2021-22 Fall - ISDN2200 - Systems Thinking and Design

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Description

This course in Systems Thinking aims to gain students systemic understanding when tackling global challenges in the real world. For example, as widely understood that climate change is more than merely a technological problem. Rather, it is systemic problem underlying aspects of people, technology and environment that are all interconnected in the entire environment. With emphasis on systems, it is important to broaden students' perspective from merely viewing problems in isolation but in relationship with its surroundings. This course stresses on attaining a systemic perspective when approaching technological design in integrative systems. The course introduces studies of systems thinking to aid students systemic understanding. In the course, students are given specific assignment, such as intelligent mobility or waste management systems, and work in groups. At the beginning, they define the systems and analyze specific issues underlying in the systems. Afterwards, they suggest, justify and evaluate their solutions in systemic context.
Course period1/09/2131/12/21
Course levelUG
Course formatLecture