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Heterarchical systems are ubiquitous in nature and society.
They require variably long time scales for the interactions among their diverse elements to unwind towards thermodynamic equilibrium. Within those stacks of interest to this course, we focus on the newly emergent sciences of complexity to study the principles of self-organization of social systems. In addition to readings on basic principles, students explore several current research approaches in the social sciences and focus on one for a class presentation and term paper. Students with no computer expertise and those with such expertise are both encouraged to participate. Students may work on the presentations and written projects either individually or in groups of up to 3.