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5.00 Credits
Key facts, theories, tools, and techniques of seven sciences integrated by showing how their phenomena are examples of the same fundamental systems processes, hierarchies and emergence, flows and networks, boundaries and limits. Includes similarities and differences of the scientific method across the sciences, and similarities between the natural and social sciences. No lectures. Multimedia selfstudy, two 2hour, facetoface skilltraining and discussion sessions weekly. One interdisciplinary lab session every 3 weeks. (Also listed as SCI/CSA 250)
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5.00 Credits
Key facts, theories, and techniques of seven sciences integrated by showing their phenomena are examples of the same fundamental systems processes, feedback and regulation, cycles and oscillations, stability and equilibrium. Includes similarities and differences of the scientific method across the sciences, and similarities between the natural and social sciences. No lectures. Multimedia selfstudy, 2 twohour, facetoface skilltraining and discussion sessions weekly. One interdisciplinary lab session every 3 weeks. Prerequisite: SCI/CSA 250. (Also listed as SCI 251)
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6.00 Credits
History and context of general systems theory from classical philosophy to the present; its tenets, strengths, weaknesses and relationship to conventional and design disciplines, the relevance of systems science to complex human problems. Survey of its literature, investigators, institutions and organizations. 4 lecture discussions.
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4.00 Credits
General principles of morphology and their application to various sciences. Dimensionless morphology in mathematics and the natural sciences. Mathematical structures and concepts developed morphologically to illustrate the method. Identification, and rigorous empirical, statistical testing of trends observable across leveltolevel evolution of natural hierarchies. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: approval of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Crossdisciplinary survey of the mechanisms of origin of most levels of living and nonliving systems using synthetic concepts to integrate the scientific evidence. Emergence of subatomic particles to clusters of galaxies, from the origins of consciousness to civilization. Impact of scientific findings on centuriesold philosophical debates and human values. 4 lecture discussions.
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6.00 Credits
Key facts, theories, tools, and techniques of seven sciences integrated by showing how their phenomena are examples of the same fundamental systems processes, symmetry and duality, chaos and origins, development and evolution. Includes similarities and differences of the scientific method across science, and similarities between the natural and social sciences. No lectures. Multimedia selfstudy, 2 twohour, facetoface skilltraining and discussion sessions weekly. One interdisciplinary lab session every 3 weeks. Prerequisite: SCI/CSA 251. (Also listed as SCI 310)
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1.00 Credits
Law applied to optimizing and correcting systems; survey of legislation and case law dealing with environmental problems. Emphasis on the special difficulties in writing laws of a multidisciplinary nature. 2 lectures, 2 twohour activities.
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1.00 Credits
Techniques and methods of measurement systems; comparative uses of metrics; design and application of metrics to human and environmental problems. Emphasis on exploration of the application of metric principles to the evaluation of qualitative differences. 3 lectures, 1 twohour activity. Prerequisite: Any statistics course.
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3.00 Credits
Use of 80 candidate systems processes isomorphic across natural and social systems to describe how they work. Insights into the similarities and differences between natural and social systems. Impacts on society. 3 lectures, 1 twohour activity. A computerized multimedia, distanced learning course.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of hundreds linkage propositions between systems processes learned in CSA 411. 3 lectures, 1 twohour activity. Prerequisite: CSA 411/411A.
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