System thinking and system dynamic modelling

Dates & timetable:

Application for this micro-credential is closed for academic year 2024/2025 and it will be renewed in academic year 2025/2026.

Description:

This micro-credential aims to develop intuition for systems thinking and more formal skills in modeling systems dynamics. It enables students to define a problem and formulate the system under study, as well as to develop their own computer models of system dynamics for various phenomena and processes in various fields of knowledge and application areas. When applied in the humanities and social sciences, the course also aims to bridge the gap between the descriptive approach used in the social sciences and the formal approach typically used in the natural sciences.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate fresh knowledge of systems analysis principles and deep understanding of the system dynamics approach and its application to the development of conceptual and simulation models.
2. Prepare new and apply existing computer-based simulation models using stock and flow and causal loop diagrams in a simulation system.

Sustainable development goals:

• SDG4. Quality education
• SDG8. Decent work and economic growth
• SDG11. Sustainable cities and communities
• SDG12. Responsible consumption and production

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