Zhang, Y., & Probst, D. K. (2011, June), System Thinking for Everybody  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--18933

\bibitem{asee_peer_18933}
  Zhang, Y., \& Probst, D. K. (2011, June), \emph{System Thinking for Everybody}
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--18933

Yumin Zhang and David K. Probst.  "System Thinking for Everybody".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/18933 Internet.  22 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_18933}
  Yumin Zhang and David K. Probst.
  "System Thinking for Everybody".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/18933 Internet.  22 Apr, 2024

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AB  -                               System Theory for EverybodySystem theory was originated in the field of engineering, and now it is widely used in manydifferent fields, such as in biology and economics. However, in most universities the courses onsystem theory are still limited to the college of engineering. In order to make it available to allstudents, we propose to open a university wide introductory course.The concepts in system theory are not hard to understand, for example, stock and flow, positiveand negative feedback. In addition, the mathematics in introductory system theory is not verydemanding either, and many useful examples can be analyzed with the background of collegealgebra. Furthermore, with powerful and user-friendly software, such as STELLA®/iThink®,students can investigate many practical problems in different areas. Therefore, it is feasible toconsider system theory as a course of general education that is offered to all the students.As the students in this course come from different majors, the topics we discuss are also fromdifferent fields, such as physical system, engineering system, chemical system, biological system,ecological system, economic system and social system. One of the salient problems of moderneducation is the trend of over-specialization; as a result, the students often develop tunnel visionin a specific direction, and with blind sight to closely related areas. By learning this course,students can realize that there is a common thread cross-cutting all these different fields.Therefore, they will be able to analyze problems with a wide perspective in the future.
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