Introduction to Financial Planning

Introduction to financial planning for state and local governments, focusing on expenditure analysis and budgetary techniques.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Kurt Paulsen

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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URBRPL 751

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KURT PAULSEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction27 / 300

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2023: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • State and local financial planning
  • Financing city and metropolitan governments
  • Intergovernmental fiscal relations
  • Budgetary techniques

Skills

  • Analyzing the functional importance of expenditures
  • Applying budgetary techniques to planning
  • Addressing financing problems in city and metropolitan governments
  • Understanding intergovernmental fiscal relations

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URBRPL 751 · Fall 2026

Introduction to Financial Planning

Recorded 2026-09-07
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