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Year 1 - Semester 1

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Foundation Core	6	STAT5002: Introduction to Statistics
Foundation Core	6	COMP9001: Introduction to Programming
Complex Systems Core	6	CSYS5010: Introduction to Complex Systems
Foundation Core	6	ENVI5801: Social Science of Environment Note: From 2024, COMP9208 replaces ENVI5801. Students who have not yet completed ENVI5801 should enrol in COMP9208.

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	CSYS5030: Information Theory and Self-Organisation
Complex Systems Core	6	CSYS5040: Criticality in Dynamical Systems
Electives	6	Electives

Year 2 - Semester 1

SITS Diet Block/Type	CP	Unit of Study/Unit Block
Complex Systems Core	6	CSYS5020: Interdependent Civil Systems
Capstone	6	CSYS5050: Complex Systems Capstone Project A
Electives	6	Electives
Advanced Computing Units	6	Select from COMP5048: Visual Analytics COMP5313: Large Scale Networks Note: Department permission required for enrolment in COMP5048 for Semester 1

Requirements for this Pathway

Type	CP	CP From
Electives	12	Select from CSYS5060: Complex Systems Research Project A CSYS5061: Complex Systems Research Project B

Specialisation- Biosecurity

Type	CP	CP From
Electives	12	Select from CISS6004: Disease and Security DATA5207: Data Analysis in the Social Sciences ENVI5809: Environmental Simulation Modelling ENVI5904: Methods in Applied Ecology GEOG5001: Geographic Information Science A GEOG5004: Environmental Mapping and Monitoring HTIN5003: Health Technology Evaluation HTIN5004: Integrated Approaches to Chronic Disease PHYS5031: Ecological Econ & Sustainable Analysis PHYS5032: Techniques for Sustainability Analysis PUBH5010: Epidemiology Methods and Uses SUST5004: Populations and Health
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Specialisation- Engineering

Type	CP	CP From
Electives	12	Select from CHNG9202: Chemical Engineering Modelling and Analysis COMP5318: Machine Learning and Data Mining DATA5207: Data Analysis in the Social Sciences ELEC5208: Intelligent Electricity Networks ELEC5509: Mobile Networks ELEC9103: Simulations & Numerical Solutions in Eng INFO5060: Data Analytics and Business Intelligence QBUS5001: Quantitative Methods for Business QBUS6810: Statistical Learning and Data Mining QBUS6840: Predictive Analytics
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Specialisation- Research Methods

Type	CP	CP From
Electives	12	Select from CSYS5060: Complex Systems Research Project A CSYS5061: Complex Systems Research Project B
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Specialisation- Transport

Type	CP	CP From
Electives	12	Select from COMP5318: Machine Learning and Data Mining DATA5207: Data Analysis in the Social Sciences ELEC5208: Intelligent Electricity Networks ELEC5509: Mobile Networks INFO5060: Data Analytics and Business Intelligence ITLS5020: Production and Operations Management ITLS5050: Introductory Supply Chain Analysis ITLS5100: Transport and Infrastructure Foundations ITLS6002: Supply Chain Planning Systems ITLS6007: Disaster Relief Operations [not offered in 2021] ITLS6102: Transport Modelling and Forecasting ITLS6111: Spatial Analytics QBUS5001: Quantitative Methods for Business QBUS6810: Statistical Learning and Data Mining QBUS6840: Predictive Analytics
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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
ENVI5801	Social Science of Environment	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
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: 24,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 - Advanced Computing Units (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
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

Block 4 - Capstone (Min CP: 6,Max CP: 6)

Unit Code	Unit Name	CP	Sessions Offered
CSYS5050	Complex Systems Capstone 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

Note: Candidates for the Master of Complex Systems must complete 48 credit points from Core and Elective units of study before taking Complex Systems Capstone Project Unit.

Block 5 - 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
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
ITLS5020	Production and Operations 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
ITLS5050	Introductory Supply Chain 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
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
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
ITLS6111	Spatial 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
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
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

Course:	Master of Complex Systems (2023)
CP Required:	72
Min FT Duration:	1.50 Years
Min PT Duration:	3.00 Years
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Engineering
Years Offered:	2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Requirements:	To qualify for the award of the Master of Complex Systems a candidate must complete 72 credit points, including: (a) 54 credit points in core units, comprising of: • 24 credit points of foundational core units of study • 24 credit points of core complex systems units of study • 6 credit points of capstone units of study; (b) 6 credit points of advanced computing units of study (c) 12 credit points of elective units of study Specialisations Completion of a specialisation is not a requirement of the course. Candidates have the option of completing at most one specialisation. A specialisation requires the completion of 12 credit points chosen from units of study listed for that specialisation. The specialisations available are: • Engineering • Biosecurity • Transport • Research pathway

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The University of Sydney - Engineering

ProgramsSCSCS(PG)CXSMaster of Complex Systems (2023)

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