In spring 2007 we explored what was important to students. Click to read
student perspectives on HCS.
For Graduate Students
We are developing a path for graduate students to incorporate HCS into their studies.
Click to read prospective graduate studies .
Summer Internship
The prestigious Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico
Career Options
Improve your resume with Human Complex Systems courses when
apply for positions in these areas: policy analysis, organizational
behavior, diversity management, urban planning, computer modeling
and simulation, marketing/focus group analysis, computer game design,
educational design, research consulting, change management,
human development, human-computer interaction.
The Bragin Prize
The Bragin Prize for the Best Simulation Project in Human Complex Systems.
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Frequently Asked Questions
offers undergraduate students the opportunity to work
with one of their resident faculty mentors
on an individual project focusing on some aspect of the
computational properties of complex systems. Click
here to read more. Only students who are officially
registered in the Human Complex Systems minor can be supported
with letters of recommendation from our faculty for this and
similar competitive internships.
Focus: The prize is for the best computer simulation project in human group phenomena.
Although aspects of the arts, humanities and natural sciences may be part of the projects,
these may not be the focus of the work. Projects that address the policy implications of
theoretical and empirical research are especially encouraged. Purely aesthetic projects
are not eligible.
Eligibility: Any UCLA Human Complex Systems Minor.
First Prize: $300 and a certificate.
Second Prize: $100 and a certificate.
Honorable Mention: Certificate.
Submission: Submissions must be from projects completed as part of
Human Complex Systems coursework and must come with the recommendation of an
Human Complex Systems faculty member. Decisions are made by consensus of the
Human Complex Systems awards committee. It may occur that no submission is
agreed upon in any one academic year.
Counseling / Declaration: To receive academic counseling and/or official declare the minor, email Prof. Dario Nardi at
Signing Up
or visit him in Haines A04 (Monday 3:30 - 4:3) or Powell 307 (Thursday 2-4 PM).
