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Class number:
1834
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Title: Judgment and Decision Making |
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Department: Mathematics |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 29 |
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Current enrollment: 27 |
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Available seats: 2 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM, MECC - 232 |
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Instructor(s): Mauro, David |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: satisfactory score Mathematics Placement Examination or C+QLIT 101 or QLIT 103 |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Numerical & Symbolic Reasoning Requirement |
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Note: 8 seats reserved for first-year students. |
Course Description:
In this course, we consider the application of elementary mathematical analysis to various procedures by which societies and individuals make decisions. Topics will include weighted and unweighted voting, apportionment of representatives, redistricting / gerrymandering, and game theory with a theme of understanding decision-making algorithms in the context of historic and modern politics in the United States and around the world. |