• Course Code: 01:220:390
  • Credits: 3
  • Course Type: Lower Level Elective for Major
  • Certificate: Minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
  • Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring

Rational-choice approaches to understanding political behavior and institutions. Spatial models of direct and representative democracy; strategic behavior of political actors; ideal voting systems; selected applications in U.S. and other political systems. Cross listed with 01:790:390 in Political Science.