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12 hours

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Free

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Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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  • This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
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  • The first course of the specialization ANALYZING COMPLEXITY will teach you what unifying patterns lie at the core of all complex problems. It advances your knowledge of your own field by teaching you to look at it in new ways.
  • ANALYZING COMPLEXITY is constructed in the following way: Week I. "What is Complexity?" - What is at the core of all complex problems Week II. "Complex Physical Systems" - What complex problems all have in common in the inanimate world Week III. "Complex Adaptive Systems" - What complex problems all have in common in nature Week IV. "Complex Cultural Systems" - What complex problems all have in common in human society Week V. "Complexity, Fragility, and Breakdown" - Why complex problems arise Week VI. "Complexity in the Anthropocene" - What complex problems face us today
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Curriculum

What is complexity?

Complexity

Defining Complexity as a Concept

Complexity and Energy Flows

Complex Systems

Assessments - Specialisation Overview

Specialisation Assessment Overview

A Preview of the Briefing Paper Assignment

Assessment Overview for Course 1: Analysing Complexity

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Multiple Choice - Mod 1

Short writing for Module 1: What is complexity?

Complex Physical Systems

Complexity in the Non-Living World

Cosmic Complexity

Chemical Complexity

Planetary Complexity

Complex Physical Systems

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Multiple Choice - Mod 2

Short writing for Module 2: Complex physical systems

Complex Adaptive Systems

Complex Adaptive Systems

Dissipative Structures

Cellular Complexity

The Complexity of Brains

Complex Ecosystems

Adaptive Systems and Ecosystems

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Multiple Choice - Mod 3

Short writing for Module 3: Complex adaptive systems

Complex Cultural Systems

Human Complexity

The Evolution of Language

Social Complexity

Linguistic Complexity

Complexity Wealth and Consumption

Complex Cultural Systems

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Multiple Choice - Mod 4

Short writing for Module 4: Social complexity

Complexity, Fragility, and Breakdown

The Breakdown of Complexity

The Breakdown of Stars and the Universe

The Breakdown of Organic Chemicals

The Breakdown of Species

The Breakdown of Societies

The Breakdown of Economies

Fragility and Collapse

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Multiple Choice - Mod 5

Short writing for Module 5: Limits to complexity

Complexity in the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene

Measuring Sustainability in the Anthropocene

Global Politics in the Anthropocene

Population Health in the Anthropocene

Increasing Complexity and the Anthropocene

The Final Assignment

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Multiple Choice - Mod 6

Short writing for Module 6: Complexity in the Anthropocene

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