Social analysis and decision making (SDM)
Any course taken on this list that is below 9 units will require additional coursework in that category to complete the requirement.
Note: Courses on this list are not offered every semester. Please reference the Schedule of Classes for a list of currently offered courses.
16-Robotics
- 16-467 Robot Human Interaction
- 16-867 Human Robot Interaction
17-Software and Societal Systems Department (Computer Science)
- 17-200/19-221 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing
- 17-562 Law of Computer Technology
19-Engineering and Public Policy
- 17-200/19-211 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing
- 19-213 The American Railroad: Decline and Renaissance in the Age of Deregulation
- 19-301 Decision Making Methods for Engineers and Scientists
- 19-351 Applied Methods for Technology-Policy Analysis
- 19-429 Climate Change Science and Solutions
- 19-469 Behavior, Decision, and Policy
- 19-478 Engineering and Social Justice
- 19-666/39-612 (6 UNITS) Energy Policy and Economics
39-CIT Interdisciplinary
- 39-402 Leadership Development Seminar
48-Architecture
- 48-381 Issues of Practice
- 48-383 (6 units) Ethics and Decision Making in Architecture
51-Design
- 51-172 Systems
- 51-382 Design Center: Design for Social Innovation
- 51-396 Design Center: Design for Climate Change
52-Intercollege Degree Programs
- 52-190 BXA Seminar I: Building the Wunderkammer
- 52-291 BXA Seminar II: Transferring Knowledge
57-Music
- 57-377 Psychology of Music
66-Dietrich Interdisciplinary
- 66-215 The Innovation Trials
- 66-221 Topics of Law: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
70-Business Administration
- 70-100 Global Business
- 70-246 Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset
- 70-311 Organizational Behavior
- 70-321 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
- 70-332 Business, Society and Ethics
- 70-364 Business Law
- 70-365 International Trade and International Law
- 70-366 Intellectual Property and E-Commerce
- 70-381 Marketing I
- 70-449 Social, Economic and Information Network
- 70-480 International Marketing
73-Economics
- 73-100 Principles of Economics
- 73-102 Principles of Microeconomics
- 73-103 Principles of Macroeconomics
- 73-148 Environmental Economics
- 73-230 Intermediate Microeconomics
- 73-240 Intermediate Macroeconomics
- 73-258 Developing Blockchain Use Case
- 73-310 Evolution of Economic Ideas and Analysis
- 73-328 Health Economics
- 73-338 Financial Crises and Risk
- 73-341 Within the Firm: Managing Through Incentive
- 73-347 Game Theory Applications for Economics and Business
- 73-348 Behavioral Economics
- 73-352 Public Economics
- 73-353;Financial Regulation in the Digital Age
- 73-359 Benefit-Cost Analysis
- 73-365 Firms, Market Structures, and Strategy
- 73-421 Emerging Markets
- 73-433 Environmental Economics and Policy
- 73-476 American Economic History
76-English
- 76-231 "Where are you really from?": Asian American Racism, Activism, and Identity
- 76-241 Intro to Gender Studies
- 76-355 Leadership, Dialogue, and Change
- 76-372 News Writing
- 76-492 Rhetoric of Public Policy
79-History
- 79-101 Making History: How to Think About the Past (and Present)
- 79-189 History of Democracy: Thinking Beyond the Self
- 79-201 Introduction to Anthropology
- 79-204 American Environmental History
- 79-257 Germany and Second World War
- 79-268 World War I: The Twentieth Century's First Catastrophe
- 79-280 Coffee and Capitalism
- 79-281 Intro to Religion
- 79-283 Hungry World: Food and Famine in Global Perspectives
- 79-288 Bananas, Baseball, and Borders: Latin America and the United States
- 79-299 From Newton to the Nuclear Bomb: History of Science, 1750-1950
- 79-300 History of American Public Policy
- 79-302 Killer Robots: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Lethal Autonomous Weapons System
- 79-303 Pittsburgh and the Transformation of Modern Urban America
- 79-305 Moneyball Nation: Data in American Life
- 79-307 Religion and Politics in the Middle East
- 79-314 The Politics and Culture of Memory
- 79-315 Thirsty Planet: The Politics of Water in
- 79-318 Sustainable Social Change: History and Practice
- 79-331 Body Politics: Women and Health in America
- 79-335 Banned Substances: Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco in American History
- 79-355 Fake News: "Truth" in the History of American Journalism
- 79-359 Truth, Propaganda, and "Alternative Facts": A Historical Inquiry
- 79-368 Un-natural Disasters: Societies and Environmental Hazards in a Global Perspective
