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Complexity in Ecology OpenCourseWare: A Free MIT Grad-Level Ecology Course

Published Jan 08, 2009

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MIT's 'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity of Ecology' OpenCourseWare is geared toward advanced graduate students in MIT's Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department. 'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology' uses the study of ecology, which is fraught with problems of interaction and adaptation, as a focal point for examining complex systems more generally.

Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity of Ecology: Course Specifics

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Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity of Ecology): Course Description

The collective dynamics of Earth's ecological system are difficult to fathom because they're rarely linear and difficult to quantify. 'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology' addresses questions about how changes in biodiversity affect ecosystem stability and how environmental changes influence speciation and extinction. 'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology' encourages students to develop quantitative theories in the setting of observational and experimental data. Professor Daniel Rothman of MIT taught the original 'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology' course in a lecture format for the Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Department.

'Dynamics of Complex Systems: Complexity in Ecology' OpenCourseWare provides the public with free access to the course reading list and a list of student presentation topics. To learn more about the course, please visit the ecology - a complex system course page.

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