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Programs SCS CS(PG)CXSGraduate Diploma in Complex Systems (2026)

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Year 1 - Semester 1

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Complex Systems Core	6	CSYS5010: Introduction to Complex Systems
Foundation Core	6	STAT5002: Introduction to Statistics
Foundation Core	6	COMP9001: Introduction to Programming
Electives	6	Electives

Year 1 - Semester 2

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Foundation Core	6	PMGT5886: System Dynamics Modelling for PM
Complex Systems Core	6	Complex Systems Core
Foundation Core	6	COMP9208: Artificial Intelligence and Society
Electives	6	Electives

No streams/majors defined for this course version.

Block 1 - Foundation Core (Min CP: 24,Max CP: 24)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
COMP9001	Introduction to Programming	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP9208	Artificial Intelligence and Society	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
PMGT5886	System Dynamics Modelling for PM	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 Online Semester 2 Online runs during normal Semester 2 in Online delivery mode mode. For Semester dates look up Semester 2 on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
STAT5002	Introduction to Statistics	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Block 2 - Complex Systems Core (Min CP: 12,Max CP: 24)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CSYS5010	Introduction to Complex Systems	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSYS5020	Interdependent Civil Systems	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSYS5030	Information Theory and Self-Organisation	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSYS5040	Criticality in Dynamical Systems	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Block 3 - Electives (Max CP: 12)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CHNG9202	Chemical Engineering Modelling and Analysis	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CISS6004	Disease and Security	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5048	Visual Analytics	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5313	Large Scale Networks	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
COMP5318	Machine Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSYS5060	Complex Systems Research Project A	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
CSYS5061	Complex Systems Research Project B	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
DATA5207	Data Analysis in the Social Sciences	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Int December 112 - Int December
ELEC5208	Intelligent Electricity Networks	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ELEC5509	Mobile Networks	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ELEC9103	Simulations & Numerical Solutions in Eng	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ENVI5809	Environmental Simulation Modelling	6	Semester 2a Semester 2a
ENVI5904	Methods in Applied Ecology	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
GEOG5001	Geographic Information Science A	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
GEOG5004	Environmental Mapping and Monitoring	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
HTIN5003	Health Technology Evaluation	6	Semester 2b Semester 2b Semester 2 Block Mode Semester 2 Block Mode runs concurrently with normal Semester 2 using intensive block teaching sessions rather than weekly classes. For Semester dates look up Semester 2 on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
HTIN5004	Integrated Approaches to Chronic Disease	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
INFO5060	Data Analytics and Business Intelligence	6	Int July 107 - Int July
ITLS5000	Foundations of Supply Chain Management	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ITLS5100	Transport and Infrastructure Foundations	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ITLS5200	Quantitative Logistics & Transport	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ITLS6002	Supply Chain Planning Systems	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ITLS6007	Disaster Relief Operations [not offered in 2021]	6	Int July 107 - Int July
ITLS6102	Transport Modelling and Forecasting	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
ITLS6107	Applied GIS and Spatial Data Analytics	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Summer Main Summer School
PHYS5031	Ecological Econ & Sustainable Analysis	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
PHYS5032	Techniques for Sustainability Analysis	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
PMGT5875	Project Innovation Management	6	Semester 2 Online Semester 2 Online runs during normal Semester 2 in Online delivery mode mode. For Semester dates look up Semester 2 on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 Block Mode Semester 2 Block Mode runs concurrently with normal Semester 2 using intensive block teaching sessions rather than weekly classes. For Semester dates look up Semester 2 on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
PMGT5897	Disaster Project Management	6	Semester 2 Online Semester 2 Online runs during normal Semester 2 in Online delivery mode mode. For Semester dates look up Semester 2 on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Int July 107 - Int July
PUBH5010	Epidemiology Methods and Uses	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
PUBH5117	Communicable Disease Control	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
QBUS5001	Quantitative Methods for Business	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
QBUS6810	Statistical Learning and Data Mining	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
QBUS6840	Predictive Analytics	6	Semester 1 For Semester 1 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
SUST5004	Populations and Health	6	Semester 2 For Semester 2 calendar dates look up `Semester 1` on the university timetable website at https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp

Note: It is recommended that you take 6cp from COMP5048 or COMP5313

PUBH5117 is unavailable in 2018. GLOH5112 Global Communicable Disease Control is a recommended alternative and can be added via Special Permission.

Course:	Graduate Diploma in Complex Systems (2026)
CP Required:	48
Min FT Duration:	1.00 Years
Min PT Duration:	2.00 Years
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Engineering
Years Offered:	2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Requirements:	To qualify for the award of the Graduate Diploma in Complex Systems a candidate must complete 48 credit points, including: (a) 36 credit points in core units: • 24 credit points in foundational core units of study: COMP9001, STAT5002, PMGT5886, COMP9208. • At least 12 credit points in two units which start with CSYS, excluding capstone project unit. (b) Elective advanced units of study: • At most 12 credit points from the elective units of study.

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