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Decision Making and Rationality Concentration: Approved Courses

Use the dropdown below to find courses in each concentration area for the current academic year. 

For the Stanford Community, please see the full list of requirements for the Decision Making and Rationality Concentration.

Title
Quarter
Day, Time, Location
BIOMEDIN 219
Mathematical Models and Medical Decisions
Tagged for: Biomed - Theoretical and Mathematical Approaches | MaFo - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:45 AM
11:15 AM
BIOMEDIN 251
Outcomes Analysis (HRP 252, MED 252)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
CEE 206
Decision Analysis for Civil and Environmental Engineers
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Summer
COMM 106
Communication Research Methods (COMM 206)
Tagged for: CogSci-Empirical Methods | HCI - Empirical methods | DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Social Data Science | CSS - Contingent Electives | MediaComm - Research Methods | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
CS 182
Ethics, Public Policy, and Technological Change (COMM 180, ETHICSOC 182, PHIL 82, POLISCI 182, PUBLPOL 182)
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CoFo - Integrative Requirement | CSS - Integrative Requirement | MediaComm - Effects, Ethics, and Policy | MediaComm - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Digital Technology Ethics and Policy | AI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | HCI - Integrative Requirement | PhiFo - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement | Learn - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
CS 228
Probabilistic Graphical Models: Principles and Techniques
Tagged for: AI - Knowledge | DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | Learning - Computational learning | CSS - Computational Data Methods | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | AppLog - Integrative Requirement | AI - Artificial Intelligence Depth | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement | Learn - Computational Learning | Learn - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
CS 234
Reinforcement Learning
Tagged for: AI - Learning | AI - Robotics and vision | DMR- Methodological Foundations | Learning - Computational learning | CogSci- Neuroscience | AI - Artificial Intelligence Depth | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | Neuro - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement | Learn - Computational Learning | Learn - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
CS 238
Decision Making under Uncertainty (AA 228)
Tagged for: AI - Knowledge | DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CSS - Computational Data Methods | HAI - Integrative Requirement | AI - Artificial Intelligence Depth | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | CogSci - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
12:00 PM
1:20 PM
CS 261
Optimization and Algorithmic Paradigms
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
ECON 50
Economic Analysis I
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Social Behavior | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
ECON 50
Economic Analysis I
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Social Behavior | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday Friday
11:30 AM
12:50 PM
ECON 51
Economic Analysis II
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
ECON 51
Economic Analysis II
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
ECON 102B
Applied Econometrics
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications | CSS - Computational Data Methods
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM
ECON 102B
Applied Econometrics
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications | CSS - Computational Data Methods
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
ECON 102C
Advanced Topics in Econometrics
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
8:30 AM
10:20 AM
ECON 135
Foundations of Finance
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
ECON 136
Market Design
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | Biomed - Theoretical and Mathematical Approaches | HAI - Augmenting Human Capabilities | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
ECON 137
Decision Modeling and Information
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM
ECON 150
Economic Policy Analysis (PUBLPOL 104, PUBLPOL 204)
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
8:30 AM
10:20 AM
ECON 151
Tackling Big Questions Using Social Data Science (POLISCI 151)
Tagged for: CSS - Social Data Science | DMAR - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
ECON 155
Environmental Economics and Policy
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
ECON 160
Game Theory and Economic Applications
Tagged for: AI - Mathematical foundations | DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | CogSci- Theoretical Foundations | CSS - Social Behavior | CSS - Integrative Requirement | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
ECON 178
Behavioral Economics
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | CSS - Social Behavior | CSS - Integrative Requirement | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
ECON 279
Behavioral and Experimental Economics II
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
3:20 PM
ECON 289
Advanced Topics in Game Theory and Information Economics
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
4:30 PM
6:20 PM
ENGR 62
Introduction to Optimization (MS&E 111, MS&E 211)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
GSBGEN 646
Behavioral Economics and the Psychology of Decision Making
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday
2:50 PM
5:50 PM
MS&E 121
Introduction to Stochastic Modeling
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Contingent Electives | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
MS&E 135
Networks
Tagged for: AI - Additional topics | HCI - Social and psychological aspects | CSS - Social Behavior | MediaComm - Research Methods | MediaComm - Effects, Ethics, and Policy | AI - Contingent Electives | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
MS&E 152
Introduction to Decision Analysis
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
MS&E 175
Innovation, Creativity, and Change
Tagged for: DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
8:30 AM
10:20 AM
MS&E 180
Organizations: Theory and Management
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CSS - Social Behavior | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
MS&E 180
Organizations: Theory and Management
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | CSS - Social Behavior | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
MS&E 231
Introduction to Computational Social Science
Tagged for: CogSci-Empirical Methods | DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Social Data Science | CSS - Contingent Electives | MediaComm - Research Methods | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
MS&E 232
Introduction to Game Theory
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | CSS - Social Behavior | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
MS&E 232H
Introduction to Game Theory (Accelerated)
Tagged for: DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
10:30 AM
12:20 PM
MS&E 250A
Engineering Risk Analysis
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
MS&E 250B
Project Course in Engineering Risk Analysis
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday
3:30 PM
5:20 PM
MS&E 252
Foundations of Decision Analysis
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
MS&E 254
The Ethical Analyst
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday
1:30 PM
4:20 PM
MS&E 355
Influence Diagrams and Probabilistics Networks
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
PHIL 49
Survey of Formal Methods
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
PHIL 170
Ethical Theory (ETHICSOC 170, PHIL 270)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CSS - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
PHIL 171
