PSA620 Public Sector Finance (3 cr.)

This course covers budgeting, grant writing, grant management, reporting, and revenue sources used by the public sector manager. It includes financial statement analysis and asset management. It provides an ethical financial perspective to be used in the public sector.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Apply basic accounting principles.
2. Prepare and manage budgets.
3. Identify alternative funding sources.
4. Establish reporting requirements and procedures.
5. Analyze financial statements.
6. Evaluate global financial trends and their impact on public sector finance.
7. Utilize asset management techniques.
8. Evaluate the ethical practices of financial resource allocation.
9. Analyze data for decision making and planning.