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62650-01 - Lecture: Behavioral Science (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Dan Raphael Schley (danraphael.schley@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The course focuses on human judgment and decision making from the perspective of the behavioral sciences, particularly psychology and behavioral economics. (The course does not require prior study of those areas however.) Using observations from laboratory and field experiments, behavioral scientists describe how people make decisions and the mental processes that lead to these decisions. The theory is heavily guided by observations from experiments. Behavioral Science seeks to understand and predict how people judge and decide and how human judgments align with those prescribed by logic and rational economics. |
| Learning objectives | o Gain insights from behavioral research (social psychology, cognitive psychology, behavioral economics) into how people form judgments and make decisions o Improve your understanding of how managers, consumers, policy makers, entrepreneurs, and others make decisions. o Gain an alternative perspective to the prescriptions of “rational economics.” |
| Bibliography | To be determined. You will need to purchase some literature. I will post the literature you need to purchase by 1 September, both on the course webpage and here: https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_480685.html |
| Comments | For some courses in the area of Behavioral Marketing you need to first take other courses. A master's thesis in this area also requires particular prior course work. You can find an overview here: https://wwz.unibas.ch/de/marketing/courses-masters-thesis/ |
| Admission requirements | No more ECTS may be earned with this lecture if the course 31960 Microeconomics and Psychology of Decision Making has already been successfully completed. |
| Course application | Registration: Please enroll in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch); Eucor-Students and mobility students of other Swiss Universities or the FHNW first have to register at the University of Basel BEFORE the start of the course and receive their login data by post (e-mail address of the University of Basel). Processing time up to a week! Detailed information can be found here: https://www.unibas.ch/de/Studium/Mobilitaet.html After successful registration you can enroll for the course in the Online Services (services.unibas.ch). Applies to everyone: Enrolment = Registration for the course and the exam! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 27.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Wednesday 29.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Thursday 30.10.2025 | 18.15-20.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Monday 03.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Monday 10.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Wednesday 12.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Thursday 13.11.2025 | 18.15-20.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Monday 17.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Monday 01.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Wednesday 03.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Thursday 04.12.2025 | 18.15-20.00 | Chemie, Organische, Grosser Hörsaal OC |
| Monday 08.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | per Zoom, -- |
| Modules |
Module: Core Competences in Economics (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Economic Approaches (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Fundamentals in Business and Economics (Master's Studies: Business and Economics) Module: Fundamentals in Business and Technology (Master's Studies: Business and Technology) Module: Fundamentals in Economics (Master's Studies: Economics and Public Policy) |
| Assessment format | exam |
| Assessment details | written exam: tbd repeat exam: tbd IMPORTANT: For courses with a main lecture exam, a repeat exam is offered in addition to the regular examination date.This repeat examination can only be taken if the student has taken part in and failed the regular examination (grade < 4.0) see English translation of the study guide of our master programs by December 13, 2021: Paragraph 4.13.4.1. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, best attempt counts |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | one repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Business and Economics , studiendekanat-wwz@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Business and Economics |