PLCY670

Public Budgeting & Financial Management

Restriction: Must be in a major in PLCY-School of Public Policy; or permission of PLCY-School of Public Policy. Credit only granted for: PLYC670 or PUAF670. Formerly: PUAF670. Covers how governments raise, spend, borrow, and manage public funds. Reviews federal,state, and local budget processes and introduces analytical techniques including basic spreadsheet skills, evaluating alternative revenue sources, revenue and expenditure forecasting, cost allocation, capital budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, discounting and present value, bond analysis, cash management and intergovernmental finance.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.58 between 627 students*

PLCY670 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550556065707580% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 20.73%
A: 38.76%
A+: 16.11%
B-: 2.71%
B: 4.47%
B+: 9.89%
C-: 0.64%
C: 0.32%
C+: 0.48%
D: 0.16%
D+: 0.16%
F: 0.48%
W: 3.51%
other: 1.59%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.