— Simulating Communication Processes

Prerequisites & course information

This version has ended; see updated course, below. Course Description: Simulations of communication and sociality using agent-based models. Focus on strategic behavior, cooperation, coordination, self-organization, information diffusion, and other communication phenomena. No programming skills assumed. Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Writing Experience (WE). CMN 151 — Social Systems & Social Complexity (4 units) Course Description: Science and art of social modeling and the representation of complex communication phenomena. Models of social interaction from an interdisciplinary perspective to discover systems thinking and the science of social complexity. Focus on thinking in systems. Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Scientific Literacy (SL); Writing Experience (WE). This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026. Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Writing Experience (WE). CMN 151 — Social Systems & Social Complexity (4 units) Course Description: Science and art of social modeling and the representation of complex communication phenomena. Models of social interaction from an interdisciplinary perspective to discover systems thinking and the science of social complexity. Focus on thinking in systems. Learning Activities: Lecture/Discussion 3 hour(s), Term Paper. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Social Sciences (SS); Scientific Literacy (SL); Writing Experience (WE). This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026.