GPA8140-LW.Local Government Budgeting.SU15.Smith,Matthew

Faculty Name

Matthew Smith

Document Type

Syllabi

School

HSB

Department

MMPA

Course Subject

GPA

Course Number

8140

Course Section

LW

Course Title

Local Government Budgeting

Academic Term and Year

Summer 2015

Credits

4.00

Course Description

This course focuses on the basic elements of developing, implementing, and evaluating the operating and capital budgets of local governments, emphasizing governments in Minnesota. Topics include review of major revenues and spending of local governments and their estimation and management within budgets, alternative strategies for developing and presenting budgets that align with public policy goals, the interaction of state and federal policies with local budgets, monitoring and managing an adopted budgets, and understanding and effectively communicating local financial issues and consequences to policymakers and citizens.

Recommended Citation

Smith, Matthew, "GPA8140-LW.Local Government Budgeting.SU15.Smith,Matthew" (2015). Historic Syllabi -- full text access limited to internal Hamline administrative staff only. 856.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/syllabi/856