| Course Title: Explorations in Mathematics: 'Games, Systems, and Strategic Thinking' |
| Start Date: 01/23/2024 End Date: 05/07/2024 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2024 |
| Description: Board games have a long history of use as both entertainment and as a training ground for higher-level reasoning and analysis. Recent innovations in board game design have produced games (so-called euro-style games) that are mathematically sophisticated and embody systems that model different aspects of reality. In this course we will use board games to explore and analyze different mathematical systems and structures as well as to develop and apply skills in strategic thinking. Topics will include probability, modeling, and network theory. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kenneth Mulder | kmulder@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/23/2024 - 05/07/2024 | Lecture | Tuesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 407 | Weekly |
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| None |
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| Section status: Open | Capacity: 28 | Enrollment: 25 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| No book purchases are required/recommended for this class. |
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