Public Budgeting

Catalog description

Goal of this course is budget literacy; to equip public policy students with a framework that can be applied to 'real world' situations in public policy, as well as to future coursework. Course will provide an overview of budgeting processes and systems at the federal, state and local level. Will also explore several of the most salient issues in public budgeting. Course will follow in real time the progress of the North Carolina budget process, as well as that of the federal government, with a focus on the budget policies most at issue. As a means of highlighting the choices faced by policymakers, students will create their own public budgets. Class will consist of lectures, class discussions, group presentations, case studies and written assignments.