2026-2027 Catalog

FYS 137 Not That Kind of Model

Our understanding of the modern world, and how we operate in and experience it, is influenced by models. They are used for everything: sending probes to Jupiter, predicting the weather/COVID spread, deciding who gets a loan/parole, assessing competing climate change mitigation strategies, making people waste time on social media. What are these models? How do they work? What are the benefits/costs/risks associated with their use? In this course, we will work to address these questions.

Credits

1

Instructor

Stroembom