COGNITIVE SCIENCE
(AS) {COGS}
001. (CIS 140, LING105, PHIL044,
PSYC107) Introduction to Cognitive Science. (A) Brainard/Ungar.
Cognitive Science is founded on the realization that many
problems in the analysis of human and artificial intelligence require an
interdisciplinary approach. The course is intended to introduce undergraduates
from many areas to the problems and characteristic concepts of Cognitive
Science, drawing on formal and empirical approaches from the parent disciplines
of computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy and psychology. The
topics covered include Perception, Action, Learning, Language, Knowledge
Representation, and Inference, and the relations and interactions between them.
The course shows how the different views from the parent
disciplines interact and identifies some common themes among the theories that
have been proposed. The course pays particular attention to the distinctive
role of computation in such theories and provides an introduction to some of
the main directions of current research in the field. It is a requirement for
the BA in Cognitive Science, the BAS in Computer and Cognitive Science, and the
minor in Cognitive Science, and it is recommended for students taking the dual
degree in Computer and Cognitive Science.
301. Independent Study. (C) Staff.
398. Senior Thesis. (C) Staff.
This course
is a directed study intended for cognitive science majors who have been
admitted to the cognitive science honors program. Upon admission into the
program, students may register for this course under the direction of their
thesis supervisor.
