Abstract
Educational programs leading to degrees in system dynamics are rare and thus of critical importance to the future of the field of system dynamics. However, to a large extent such programs have not yet been made transparent to the system dynamics community as a whole. The present article describes the design and rationale for undergraduate and graduate programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). The goal of the article is to invite feedback from the system dynamics community about our specific programs as well as to facilitate wider discussion about the appropriate content, design, and pedagogy of degree programs and courses in system dynamics.
Highlights
System dynamics (SD) courses are taught at dozens of universities throughout the world
Instructors can choose to record the lectures at their individual computers using commonly available video recording software such as Camtasia or tape lectures at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)‘s Academic Technology Center (ATC)
We hope to encourage the field of system dynamics to more fully and collectively address the question of what a graduate of a system dynamics program should know and be able to do and how best to achieve those goals
Summary
System dynamics (SD) courses are taught at dozens of universities throughout the world. The system dynamics curriculum is part of a larger ―system sciences‖ program that covers a wide variety of different modeling approaches Those programs that offer substantial coursework in system dynamics (say, five courses or more) and a degree titled ―System Dynamics‖ can be counted on one hand. Barlas [1] argued that for system dynamics to be a successful discipline there need to be university educational programs that provide formal training. Such programs would teach the foundations of the system dynamics method, they would ensure consistency in the interpretation of the skills and act as conduits for the latest developments in the field to be passed on to students.
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