School of Sustainability & Urban Systems Undergraduate 6 ECTS
SUS210 · Systems Thinking & Sustainability
Use systems thinking to analyze sustainability challenges: causal mapping, feedback loops, leverage points, and scenario reasoning. Students practice decision-making under uncertainty and build interventions that consider unintended consequences and constraints.
- sustainability
- systems
- uncertainty
| Overview | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Code | SUS210 | — |
| Title | Systems Thinking & Sustainability | — |
| School | School of Sustainability & Urban Systems | — |
| Level | Undergraduate | — |
| Credits | 6 ECTS | — |
What you will learn
- · Create systems maps that include feedback loops and leverage points
- · Reason about uncertainty and unintended consequences
- · Propose interventions with measurable signals and accountability
Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites (or equivalents are accepted).
Assessment
| Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Coursework | 60% |
| Final project | 40% |
Weekly outline
Week 1: Week 1
1 topics
- · Systems fundamentals: stocks, flows, and feedback
Week 2: Week 2
1 topics
- · Leverage points: where change is feasible
Week 3: Week 3
1 topics
- · Uncertainty: scenarios and sensitivity
Week 4: Week 4
1 topics
- · Measurement: signals that matter