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Systems Thinking, Design & Intervention
AC 120
8 credits
By analyzing systems thinking—what it is, how it evolved, and how it is currently practiced — students will understand and use systems theory to intervene and transform individuals, families, groups, and organizations, and help others do the same. They will understand the relationship between culture and systems; know how a system relates to other systems and how information flows within a system; understand the interconnectedness of actions, organizations, and social systems; apply systems thinking to laboratory groups and actual work, family and community scenarios; and use principles, operating agreements, truth-telling, naming belief systems, verbalizing power and control, and other interventions to effect systemic change. No prerequisite
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