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Rationality, Uncertainty, and Choice: Formal Methods, Minor

The Minor in Rationality, Uncertainty, and Choice: Formal Methods

Overview

Students pursuing the minor in Rationality, Uncertainty, and Choice: Formal Methods (RUC) will learn interdisciplinary philosophical and mathematical approaches to reasoning about uncertainty and decision making in both individual and group contexts.

The RUC minor consists of three core requirements in Game Theory, Decision Theory, and a choice between the Decision Analysis and Decision Models and Games from the Department of Social and Decision Sciences. Students will then take 3 elective courses from two elective categories. Electives are intended to show how key concepts from the RUC core can be applied across many disciplines. The RUC minor uniquely complements majors from across Carnegie Mellon University and extends to fields such as economics and computer science. All courses counted towards the minor must be taken for a letter grade and passed with a grade of "C" or above. 

Curriculum

Core Requirements

Complete all of the following: Units
80-305Game Theory9
80-306Decision Theory9
88-223Decision Analysis12
or 88-312 Decision Models and Games

RUC Electives

NOTE: Students must complete three elective courses from the following two categories and must complete at least one course in each category. 

Elective Category 1: Formal Foundations9-18 units
80-201Knowledge and Justified Belief9
80-208Against the Algorithm: Critical Thinking as a Way of Life9
80-210Logic and Proofs9
80-211Logic and Mathematical Inquiry9
80-310Formal Logic9
80-311Undecidability and Incompleteness9
80-315Logics for Knowledge and Belief9
80-325Foundations of Causation and Machine Learning9
80-516Causality and Machine Learning9
80-521Seminar on Formal Epistemology: Uncertain Interpretations9
80-524Topics in Formal Epistemology: Topological Philosophy of Science9
88-223Decision Analysis12
88-312Decision Models and Games9
88-379Data-Driven Decision Analysis9
Elective Category 2: Theory and Applications9-18 units
80-220Philosophy of Science9
80-221Philosophy of Social Science9
80-222Measurement and Methodology9
80-246Moral Psychology9
80-249AI, Society, and Humanity9
80-261Experience, Reason, and Truth9
80-324Philosophy of Economics9
80-330Ethical Theory9
80-335Social and Political Philosophy9
88-252Causal Inference: from Data to Decisions9
88-255Strategic Decision Making9
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