Budget and Public Finance (Graduate Certificate) at George Washington University

The certificate in budgeting and public finance provides course work in the theoretical and practical foundations of public budgeting and in the formulation and evaluation of public budgets, as well as the complex choices of economic reasoning in response to resource allocation in the process of formulating and implementing public budgets. The courses in the certificate provide a background in budget policy and process, characteristics of public revenue and expenditure, and governmental accounting and financial reporting.

Faculty: Columbian College of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Public Policy and Public Administration  |  Location: Washington, DC, United States

What you will study

Required coursework includes PPPA 6005 Public Budgeting, Revenue, and Expenditure Analysis; PPPA 6048 Financing State and Local Government; PPPA 6051 Governmental Budgeting; PPPA 6052 Tax Policy Analysis; PPPA 6053 Financial Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations.

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