Об этом курсе: 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

Для кого этот курс: This course is for everyone: from any level of expertise, any field, any industry, any discipline. And for good reason. It teaches skills that enhance your work and endeavours, regardless of who you are. If you want to perform better in your career, to innovate in your field, and to improve your future prospects - take this course!

Автор: Macquarie University

Преподаватели: David Baker, Associate Lecturer
Big History Institute
Преподаватели: David Christian, Professor
Big History Institute
Преподаватели: Shawn Ross, Associate Professor
Big History Institute

Основные сведения	Course 1 of 4 in the Solving Complex Problems Specialization
Уровень	Beginner
Язык	English
Как пройти курс	Чтобы пройти курс, выполните все оцениваемые задания.
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Программа курса

НЕДЕЛЯ 1

What is complexity?

Welcome to the first course of our specialisation on solving complex problems! In this module, we will be looking at complexity in the broadest sense and how it relates to us. From there we will zoom in to different aspects of this universal and all-encompassing concept.

5 видео, 8 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Specialisation Assessment Overview
Reading: A Preview of the Briefing Paper Assignment
Reading: Assessment Overview for Course 1: Analysing Complexity
Видео: Defining Complexity as a Concept
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complexity and Energy Flows
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complex Systems
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Assessments - Specialisation Overview

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 1

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 1: What is complexity?

НЕДЕЛЯ 2

Complex Physical Systems

In this module, we'll look at how complexity operates in the inanimate universe, the corresponding links between physics, chemistry, and geology and how they reflect the ground rules of all forms of complexity.

5 видео, 9 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Cosmic Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Chemical Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Planetary Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complex Physical Systems
Reading: Glossary

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 2

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 2: Complex physical systems

НЕДЕЛЯ 3

Complex Adaptive Systems

In this module, we'll explore the ratcheting up of complexity inside adaptive systems, and the impact adaptation has on the rules of the game for constantly evolving complex systems.

6 видео, 11 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Dissipative Structures
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Cellular Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Complexity of Brains
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complex Ecosystems
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Adaptive Systems and Ecosystems
Reading: Glossary

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 3

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 3: Complex adaptive systems

НЕДЕЛЯ 4

Complex Cultural Systems

In this module, we'll look at an even more powerful adaptive system - culture. We'll survey what is at the root of this new form of complexity and how this impacts our thinking about how human society, the most complex system of which we are aware, functions and evolves.

6 видео, 11 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Evolution of Language
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Social Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Linguistic Complexity
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complexity Wealth and Consumption
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Complex Cultural Systems
Reading: Glossary

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 4

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 4: Social complexity

НЕДЕЛЯ 5

Complexity, Fragility, and Breakdown

In this module, we'll look at the decline of complexity. So far we've focused on how complex systems sustain or increase themselves. In order to truly understand every angle of all complex systems - physical, biological, and cultural - we need to understand how and when they collapse, and what all those breakdowns have in common.

7 видео, 13 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Breakdown of Stars and the Universe
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Breakdown of Organic Chemicals
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Breakdown of Species
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Breakdown of Societies
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Breakdown of Economies
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Fragility and Collapse
Reading: Glossary

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 5

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 5: Limits to complexity

НЕДЕЛЯ 6

Complexity in the Anthropocene

Now that we've explored the different kinds of complex systems and have some idea of the risks and dangers involved, this module will look at how these concerns impact us in the present Anthropocene epoch, where humanity faces many threats of decline and collapse amid the most complex system that we know of in the visible universe.

6 видео, 9 материалов для самостоятельного изучения

Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Measuring Sustainability in the Anthropocene
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Global Politics in the Anthropocene
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Population Health in the Anthropocene
Reading: Resources
Reading: Glossary
Видео: Increasing Complexity and the Anthropocene
Reading: Glossary
Видео: The Final Assignment

Оцениваемый: Multiple Choice - Mod 6

Оцениваемый: Short writing for Module 6: Complexity in the Anthropocene

Оцениваемый: Final assignment for Course 1: Analysing Complexity

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Macquarie University

Macquarie is a hub of inspired and unconstrained thinking. Macquarie was founded with a unique purpose: to bring minds together unhindered by tradition. Created to challenge the education establishment, Macquarie has a rich track record of innovation. Macquarie actively shapes the complex issues that define the future of humanity.

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Even though I have studied complexity, and had journal articles published on the subject, this course is admirably clear and promises to be the first part of a really practical insight into solving a particular problem - or at least, suggesting innovative approaches to it.

I loved this course. Very interesting from an holistic point of view. We get to learn and to get a big picture of the World's history since the very first beginnings. Congratulations to the Big History Institute and to Macquarie University! It's well worth it.