This course is an introduction to budgeting and financial planning. It is designed so that students will develop: 1) basic budget literacy; 2) an understanding of how financial planning and budgeting are used in the management of organizations; and 3) an understanding of how these tools can be used to analyze public policy issues. The first part of the course will focus primarily on skill development and the second part of the course will involve applying these skills to analyzing important management and public policy questions facing organizations and government entities.