- 79-374 Inequality, Social Justice, and the Black Urban Experience: 1930s to 2010s (if taken in Spring 2020 and beyond)
- 79-375 Science and Religion
- 79-377 Food, Culture, and Power: A History of Eating
80-Philosophy
- 80-100 Introduction to Philosophy
- 80-101 Dangerous Ideas in Science and Society
- 80-130 Introduction to Ethics
- 80-135 Introduction to Political Philosophy
- 80-136 Social Structure, Public Policy & Ethics
- 80-150 Nature of Reason
- 80-180 Nature of Language
- 80-201 Knowledge and Justified Belief
- 80-208 Critical Thinking
- 80-220 Philosophy of Science
- 80-221 Philosophy of Social Science
- 80-223 Causality and Probability
- 80-226 Revolutions in Science
- 80-243 Ethics of Leadership
- 80-244 Environmental Ethics
- 80-245 Medical Ethics
- 80-246 Moral Psychology
- 80-248 Engineering Ethics
- 80-249 Automation, AI, and Society
- 80-251 Modern Philosophy
- 80-252 Kant
- 80-253 Continental Philosophy
- 80-256 Modern Moral Philosophy
- 80-271 Mind and Body: The Objective and the Subjective
- 80-276 Philosophy of Religion
- 80-305 Decision Theory
- 80-310 Formal Logic
- 80-321 Causation, Law, and Social Policy
- 80-325 Foundations of Causation and Machine Learning
- 80-330 Ethical Theory
- 80-334 Social and Political Philosophy (previously 80-235 Political Philosophy)
- 80-335 Social and Political Philosophy
- 80-348 Health, Human Rights, and International Development
- 80-405 Game Theory
- 80-447 Global Justice
82-Modern Languages
- 82-234 Topics in Chinese History
- 82-283 Language Diversity and Cultural Identity
- 82-299 Equity & Justice in Modern Languages
- 82-411 Language and Society in the Arab World
- 82-416 Topics in French and Francophone Studies
84-Institute for Politics and Strategy
- 84-104 Decision Processes in American Political Institutions
- 84-110 Foundations of Political Economy
- 84-226 International Relations
- 84-275 Comparative Politics
- 84-312 Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 84-313 International Organizations and law
- 84-319 Civil Military Relations
- 84-325 Contemporary American Foreign Policy
- 84-348 Advocacy, Policy, and Practice
- 84-362 Diplomacy and Statecraft
- 84-370 Nuclear Security & Arms Control
- 84-372 Space and National Security
- 84-380 US Grand Strategy
- 84-387 Technology and the Cyber Domain
- 84-402 Judicial Politics and Behavior
- 84-450 Policy Forum
85-Psychology
- 85-102 Introduction to Psychology
- 85-104 Psychopathology
- 85-107 The Psychology of Video Games
- 85-211 Cognitive Psychology
- 85-219 Biological Foundations of Behavior
- 85-221 Principles of Child Development
- 85-241 Social Psychology
- 85-261 Abnormal Psychology
- 85-271 Animal Minds
- 85-281 Introduction to Clinical Psychology
- 85-340 Research Methods in Social Psychology
- 85-350 Psychology of Prejudice
- 85-358 Pro-Social Behavior
- 85-370 Perception
- 85-395 Applications of Cognitive Science
- 85-409 Stigma and Its Consequences
- 85-412 Cognitive Modeling
88-Social and Decision Science
- 88-120 Reason, Passion, and Cognition
- 88-221 Analytical Foundations of Public Policy
- 88-223 Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems
- 88-230 Human Intelligence and Human Stupidity
- 88-231 Thinking in Person vs. Thinking Online
- 88-251 Empirical Research Methods
- 88-252 Causal Influence in the Field: Using Data to Study Crime, Law, Sports, and more
- 88-255 Strategic Decision Making: Cooperation and Competition in Social Interactions
- 88-275 Data Science for Human Minds
- 88-281 Topics In Law: First Amendment
- 88-284 Topics In Law: Bill of Rights
- 88-302 Behavioral Decision Making
- 88-360 Behavioral Economics
- 88-365 Behavioral Economics and Public Policy
- 88-372 Social and Emotional Brain
- 88-411 The Rise of Asian Economies
- 88-419 International Negotiation
- 88-444 Public Policy and Regulation
90-Heinz College
- 90-446 Civic Engagement as a Community Process
- 90-710 Applied Economic Analysis
- 90-736 Public Finance
- 90-769 Critical AI Studies for Public Policy
- 90-850 (micro course) Societal Consequences of Technological Change: Education
94-General Heinz College Courses
- 94-857 The Strategy and Management of Technological Innovation
95-Heinz College, Information Systems
- 95-744 Cybersecurity Policy and Governance I
99-CMU-wide courses
- 99-236 Environmental Ideas
- 99-246 Innovation & Entrepreneurial Mindset
- 99-347 Global Health and Gender Equality
- 99-349 Transforming Cities: Global Cities
- 99-350 Transforming Cities: Smart Cities and Technology
- 99-351 Transforming Cities: Cities and Sustainability
- 99-381 Technology, Humanity and Social Justice- Governance
- 99-383 Technology, Humanity and Social Justice- Education