Section Info: POLIT-248GT-01

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

REGISTRATION DETAILS

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.