SES 2000-04 - SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYS (Systems and Disaster Resilience)

Academic Period:

Fall 2025

Section:

SES 2000-04 - SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYS (Systems and Disaster Resilience)

Title:

SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Meeting Patterns:

Mon/Wed | 15:00 - 16:30

Locations:

Babson Commons 101 Can be several values or empty

Start Date:

Monday, August 25, 2025 Date format can be changed

End Date:

Friday, December 12, 2025 Date format can be changed

Instructor Name:

Deepak Joglekar, Vivian Leung

Instructor Email:

djoglekar@babson.edu

Academic Unit:

MAST - Mathematics, Analytics, Science and Technology

Academic Level:

Undergraduate

Maximum Credits:

4

Delivery Mode:

In-Person

Allowed Grading Bases:

Graded

Section Status:

Open

Enrollment Count:

43

Section Capacity:

44

Description:

SES2000 Socio-Ecological Systems 4 Credits Special Topic Descriptions: https://babson.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/SESTeachingFaculty/EWYrFfzN_uZDhS_m8w-TmAcBP35aZg1XkbeRQAjsQ7HapQ?e=pc4LSt&CID=4F7F0C1A-ED6A-4E61-9AB9-A0476C8E2B98  This co-taught course will integrate across the social sciences and ecological sciences to focus on socio-ecological  systems(SES), which are linked systems of people with nature, emphasizing that humans must be seen as a part of, not apart from nature. These connected systems are complex, adaptive, and are governed by feedbacks within and  between social and bio-physical processes. Studying SES allows for the development of important skills desperately  needed for future business leaders, such as approaches for incorporating uncertainty, nonlinearity, and self-reorganization from instability. Students will be taught systems thinking and how to identify and develop an  understanding of the interdependent and interrelated structures and feedbacks of dynamic systems.  Transdisciplinary approaches will be employed to address complex temporal, spatial, and organizational scales to  investigate real world challenges. Beyond just social impact businesses or corporate social responsibility, teaching  system dynamics for sustainability allows students to develop as system change leaders.   This course will directly address the new integrated sustainability theme and will provide a strong background for all  of our students in integrative systems thinking, ecological integrity, and structural injustice. Students will be  introduced to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Planetary Boundaries Framework, resilience strategies, and leverage points for systems-based change for sustainability. Students will also learn concept mapping techniques as  a way of visually representing complex systems, their relationships, and indirect connections and feedback effects.  The skills learned can then be expanded and built from in subsequent elective courses. There are multiple content versions of this course including Climate Systems, Food Systems, Natural Disaster and Resilience Systems, Prairie Systems, Urban Systems, and Water Systems that are offered across different semesters. Prerequisites: NST 10XX and FCI 1000 and WRT 1001

HTML Description:

SES2000 Socio-Ecological Systems

4 Credits

Special Topic Descriptions: https://babson.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/SESTeachingFaculty/EWYrFfzN_uZDhS_m8w-TmAcBP35aZg1XkbeRQAjsQ7HapQ?e=pc4LSt&CID=4F7F0C1A-ED6A-4E61-9AB9-A0476C8E2B98 

This co-taught course will integrate across the social sciences and ecological sciences to focus on socio-ecological  systems(SES), which are linked systems of people with nature, emphasizing that humans must be seen as a part of, not apart from nature. These connected systems are complex, adaptive, and are governed by feedbacks within and  between social and bio-physical processes. Studying SES allows for the development of important skills desperately  needed for future business leaders, such as approaches for incorporating uncertainty, nonlinearity, and self-reorganization from instability. Students will be taught systems thinking and how to identify and develop an  understanding of the interdependent and interrelated structures and feedbacks of dynamic systems.  Transdisciplinary approaches will be employed to address complex temporal, spatial, and organizational scales to  investigate real world challenges. Beyond just social impact businesses or corporate social responsibility, teaching  system dynamics for sustainability allows students to develop as system change leaders.  

This course will directly address the new integrated sustainability theme and will provide a strong background for all  of our students in integrative systems thinking, ecological integrity, and structural injustice. Students will be  introduced to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Planetary Boundaries Framework, resilience strategies, and leverage points for systems-based change for sustainability. Students will also learn concept mapping techniques as  a way of visually representing complex systems, their relationships, and indirect connections and feedback effects.  The skills learned can then be expanded and built from in subsequent elective courses. There are multiple content versions of this course including Climate Systems, Food Systems, Natural Disaster and Resilience Systems, Prairie Systems, Urban Systems, and Water Systems that are offered across different semesters.

Prerequisites: NST 10XX and FCI 1000 and WRT 1001

Format:

In-Person Can be several values or empty

Session:

Full Session Can be several values or empty

Elective:

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Program:

Intermediate Liberal Arts (UGrad), , Can be several values or empty