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Certificate in Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Courses

The following courses are required (9 credit hours):

  • V517 Public Managment Economics
  • V542 Governmental Financial Accounting and Reporting or V526 Financial Management for Nonprofit Organizations
  • V560 Public Finance and Budgeting

Electives (select two for 6 credit hours):

  • V609 Seminar in Revenue Theory and Administration
  • V610 Seminar in Government Budget and Program Analysis
  • V667 Seminar in Public Capital and Debt Theory

 
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Founded in 1972, Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs (IU SPEA) is currently the largest school of public affairs in the country. Its master's degree in public affairs ranks second among 250 public affairs programs nationally (tied with Harvard's Kennedy School of Government). It is the highest ranked public affairs degree at a public university by US News and World Report. IU SPEA is ranked number one in the nation in environmental policy and management, and nonprofit management, and third in the nation in public finance and budgeting specialties.