Repetition possible without re-enrolling for the course unit.
Admission requirement
Students have to earn their credit points by implementing an established mathematical model from the social science literature in MATLAB. During the course students are required to submit a short proposal specifying their intended project. At the end of the course, projects must be documented in a 30 page seminar thesis and presented in a 15 minute seminar talk.
Additional information on mode of examination
The thesis should include a discussion of the mathematical model, the theoretical concept behind it, the meaning of formulas, properties of the model, and parameter dependencies, but also possible practical implications. The computer code should be sufficiently well documented.