Strategic Behavior System Area
Human beings are the constituent member of society, and “human decision-making/strategic behaviors” are the basis of all social sciences. In the Strategic Behavior System area, students learn the theory of human decision-making/strategic behaviors from various angles. They also experience human strategic behaviors in socio-economics using computers during seminars. It is particularly recommended that students in this area take [Microeconomics] and [Game Theory] as core courses.
| Course name | Course description | Target year |
|---|---|---|
| Seminar in SEP: Strategy and Behavior Area | In this course, students will learn the basic concepts and methods of statistical processing using the statistical analysis program SPSS through seminars. | 2 – 4 |
| Game Theory | In this course, where society is defined as a system consisting of multiple selfish agents, students will learn arithmetic and mathematical basics to analyze situations involving the decision-making of multiple people. | 2 – 4 |
| Decision Theory | In this course, students will learn the basic concepts needed to model various decision-making problems in socio-economic issues, including utility models, risk attitudes, trade-offs, social and group decision-making. | 2 – 4 |
| Evolutionary Game Theory | This course will provide an overview of Darwin’s evolution theory and learning theories, which have had a great impact on social science. Students will study some example cases to learn the basics of evolutionary game theory, and pursue the mechanism, by which human evolution and learning (adaptation) produce familiar social phenomena. | 2 – 4 |
| Behavioral Economics | This course will deal with human economic behavior from psychological perspectives, and provide an overview of the idea of economic behavior and each factor influencing it. | 2 – 4 |
| Microeconomics | This course will give lectures on resource allocation in a perfectly competitive market. | 2 – 4 |
| Empirical Microeconomics | The goal of this course is to acquire the skills needed for micro-empirical analysis and policy evaluation. | 2 – 4 |