Students will learn analytical theories of political science 
that are applied to social choice and elections.  This includes 
mathematical and deductive models that enhance logic skills.  
Students who develop these skills should more clearly draw 
conclusions from stated premises, and have a better 
understanding of the role of theory in research.  The skills 
taught in this course will also show students how to think more 
analytically and constructively about politics.  Students will 
be exposed to deductive proofs and learn the consequences of 
various electoral and institutional designs.

The paradox of apportionment
Electoral systems in a variety of contexts
Individual rationality
Elections with two alternatives
The Downsian model of mass elections
Elections with three or more alternatives
The problem of preference aggregation
Condorcet’s paradox
Arrow’s impossibility theorem
Probabilistic social choice
Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem
Formal conceptions of liberty
Sen’s liberal paradox

UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all 
of my academic work 
and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others." A Culture 
of Honesty, the 
University's policy and procedures for handling cases of 
suspected dishonesty, can 
be found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should 
include the 
instructor's expectations related to academic integrity.


All academic work must meet the standards contained in "A 
Culture of Honesty."  
Students are responsible for informing themselves about these 
standards
before performing academic work.  The penalties for academic 
dishonesty are severe
and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.  Also note that the 
course syllabus
is a general plan for the course and that deviations announced 
to the class by the 
instructor may be necessary. 
(www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/academic_honesty.htm)