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Modeling Market Interactions with Zero-Intelligence Traders Model

Modeling Market Interactions with Zero-Intelligence Traders Model

Let me preface by thanking 14 year old me for taking Economics as her elective over Computer Science. It was a doubtful move and I still am not comfortable with Java, but hey, I do know Demand and Supply(Thank you Suma ma’am and friends). Which turned out to be very helpful for a social sciences academic background challenged 24 year old me in her Introduction to Computational Social Science…

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Mathematics and Multidisciplinary Me

Even as I stepped foot into George Mason University, wide-eyed about the prospect of coming across Digital Humanities research, I fell harder in love with my department itself. Here I was, in the middle of the department orientation with barely any students but oh, the researchers there – Paleontologists, Geologists, Quantum Physicians, Operations Researchers, you name it. I would come to know…

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Computational Social Sciences Complexity, Simulation, and Modelling

Computational Social Sciences Complexity, Simulation, and Modelling

The science of complexity gives us a better sense of analyzing the world around us. There are different types of complexity and each have their own proponents. Algorithmic Complexity grasps with a model’s description. Deterministic Complexity guides researchers with the unpredictability of a dynamic system. Aggregate Complexity studies the interactions of individual components in a system.

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What is the Computational Social Sciences?

What is the Computational Social Sciences?

Computational Social Sciences is the field of study which largely involves the application of digital tools in the research of humanities. It ranges from the understanding of simple human patterns to large-scale data-driven mechanisms. The closest Computational Social Sciences have come to being described in fiction is the science of Psychohistory in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. While the…

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Reflections on Grad school: Fall 2019 Sem 1

Reflections on Grad school: Fall 2019 Sem 1

Over the last year, I realized I wanted this blog to act as a pointer for Me circa 2017. The 21-year-old Jaj who was desperate to find a way amalgamating the tech side with everything she found interesting in the arts, humanities, and sciences. If there was me, there must have been others like me, although the evidence seems to be quite to the contrary. People in my classes, work, general…

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if i chose to take psychology as my major, does it mean that i dont have to do math then since it's in the category of bachelor of science?

If you're going to be majoring in Psychology, but in the Science program, you will still have to take some sort of math. Math is a requirement for the Bachelor of Science program, you will need one 100-level calculus course (MATH 100, 102, 104, 180, 184, or 120) and an additional 6 credits from Math, Stat or Cpsc. 

Please read "Computational Sciences" for more information!

http://science.ubc.ca/students/requirements/faculty

And here are the requirements for BSc in Psychology!

http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,215,410,436

If you major in Psychology, but in Arts, I don't believe you will need math. But Arts students still need some science credits, so you might end up deciding to take math or have some science courses that will require a bit of math! 

Check out these two links for a BA in Psychology!

http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,197,282,101

http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,197,282,55

Because of the duality of Psychology at UBC, some courses in Psychology are only counted as Arts and some only as Science, you will need to read their descriptions to find out, but if you take all Science Psychology courses then I don't think you will have to do anymore science courses if you're in Arts (as long as you have the min. amount of science credits covered with those Psych courses).