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Applied Systems Design and Thinking 
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Applied Systems Design and Thinking
 at 
Harvard University 
Overview

Throughout the semester, students learn and implement the methodologies and frameworks of a systems thinker to analyze, design, and measure systems and their effectiveness.

Total fee

3,220

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Applied Systems Design and Thinking
 at 
Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate after completion of the course
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Applied Systems Design and Thinking
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Harvard University 
Course details

More about this course
  • Systems make the water you drink, the health care you access, the businesses you work in, and the products you buy
  • Yet as a society, we tend to promote siloed and linear thinking that contributes to rising challenges facing these systems and others
  • In this course, we aim to shift this paradigm by positioning (good) system design as the outcome of rewiring our mental models to see everything as systems
  • System design and the cognitive approach of systems thinking plays a critical role in developing holistic and sustainable solutions to problems faced in the many systems in our society. Throughout the semester, students learn and implement the methodologies and frameworks of a systems thinker to analyze, design, and measure systems and their effectiveness
  • Students refine their ability to learn from others, identify the rich interconnections of systems, and generate alternative system designs and innovations through ongoing collaborative coursework
  • This is a course designed with the practitioner in mind, where tools learned today could be applied tomorrow
  • It requires that students embrace the process of striking a balance between rigidity and chaos, just like the world's best systems do
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Applied Systems Design and Thinking
 at 
Harvard University 
Curriculum

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Applied Systems Design and Thinking
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Harvard University 
Faculty details

Tessa Tzeitel Forshaw
Designation : Executive Designer, People Rocket and Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Meredith Caldwell
Designation : Strategic Vision Architect, People Rocket
Jacob Hale
Designation : Associate Principal Designer, People Rocket

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