At the end of the course, the students will

1.   gain competency and critical understanding of systemic inquiry by studying systems and systems thinking.

2.   learn about the concept of problem identification, interaction between the problem and its context, and learn the methods to construct the relevant system models and understand their effect on solving the problems.

3.   get an understanding of hard versus soft systems thinking, and gain knowledge on structuring methodologies that are used for studying the problems encountered in complex systems.