Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University


CISAC Courses


Introduction to Game Theoretic Methods in Political Science

Course number(s): POLISCI 152/352
Offered Winter quarter in the 2009-2010 academic year

Instructors
James D. Fearon - Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Political Science; CISAC Faculty Member; CDDRL Affiliated Faculty

Concepts and tools of non-cooperative game theory developed using political science questions and applications. Formal treatment of Hobbes' theory of the state and major criticisms of it; examples from international politics. Primarily for graduate students; undergraduates admitted with consent of instructor.

Level
Graduate and undergraduate

Units
3-5

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences