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Program checklist · B.S.

Policy and Management

Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
03.0201
Total credits (published)
27
Credits (computed from items)
646-656
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
211440
CourseShelf checklist
CK_211440_f613b7fc
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Prerequisites

2 items
  1. 21-111& 21-112
    Differential Calculusand Integral Calculus
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 21-120 Differential and Integral Calculus
    10-20
  2. 36-200
    Reasoning with Data
    Not resolved to a course
    9

Core Courses

major core · 8 items
  1. 73-102
    Principles of Microeconomics
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 73-104 Principles of Microeconomics Accelerated
    9
  2. 88-221
    Markets, Democracy, and Public Policy
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  3. 88-150
    Managing Decisions
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 88-255 Strategic Decision Making
    9
  4. 88-223
    Decision Analysis
    Not resolved to a course
    12
  5. 88-235
    Negotiation: Strategies and Behavioral Insights
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 88-234 Negotiation: International Focus
    9
  6. 36-202
    Methods for Statistics & Data Science
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  7. 88-251
    Empirical Research Methods
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  8. 88-252
    Causal Inference: from Data to Decisions
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 88-275 Bubbles: Data Science for Human Minds
    9

Capstone

1 item
  1. 88-451
    Policy Analysis Senior Project *
    Not resolved to a course
    or: 88-452 Policy Analysis Senior Project
    12

Concentration36 units

concentration · 0 items

    Programming (one course)

    1 item
    1. 88-300
      Programming and Data Analysis for Social Scientists
      Not resolved to a course
      9

    Analytics/Empirical electives (select any two courses)

    electives · 11 items
    1. 88-252
      Causal Inference: from Data to Decisions(if not taken in Empirical Core)
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    2. 88-275
      Bubbles: Data Science for Human Minds(if not taken in Empirical Core)
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    3. 88-312
      Decision Models and Games
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    4. 88-379
      Data-Driven Decision Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    5. 36-303
      Sampling, Survey and Society
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    6. 36-315
      Statistical Graphics and Visualization
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    7. 70-257
      Optimization for Business
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    8. 70-374
      Data Mining & Business Analytics
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    9. 70-455
      Data Management Fundamentals
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    10. 70-460
      Mathematical Models for Consulting
      Not resolved to a course
      9
    11. 90-434
      Geospatial Health Analytics *
      Not resolved to a course
      12

    Analytics concentration breadth elective (select one course from any of the other three concentrations; must be 88xxx)

    electives · 0 items

      Policy electives (select three courses; at least one of the three must be 88xxx)

      electives · 16 items
      1. 88-230
        Human Intelligence and Human Stupidity
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      2. 88-237
        The Happy Cyborg
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      3. 88-261
        Health Policy and Decision Making
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      4. 88-285
        Deconstructing and Dismantling Discrimination
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      5. 88-323& 88-324
        Policy in a Global Economy 1: International Trade and Trade Policyand Policy in a Global Economy 2: International Trade and Trade Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        12
      6. 88-344
        Systems Analysis: Environmental Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      7. 88-365
        Behavioral Economics and Public Policy
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      8. 88-366
        Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      9. 88-367
        Designing Economics Experiments in the Wild
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      10. 88-411
        Rise of the Asian Economies
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      11. 36-303
        Sampling, Survey and Society
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      12. 73-328
        Health Economics
        Not resolved to a course
        12
      13. 80-244
        Environmental Ethics
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      14. 84-362
        Diplomacy and Statecraft
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      15. 84-389
        Terrorism and Insurgency
        Not resolved to a course
        9
      16. 90-443
        Local and Regional Economic Development *
        Not resolved to a course
        12

      Policy concentration breadth elective (select one course from any of the other three concentrations; must be 88xxx)

      electives · 0 items

        Management electives (select three courses; at least one of the three must be 88xxx)

        electives · 15 items
        1. 88-231
          Thinking in Person vs. Thinking Online
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        2. 88-234
          Negotiation: International Focus(if not taken in Management Core)
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        3. 88-235
          Negotiation: Strategies and Behavioral Insights(if not taken in Management Core)
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        4. 88-341
          Team Dynamics and Leadership
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        5. 88-348
          Behavioral Finance
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        6. 88-384
          Underappreciated Ideas in the Social Sciences
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        7. 88-411
          Rise of the Asian Economies
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        8. 70-311
          Organizational Behavior
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        9. 70-332
          Business, Society and Ethics
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        10. 70-342
          Managing Across Cultures
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        11. 70-371
          Operations Management
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        12. 70-381
          Marketing I
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        13. 70-430
          International Management
          Not resolved to a course
          9
        14. 94-408
          Management Consulting
          Not resolved to a course
          12
        15. 94-423
          Measuring Social *
          Not resolved to a course
          12

        Management concentration breadth elective (select one course from any of the other three concentrations; must be 88xxx)

        electives · 0 items

          Topics of Law (select one course)

          2 items
          1. 88-281
            Topics in Law: 1st Amendment
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          2. 88-284
            Topics of Law: The Bill of Rights
            Not resolved to a course
            9

          Law electives (select any two courses)

          electives · 13 items
          1. 88-281
            Topics in Law: 1st Amendment(if not used in required)
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          2. 88-284
            Topics of Law: The Bill of Rights(if not used in required)
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          3. 66-221
            Topics of Law: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          4. 66-226
            Law and Literature
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          5. 70-364
            Business Law
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          6. 73-408
            Law and Economics
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          7. 76-219
            Law & Blame
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          8. 76-450
            Law, Culture, and the Humanities
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          9. 76-475
            Law, Performance, and Identity
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          10. 79-302
            Killer Robots? The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Drones and A.I. in War
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          11. 79-360
            Crime, Policing, and the Law: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          12. 80-447
            Seminar in Global Justice
            Not resolved to a course
            9
          13. 84-373
            International Law
            Not resolved to a course
            9

          Law concentration breadth elective (select one course from any of the other three concentrations; must be 88xxx)

          electives · 0 items
            Source. Carnegie Mellon University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://coursecatalog.web.cmu.edu/schools-colleges/dietrichcollegeofhumanitiesandsocialsciences/departmentofsocialanddecisionsciences/policy-management-bs/. Captured page pages/0053.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.