MPA/563
Public Budgeting
3 credits
Total credits
6 weeks
Course length
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Course level: Graduate
In this course students learn the accounting and budgeting tools and theories used in the public sector. Students will analyze the relationship between public policy and the public budget process. Other topics include budgetary decision making, basics of government and not-for-profit accounting, reporting, capital and operating expenditures, and inter-period equity.