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Dec 14, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2020-2021 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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PSC 744 - Government Budgeting (3 units)
Examination of the process and theories of budget formulation.
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. outline and discuss the political and economic context in which government budgets are produced.
2. articulate what budgets do and how they are assembled (the budget cycle).
3. identify and evaluate the importance of the major institutional actors in the budgetary process.
4. compare “models” of budgetary behavior (and especially incrementalism).
5. evaluate the State of Nevada budget system in terms of general budget models and behavior especially since this is a course tauth in Nevada and is required for the MPA program.
6. evaluate whether SLOs detract from the overall learning of material by graduate students and whether they are an efficacious use of budgetary resources.
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