. Prospective students who do not have an undergraduate degree in business may need to complete pre-requisite courses which will cover business fundamentals as part of their program.
Admission to the Accounting Graduate Certificate program requires an undergraduate degree in Accounting or undergraduate degree and completion of 15 upper-level accounting hours that include the following: Intermediate Accounting sequence, Individual and Corporate Tax, and Audit.
Admission Materials
- Complete the UHD online graduate application.
- Professional resume documenting work experience that emphasizes personal and professional accomplishments and leadership experience.
- A personal statement of approximately 250-500 words addressing why the applicant desires a certificate from UHD, as well as other circumstances the applicant desires to share with the admissions committee.
- For graduates of universities in a country where English is not the native language: minimum IBT TOEFL scores of 81 or an IELTS score of 6.5 or higher.
- Payment of application fee.
- Official transcript(s) from the institute where the applicant’s Bachelor’s degree was conferred as well as any advanced degrees (if applicable). All documents must be received from the degree/credit granting institution. Evaluations from foreign institutions must include the course by course evaluation with GPA indication.
- Official transcripts should be submitted either electronically or by sealed mail from your prior institution to:
University of Houston - Downtown
Office of Graduate & International Admissions
One Main Street, Suite GSB 308
Houston, TX 77002
Admission Process
Applications are managed through the graduate admissions office. Once students have completed the application process, the Graduate Admissions office notifies the Graduate Programs Office in the Marilyn Davies College of Business that the student’s application package is ready for review. Applications are reviewed for completeness by the MDCOB Graduate Programs Office and then submitted to the faculty director for review. The faculty director may require additional information from the applicant, including an interview. The interview may be conducted in-person or virtually. The faculty director will make an admissions determination and the MDCOB Graduate Programs Office will communicate the decision to the applicant.
Admission Appeals
Appeal of an Admissions Decision For a student denied admission to a program, an appeal must be filed through the relevant Graduate Program Director, who confers with the Associate Dean of the MDCOB. The appeal form is located here: https://connect.uhd.edu/register/MDCOBGRADAPPEAL.
Graduate Certificate Scheduling
Graduate certificate classes are offered one night a week over eight weeks, one course at a time. Programs starting the fall which are comprised of either five or six classes will be completed during the summer term with the additional one-hour graduate colloquium course.
Program Outcomes
LO1. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and the TSBPA Rules of Professional Conduct.
LO2. The student will demonstrate understanding of accounting practices in specific industries.
LO3. The student will demonstrate in-depth knowledge of advanced financial accounting topics.
LO4. The student will assess audit risk and devise appropriate procedures to mitigate audit risk
LO5. The student will apply Federal tax laws to transactions involving individuals, corporations and flow-through entities.
LO6. The student will demonstrate ability to identify and research authoritative literature relevant to an accounting issue.
