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This course will introduce students to the modeling and analysis of dynamical systems using analytical, numerical and qualitative (geometric) techniques. The course will focus on dynamical systems arising in mechanics and vibrations, global climate models and infectious disease modeling. The following topics will be covered: first order systems, phase space, bifurcations, numerical integration, second order linear systems, stability, finite differences, nonlinear systems, higher order systems, introduction to chaos.