Upper Division POLSCI

2025 Summer Session C 8 weeks, June 23 - August 15
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Game Theory in the Social Sciences

Sean P Gailmard
Jun 23, 2025 - Aug 15, 2025
12:00 am
Internet/Online

Instruction Mode: Web-Based Instruction

No Open Seats
POLSCI W135 - WBL 001 Game Theory in the Social Sciences more detail
This course provides an introduction to game theory and its application in social science, especially political science and economics. The purposes of the course are to give students a sense of the field of game theory and how political scientists use it in making arguments about how government and politics work, to develop students' intuition about strategic situations in everyday life, and to develop students' analytical capabilities generally. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to depict social situations as simple game theoretic models, analyze those models to understand how the behaviors of the individuals involved are mutually reinforcing, and apply computer-based tools to evaluate under conditions of uncertainty.

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