Logic/Paradox in Social Choice · Political Science
I learned about how to reshape my thinking. A new perspective on how group decisions are made and how individual preferences impact the group outcome. A cool, niche topic that I don't think I have encountered or will encounter in further political science classes.
In this course I learned that their are voting systems that are imperfect, and can produce cycling and was interested in the different voting systems that were consistent or not.
logic theory, that MMR is the best way to solve things
Voting methods and drawbacks. Learned to do problem sets and take exams.
I learned how individuals aggregate preferences using social choice theory. Topics included rationality, transitivity, unanimity, majority rule, plurality rule, Borda count, preference cycling, Condorcet winners, agenda voting, dictatorship, Arrow's theorem, May's theorem, spatial modeling, etc.
Great class and professor. Topic is super cool and fulfills the poli sci methods requirement.
The course is very difficult and fast paced. You go over a very complicated topic one time and are expected to have memorized it's definition and how to apply it. HW take a very long time and are not straight forward. If you are already familiar with logic then might be easier but for me who had no prior logic experience i struggled immensely. OH are short and limited times
This course was very difficult for me. I enjoyed the classes but struggled to understand concepts.
There is just a lot of content to learn and he goes really fast. There are no handouts.
Game theory or logic because you will be lost