It's designed to be a foundation course for subsequent social science classes, but I personally found the exposure to models from different fields of study to be quite insightful.
Model Thinking is the best Coursera course that I've taken. The lessons have practically applied to many areas of my personal and professional life in a way that far exceeded my expectations.
Scott is one of the best teachers on the topic, and makes complex models simple and intuitive to understand.
It is a long course, but well worth it. Cannot recommend it enough.
Came here to say the same.
Especially now that the world is struggling with SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, understanding these different models helps a lot!
Last but not least, Scott E. Page is a great educator. Glad to hear there is a book from him now -- his papers were a good read as well during/after the course.
Agreed. I took Model Thinking years back, and it's probably the course that I most enjoyed (as in: just for it's own sake). I had no idea there was now also a book.
Scott is one of the best teachers on the topic, and makes complex models simple and intuitive to understand.
It is a long course, but well worth it. Cannot recommend it enough.