| Course Title: Topics in Politics: 'Game Theory for Politics' |
| Start Date: 08/24/2020 End Date: 10/15/2020 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course explores game theory as a tool for analyzing politics and international relations. Game theory assumes that politics is the result of strategic interactions between rational actors, ranging from citizens, to leaders, to states and international organizations. Throughout the course, we will apply insights from game theory to analyze political phenomena such as voting, bargaining, crisis signaling, and nuclear conflict. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Susanne Mueller-Redwood | sredwood@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Monday | 12:45PM - 02:00PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 12:45PM - 01:45PM | Weekly | ||
| 08/24/2020 - 10/15/2020 | Flex. Immersive Lecture | Wednesday and Friday | 12:45PM - 02:30PM | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: Not open to first-years in their first semester. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| MOD0001 | MOD-1: Courses meeting in Module 1 | This course meets in Module 1. |
| POLIT-INTL | POLIT-INTL: Politics - International subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the International Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Games of Strategy Author: Dixit, Skeath, McAdams, Avinash Copyright: 2020 Edition: 5th Volume: ISBN: 0393422194 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 160.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |