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Graduate Certificate in
Public Budgeting and Financial Management
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The 9-credit Graduate Certificate in Public Budgeting and Financial Management curriculum is taught by faculty with world-class expertise and offers you the opportunity to complete your course work at times and places most convenient for you. This online graduate certificate can be earned in one year.

The certificate program in public budgeting and financial management requires taking three online courses (9 credits).

Required Courses (9 credits)

  • 3
    credits

    Nature, function, and technique of governmental budgeting viewed as mechanism for allocating resources among alternative public uses.

  • 3
    credits

    Theories and techniques of financial planning and control, with emphasis on their application in government and nonprofit agencies.

    • Prerequisite

      PADM 502

  • 3
    credits

    Accounting, reporting, and auditing principles and procedures for public sector agencies and nonprofit organizations.

    • Prerequisite

      PADM 502

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