FA18: GOV BUDGETING & PROGRAM ANALYS: 10335
This course will cover the tools and techniques, processes and politics of governmental budget preparation, justification, presentation, and review. While the basic principles of public budgeting apply to federal, state and local governmental units, as well nonprofit agencies, this course will focus on municipal budgeting. The purpose here is to master budgeting as it is actually practiced, including the role of the professional working in a political environment. The material will be presented through lectures, guest speakers, readings, exercises, field observations, class discussions, and a budget simulation project.
Budget Tools: Financial Methods in the Public Sector, 2nd Edition; Greg Chen Lynne Weikart, Daniel Williams; 2014; copies of tables, graphs, and data sets from text are available for downloading from Student Resources at https://study.sagepub.com/chen2e
The Human Side of Budgeting: Budget Games & How to End Them, Scott Douglas Lazenby; Erehwhon Press; 2013
The attached syllabus should be brought to the first class.
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