ITK 115 - Reasoning About Complex Systems
Tentative Schedule of Course Activities By Week Fall 2009

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Date Activities Additional Materials and Assignments
08/18

08/20		 Introduction to the course

Intro Lab or No Lab - to be announced
 Syllabus

08/25

08/27

Complex Systems #1

Lab - Intro to Building Models using Vensim

 Homework on Bb due before the start of lab on Thursday
09/01

09/03		 Complex System Terminology

Lab - More Practice with Models/Vensim
MorePracticeAnswer sheet (download to submit)

  
09/08


09/10 		Equations, Feedback and BOTG
and More BOTG

Lab - Feedback Loops and Weasel
 
09/15

09/17		 More practice with modeling

Lab - Creating a few simple models 		 
09/22

09/24		 Class Cancel Due to Emergency

Lab Portion of Exam 1 moved to next week
More practice lab instead
(Flu Population and Questions)
  
09/29

10/01		 Review for Exam 1

Exam 1 - Lab Portion
  
10/06



10/08		 Exam 1 - Lecture Portion

More Modeling - Credit Card Lab
  
10/13

10/15		 Discuss Exam
Modeling and Simulation
Lab - Delayed Feedback
Lab - If Function & Lookup Tables
  
10/20

10/22

Binary Search and Modeling Real Data

Binary Search Account Lab and modeling data lab (separate activity)

  
10/27

10/29		 Discuss Irish Potato Famine Lab
(you need to be in class - this will be difficult to go through on your own)


Lab - Irish Potato Famine

Irish Potato Famine
 Famine Assignment  
Famine Model Analysis
Famine Details  
Famine Graphs
Famine Report
11/03

11/05		 Rumors Project

Lab - Some Disease
  
11/10

11/12		 Discuss Exam 2

Exam 2 - "All Hands On"


11/17

11/19

 Student Loans or Credit Card

Lab - Lab Final Review		  
11/24

11/26		 Thanksgiving Break  
12/01

12/03		 Discuss Final Exam(s)

Lab Final 		 
12/07 Monday - Final Exam
(3:10 pm)
 

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