Additional Majors and Minors
Social and Decision Science students bring a wide range of academic interests to their undergraduate experience, and the flexibility of the SDS curriculum allows them to meaningfully pursue those interests alongside their primary field of study.
SDS majors are intentionally designed to pair well with other disciplines, enabling students to combine rigorous training in decision-making, behavioral science, and data analysis with complementary fields such as business, computer science, history, policy, design, health, art, business and the social sciences. This interdisciplinary approach allows students to tailor their academic pathways while remaining on track for timely graduation and diverse post-graduate outcomes.
For current SDS majors
Of the graduating class of 2025, 87% of SDS graduates complete an additional major or minor, reflecting the department’s strong integration with programs across Dietrich College and the broader university.
For potential SDS majors
Additional Majors
Minors
- Decision Making and Intelligent Systems (see description below)
Decision Making and Intelligent Systems
The Decision Making and Intelligent Systems minor is designed to prepare graduates to meet the growing demand for professionals who understand how AI systems interface with human decision-making. Courses will cover artificial intelligence, judgment and decision-making, and cognitive psychology to offer a holistic view of AI's potential to assist decision-making. We will be at the forefront of educational innovation, preparing our students to lead the development and application of AI technologies that complement and extend human cognitive processes.
The minor consists of six courses, focusing on foundational topics in psychology, decision science, and AI.
Two core Decision-Making courses, 18 units:
- 88-120 Reason, Passion, and Cognition
- 88-270 AI & Social Upheaval (launching spring 2026)
One core AI course, 12 units:
- 05-318 Human AI Interaction
Two elective courses, 18 units (at least one must be 88-xxx):
- 80-249 AI, Society, and Humanity
- 84-350 Strategists intro to AI
- 84-371 International Governance of Artificial Intelligence
- 85-213 Human Information Processing and Artificial Intelligence
- 85-414 Cognition in the Age of AI
- 88-230 Human Intelligence and Human Stupidity
- 88-231 Thinking in Person vs. Thinking Online
- 88-275 Bubbles: Data Science for Human Minds
- 88-302 Behavioral Decision Making
- 88-312 Decisions, Models, and Games
- 88-367 Designing Economics Experiments in the Wild
One advanced course integrating AI and Decision Making, 9 units:
- 88-436 Human-AI Complementarity for Decision Making (new course launched in spring 2025, co-taught by SDS & MLD)