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Digital technology is not only revolutionizing society, but also the way we can learn about it. Today, it is being exploited by Silicon Valley companies, government agencies, and social movements. What they all have in common is the use of computational tools to understand and influence human behavior and social dynamics.
Some human interactions leave a huge digital footprint. Exploring this allows us to gain unprecedented insights into society, including complex social networks. Computational power allows us to uncover hidden patterns using tools like:
Computer simulations allow us to explore hypothetical situations to imagine a better world.
This specialization serves as a multidisciplinary guide to understanding society and human behavior using modern research tools. It is the first online training taught collaboratively by professors from all 10 campuses of the University of California.
Although there are no formal requirements to join the course, at the end you will:
All this to explore what might happen if we changed certain things in society.
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Congratulations! After doing all this yourself, you can consider yourself a budding computational social scientist!
