Master in Systems Thinking

Postgraduate Course Approved by the Superior Council UNR Res. Nº 914/2013 and Accredited by CONEAU Res. Nº 11.669/14

Director: Dr. Saúl Ignacio Fuks

Academic coordinator: andrea ercole

Technical secretary: Maria Ines Pistilli

:: RATIONALE: The purpose of the Master's Degree in Systemic Thinking is to academically develop research activities, deepening and dissemination of Systemic Thinking. The curricular proposal that is presented ensures a rigorous and updated academic training in this field, diversity of perspectives and an interdisciplinary approach. To do this, it covers three epistemological axes/dimensions that distinguish Systemic Thinking:

The complexity: which proposes new methodological and technical challenges and promotes a critical review of the available instruments, allowing the generation of novel alternatives.

Instability: the "new" scientists of the Sciences of Totality installed the presence of instability, irreversibility and -consequent- unpredictability as fundamental creative processes for the understanding of life.

Intersubjectivity: From this perspective, a vision of knowledge is sustained as a social construction supported by intersubjectivity and local knowledge and reflexivity.

:: DURATION AND MODALITY OF THE RACE: Remote face-to-face: 52 virtual synchronous classes plus three mandatory intensive face-to-face weeks.

Start: September 2023

Completion: June 2025

:: GRADUATE PROFILE: The Master in Systemic Thinking:

He is a postgraduate with a solid background in research and understanding of the various developments linked to Systems Thinking, sustained training in an interdisciplinary perspective, which allows him to understand the conceptual complexities of those developments, assess the obstacles and challenges and review their possible applications. to different social, educational and health systems.
He is able to use the scientific and instrumental knowledge acquired in the study and approach of questions related to the application of Systemic Thinking in different fields.
Possesses the necessary skills to promote, facilitate, carry out, and evaluate concrete actions in theas application areas of Systemic Thinking, as well as promote and develop research related to such processes.
He has a critical, reflective and flexible attitude that allows him to recognize the need to constantly update knowledge and work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams.
He is capable of assuming teaching responsibilities, participating in research teams, as well as in the design and implementation of research and/or development projects in the aforementioned fields of study.

:: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must submit the following documentation to the Master's Academic Committee at the time of registration:

Application for admission to the Master's Degree in Systemic Thinking, addressed to the Director of the CEI
Legalized photocopy of the first two pages of the Identity Document.
Legalized photocopy of the degree title obtained
Curriculum Vitae, with the nature of an affidavit, specifying the titles, academic distinctions obtained, published and unpublished works and other background that accounts for the applicant's journey. The Academic Committee is empowered to request supporting documentation.
Personal writing requesting an Interview with the Academic Commission of the Career, where the motivations and interests that drive the registration are expressed.
For non-Spanish-speaking foreign applicants, it will be a requirement of registration to be able to prove an adequate knowledge of the Spanish language.
Others that the Academic Commission could establish from the interview carried out.

Those who meet the following conditions will be admitted to the Master in Systemic Thinking:

Graduates with a bachelor's degree, awarded by legally recognized Argentine Universities –National, Provincial, Public or Private- with a bachelor's degree equivalent to those of this University, in careers related to the Social and Human Sciences. In the event that it becomes essential and as provided by the Academic Commission of the Career, some or all of the enrollees must complete leveling activities, depending on their curricular paths.
Graduates from Foreign Universities, officially recognized in their respective countries with certification from the Faculty, from the Accrediting Body of their country or corresponding Ministry, who hold titles equivalent to those indicated and corresponding to the areas of knowledge stipulated in the preceding paragraphs. Its admission will in no case mean the revalidation of the degree title for professional practice.
In the case of applicants with degrees different from those of the stipulated areas, the Master's Academic Committee may determine equivalences or the completion of academic activities that provide complementary knowledge, which will be determined based on the background of each applicant. . As for graduates of careers other than Social and Human Sciences, the criteria for evaluating the necessary complementary knowledge will be directly related to the minimum contents of the subjects of the Master's Study Plan.
Those who hold non-university higher level degrees of at least four (4) years duration – in accordance with the provisions of art. 39 bis of the Higher Education Law - and meet the prerequisites determined by the Academic Commission in order to verify that their training is compatible with the demands of this career. In exceptional cases, those applicants who are outside the preceding terms, and perform tasks in public or private spheres linked to the problem, may aspire to be admitted. It will be the Academic Commission of the career that determines, after the analysis of the background information presented, the admission in all cases. If the admission is granted, it does not accredit the previous degree corresponding to it.
The admission of the applicants will be carried out by the Academic Commission of the Career by means of a well-founded and reliably notified opinion.

:: STUDY PLAN:

The study plan is organized around subjects that develop the central axes of the Career and seminars and workshops that are designed to adapt to the characteristics of each cohort.

Cycle 1: Emergence and Development of Systemic Thinking: composed of four (4) courses, one (1) seminar and one (1) thesis workshop:

Courses:

History of Systems Thought.
Epistemological Foundations of Systems Thinking
Introduction to understanding “relational games”
Research Methodology I.

Workshops:

Thesis workshop I

Seminars:

Seminar I

Cycle 2: Deepening in Current Problems: composed of two (2) courses, two (2) seminars, three (2) integration workshops and one (1) Thesis workshop.

Courses: