For an intro class, this course is near perfect. Scherer is hilarious and class was always interesting. He isn't very straightforward about what he wants assignments to look like, but this is because he views Systems as an ambiguous field where we have to discover what the subject means to us. Most of the assignments aren't graded, but you are doing yourself a disservice if you aren't putting in work for the class.

This class is a good window into systems thinking and systems engineering. The class is very approachable for people of all majors/ backgrounds. Anyone who takes this class will learn something. The class is structured around a series of case studies that let students engage with the content and try out systems thinking. This is a very good class of you are curious about systems engineering, you are a systems major (it's required for you lol), or someone interested in consulting.