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Pensamiento Sistémico (Coursera)

Offered by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México,
Pensamiento Sistémico (Coursera)

Este curso general tiene el propósito de promover el uso del pensamiento sistémico para nuestro beneficio y de quienes nos rodean.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Una breve historia de los sistemas
En este módulo revisaremos las condiciones que llevaron al desarrollo del pensamiento sistémico, su comparación con el reduccionismo, los avances tecnológicos que nos permiten estudiar sistemas y los sistemas que nos han permitido avances tecnológicos

WEEK 2
Conceptos
Conocerás los conceptos clave del pensamiento sistémico que te servirán para manejar las descripciones de fenómenos como sistemas, usar redes para representar sistemas y observar la dinámica y retroalimentación en ejemplos.

WEEK 3
Sistemas
En este tercer módulo revisaremos las aplicaciones que tiene el pensamiento sistémico en diversas áreas del conocimiento utilizando los conceptos anteriormente vistos.

WEEK 4
Una visión sistémica
En este último módulo apreciaremos el uso de las descripciones sintéticas en ingeniería, ciencia, filosofía y vida cotidiana, además aplicaremos los conceptos adquiridos a un ejemplo definido por cada estudiante.

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