UK Nonlinear News,
May 1996
The University of Michigan
The Program for the Study of Complex Systems (PSCS) and the Horace H.
Rackham School of Graduate Studies are pleased to announce the
inauguration of a graduate curriculum in complex systems.
This interdisciplinary curriculum, leading to a graduate certificate
in complex systems, will introduce students to the ideas and methods
used in the study of complex, nonlinear and adaptive systems. The
specific aim of this curriculum is to allow students from different
fields to integrate the rich paradigms and useful analytic and modeling
techniques of complex systems into their own research.
The curriculum is designed to be accessible to students in a wide range
of disciplines in the physical, biological and social sciences. We
expect that many of the students enrolled in the certificate program
will be simultaneously enrolled in a graduate degree program at the
University, although inquiries from other students and scholars are
also welcome.
Academic requirements for the graduate certificate in complex systems
include course work in the following areas:
- An introduction to dynamical systems
- An introduction to adaptive systems
- Empirical analysis of nonlinear systems
- Computer modeling of complex systems
- Special topics or independent study
Students enrolled in the certificate curriculum will also be encouraged
to participate in the research activities of the Program. PSCS is an
interdisciplinary program which sponsors research groups and activities
in a broad range of fields. Current research groups include those in
bioeconomics, growth phenomena, nonlinear time series analysis, public
choice, and epidemiology, among others.
Further information
- Further information about the Program for the Study of Complex Systems
can also be obtained at the PSCS home Page:
- http://pscs.physics.lsa.umich.edu/pscs.html
- or by e-mail to pscs@umich.edu
Requests for further information or application materials should be made to:
Katherine Milliken, Administrative Assistant
(milliken@umich.edu)
Program for the Study of Complex Systems
2071 Randall Laboratory,
The University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1120
Telephone: (313) 763-3301
See also courses at:
[Bath]
[Edinburgh]
[U.C.L.]
[Michigan]
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