Course materials consist of the IRS Code and Regulations, textbooks, and customized materials prepared by the professors. All course materials are sold in the Graduate Tax Program office. The Graduate Tax Proram operates on the quarter system. Each quarter of the academic year is approximately 10 weeks in length except for the summer quarter, which is nine weeks. The unit of credit is the quarter hour, and, in general, each quarter hour of credit represents 10 hours of classroom contact time based on a 50-minute contact hour.
Students report that they spend an average of two hours studying for every hour in class per week.
For optimum scheduling, we recommend that students begin the program in the summer or fall quarter. Please note that the University of Denver, the College of Law, and the Graduate Tax Program operate on different academic calendars. In addition, the College of Law uses the semester system. The University of Denver College of Law and Graduate Tax Program offer a dual degree program where a student may pursue the J.D. and LL.M. concurrently. Students must apply separately to the College of Law and the Graduate Tax Program and sign a dual degree declaration form at both programs.