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The course provides an interdisciplinary overview of mathematical and computational models of human driven systems. It spans a wide range of topics including the spread of infectious diseases, the dynamics of revolution and civil violence, ethnic segregation, land use change, urban disaster preparedness, computational reconstruction of ancient civilizations, and more. The course prepares students to develop their own models—alone or in teams. The NetLogo modeling environment will be presented, although students are welcome to use any language. Students are assessed by class projects at the end of the course.