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Courses and programs on complex systems can be added below

[[Portland State University's Systems Science Ph.D. Program Description]] In 1970, a Systems Science Ph.D. Program was established at Portland State University. The Program encompasses both applications and theory-oriented aspects of the field. It is designed to prepare students for professional practice in industrial, governmental, and public service organizations and for research and teaching in academic institutions.

Students have two options for study in the Systems Science Program: Departmental Option - The student undertakes advanced academic preparation primarily in a single department or school. Discipline-oriented studies are supported by systems coursework and lead to research on a systems-related topic; and Core Option - The student pursues interdisciplinary studies with a stronger emphasis on systems course work. Examples of subject areas appropriate to such a program are: intelligent systems; information, structure and dynamics; organizations, decision-making and optimization; modeling and simulation; systems philosophy; systems approach; and related topics in the study of complex systems. Both of the options facilitate the design of curricula which are individually tailored to the needs and interests of students.



Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connectiut Undergraduate Systems Thinking and Complexity course

Developing and enhancing our Web-based interactive syllabus for an undergraduate course in systems thinking and complexity continues to be an on-going long-term project. Our initial experience has convinced us that the next stage of enhancing our interactive course syllbus further calls for a large team of like-minded colleagues with diverse and specialized areas of expertise working on this project. We endorse the collaborative nature of the New England Complex Systems Institutes use of Wiki and offer our syllabus as a starting point.

What needs to be done:

  • Convert the existing format of the course to the WIKI format.
  • Modify the Table of Contents
  • Maintain links to Internet resouces
  • ...

Access to our interactive working syllabus with its details is provided by the following link: [1] Access to the collaborative project: Interactive Systems Thinking and Complexity Working Syllabus

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