Bachelor's in Social and Decision Sciences

Social and Decision Sciences is a Bachelor program taught at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University is an undergraduate program in the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, focused on the human mind and on how to use knowledge about human behavior to predict outcomes and support better decisions. Students study disciplines that explain what drives behavior, including work that connects across the university through courses and research led by expert faculty.

The program is offered through Behavioral Economics (Bachelor of Science), Decision Science (Bachelor of Science), and Policy and Management (Bachelor of Science), each with a minor option. Students may research by collecting original data, designing field and lab experiments, analyzing data, and developing interventions. Policy and Management includes three course areas (policy, management and empirical) and a capstone team project applying research and analytical methods to a real-world problem.

Graduates from these majors are prepared for employment that uses decision and behavioral insights. The page lists recent employers including Accenture, Amazon, Epic, and McKinsey & Company, and it also reports that students are employed or in graduate school after graduation.

The minimum requirements for admission in Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Carnegie Mellon University.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Carnegie Mellon University as pre-requiste for admission in Social and Decision Sciences.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

High School Course Requirements

• 4 years English
• 3 years Mathematics**
• 1 year Science (2 or more preferred)
• 2 years Foreign Language
• 6 electives

**Three years of mathematics should include at least algebra, geometry, trigonometry, analytic geometry, elementary functions as well as pre-calculus. Advanced mathematics courses are encouraged.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.cmu.edu/admission/majors-programs/dietrich-college-of-humanities-social-sciences/social-and-decision-sciences

• Accenture
• Amazon
• Epic
• McKinsey & Company

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.