GEO 6341 - Complexity and Systems Thinking

Using a systems thinking approach to conceptualize complex problems, multi-disciplinary student teams resolve real world problems in maintaining system resiliency, stability, diversity, and sustainability. Student teams define/discover system structures, feedback loops, counter-intuitive outcomes and the unintended consequences of policy decisions. Topics of analysis include: urban growth, land use and transportation, renewable and non-renewable resources, environmental justice, and the dynamics of human administrative systems.