Justice (ETHICSOC 171, POLISCI 103, POLISCI 336S, PUBLPOL 103C)
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CSS - Contingent Electives | CSS - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
PHIL 184
Epistemology (PHIL 284)
Tagged for: Philosophical Foundations | DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CogSci-Higher Cognition | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
PHIL 187
Philosophy of Action (PHIL 287)
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CogSci-Higher Cognition | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | PhiFo - Philosophy of Mind and Language | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
PHIL 388
Topics in Normativity: Foundations of Epistemic Normativity
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | CogSci-Higher Cognition | Advanced Small Seminar | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Wednesday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM
POLISCI 153
Strategy: Introduction to Game Theory (POLISCI 354)
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
3:00 PM
4:20 PM
POLISCI 230A
Classical Seminar: Origins of Political Thought (CLASSICS 181, CLASSICS 381, ETHICSOC 130A, PHIL 176A, PHIL 276A, POLISCI 330A)
Tagged for: DMR- Philosophical Inquiry | DMAR - Philosophical Inquiry
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
10:50 AM
POLISCI 351B
Economic Analysis of Political Institutions
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
2:50 PM
4:10 PM
POLISCI 356A
Formal Theory I
Tagged for: DMR- Formal Decisions Theories | DMAR - Formal Decision Theories
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
PSYCH 10
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (STATS 60, STATS 160)
Tagged for: CogSci - Inferential Statistics | Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HCI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
PSYCH 10
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (STATS 60, STATS 160)
Tagged for: CogSci - Inferential Statistics | Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HCI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
PSYCH 10
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (STATS 60, STATS 160)
Tagged for: CogSci - Inferential Statistics | Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HCI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Spring
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
PSYCH 10
Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus (STATS 60, STATS 160)
Tagged for: CogSci - Inferential Statistics | Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HCI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Summer
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
PSYCH 205
Foundations of Cognition
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | CogSci-Higher Cognition | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | Neuro - Basic Neuroscience | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
PSYCH 215
Mind, Culture, and Society
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
PSYCH 232
Brain and Decision Making (PSYCH 134)
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | Neuro - Systems Neuroscience | CogSci- Neuroscience | Biomed - Experimental and Observational Science | Biomed - Integrative Requirement | MaFo - Integrative Requirement | HAI - Integrative Requirement | CogSci - Cognitive Science Depth | Advanced Small Seminar | Neuro - Integrative Requirement | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMAR - Integrative Requirement
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday
3:00 PM
5:50 PM
PSYCH 251
Experimental Methods (SYMSYS 195E)
Tagged for: CogSci-Empirical Methods | HCI - Empirical methods | DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | DMR- Methodological Foundations | Learning - Human learning | CogSci- Neuroscience | MediaComm - Research Methods | NL - Mathematical/Computational Foundations | CogSci - Research Methods | Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications | Learn - Human Learning
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Wednesday Friday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
SOC 126
Introduction to Social Networks (SOC 226)
Tagged for: DMR- Empirical Findings and Explanations | CSS - Social Behavior | MediaComm - Effects, Ethics, and Policy | DMAR - Empirical Findings and Explanations
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
9:30 AM
11:20 AM
STATS 191
Introduction to Applied Statistics
Tagged for: Neuro - Methodological Foundations | HCI - Empirical methods | CogSci-Empirical Methods | CSS - Statistical Inference | CSS - Contingent Electives | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | MediaComm - Statistical and Data Analysis Methods | CogSci - Inferential Statistics | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HAI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
10:30 AM
11:20 AM
STATS 200
Introduction to Statistical Inference
Tagged for: Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMR- Methodological Foundations | HCI - Empirical methods | CogSci-Empirical Methods | CSS - Statistical Inference | CSS - Contingent Electives | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | MediaComm - Statistical and Data Analysis Methods | AI - Contingent Electives | CogSci - Inferential Statistics | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HAI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
STATS 200
Introduction to Statistical Inference
Tagged for: Neuro - Methodological Foundations | DMR- Methodological Foundations | HCI - Empirical methods | CogSci-Empirical Methods | CSS - Statistical Inference | CSS - Contingent Electives | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | MediaComm - Statistical and Data Analysis Methods | AI - Contingent Electives | CogSci - Inferential Statistics | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications | HAI - Contingent Electives | Learn - Contingent Electives | NL - Contingent Electives
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
STATS 211
Meta-research: Appraising Research Findings, Bias, and Meta-analysis (CHPR 206, EPI 206, MED 206)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | CSS - Contingent Electives | MediaComm - Research Methods | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Friday
9:30 AM
12:20 PM
STATS 217
Introduction to Stochastic Processes I
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
STATS 217
Introduction to Stochastic Processes I
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | MaFo - Applied Mathematics and Statistics | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Summer
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
STATS 218
Introduction to Stochastic Processes II
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | MaFo - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
10:30 AM
11:50 AM
STATS 263
Design of Experiments (STATS 363)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | HCI - Empirical methods | CogSci-Empirical Methods | HCI - Contingent Electives | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Tuesday Thursday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
STATS 310A
Theory of Probability I (MATH 230A)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Autumn
Monday Wednesday
1:30 PM
2:50 PM
STATS 310B
Theory of Probability II (MATH 230B)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Monday Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
10:20 AM
STATS 310C
Theory of Probability III (MATH 230C)
Tagged for: DMR- Methodological Foundations | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Spring
Tuesday Thursday
9:00 AM
10:20 AM
SYMSYS 195B
Design for Behavior Change (CS 247B)
Tagged for: DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Wednesday Friday
9:30 AM
11:50 AM
SYMSYS 195D
Research in Digital Democracy (SYMSYS 295D)
Tagged for: Advanced Small Seminar | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
URBANST 132
Concepts and Analytic Skills for the Social Sector (EARTHSYS 137)
Tagged for: DMR- Practical Tools and Applications | DMAR - Methods and Applications
2022 - 2023
Winter
Tuesday Thursday
11:30 AM
1:20 PM
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