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Complex Systems Related Short Courses

The following are short courses that are relevant to the study of complex systems. These courses are not all taught by CSCS, so inquiries should be directed to the departments or instructors offering the particular courses.

This list is by no means complete. It just reflects the courses about which we have been told. If you know of other relevant courses, please let us know and we will announce them here. You can also find information about other courses and research activities at UM by following the various UM-related links at our websites page.

CMPLXSYS 599
Intro to Agent Based Modeling of Anthropology
Prof. Henry Wright
March 12, 14, 17, 2008
2:30-4PM
March 12 &17--335 West Hall
March 14th--238A West Hall
Credits: 1

This course is open to undergraduate and graduate students.

"These lecture will guide the participants through the efforts of anthropologists to clarify some fundamental issues of cultural evolution. Among these are (1) the responses of foragers (or hunter-gatherers) to uncertainty and risk, (2) The emergence of networks of competition and conflict among early villages, and (3) steps toward the emergence of political hierarchies in early chiefdoms and states. Participants are urged to download the course materials from to prepare themselves for this opportunity. "

If you are interested in taking this short course please send a request to register to Howard Oishi: hoishi@umich.edu. He will give you permission to register and then you will have to go to the Office of the Registrar to actually enroll in the course since online registration is closed.

Updated September 1, 2005