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Outreach: Influencing STEM Knowledge

in Bridging Critical Junctures in STEM Education Pathways

"The Challenges of a Complex World," course

A new course, "The Challenges of a Complex World," was developed for undergraduates as a result of an award from the University of Michigan Office of the Provost to promote interdisciplinary and team teaching. Students use mathematics, computation, and experimentation to address the biggest challenges of the modern world by learning the fundamental properties of complex adaptive systems as applied to global warming, sustainability, epidemics, terrorism, and the impacts of technology and globalization on the world.