HSS Graduate Studies

The study of the social sciences, which spans economics, political science, political economy, and economic history, has been an important part of the Caltech curriculum for more than a century. In recent decades, neuroscientists have joined HSS to explore the neurocomputational basis of decision making, social interactions, and human behavior.

Two distinct graduate programs play a critical role in the HSS research and learning environment: the social sciences PhD program and the social and decision neuroscience (SDN) PhD program. With its excellent core of pioneering and leading scholars in their fields, HSS has an outstanding record of training PhD students who have gone on to distinguished careers in academics, industry, and government.