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CIV_ENV 377-0: Choice Modeling in Engineering

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Prerequisites

CIV ENV 306 or equivalent

Description

Behavioral choice modeling provides a scientifically robust method to investigate and understand
how choices are made in a variety of systems and contexts. In this course you
will learn methods to conceptualize, design, implement and finds practical answers to choice
modeling problems in a variety of settings, including transportation, energy, water, consumer
science, health, food preferences, residential location and more. This course builds
on a previously taught 400-level class which has been adjusted to reach a broader audience
in 2022. In this new course students will learn behavioral theories and methods to study
human decision-making in engineered and natural systems, how to estimate demand for
innovative products and services, and how to quantify non-tangible effects. CEE-377 will
equip students with tools to study the complexity of human decision-making processes that
are influential in all disciplines of engineering and beyond. The course is designed to learn
by doing creative and open-ended work, and students will get a chance to design their own
study, collect data, and analyze findings.Syllabus