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Course Descriptions
COG 110. Introduction to Cognitive Science (4) (GEN. ED. #6)
This course focuses on the study of knowledge and cognition from multiple perspectives: psychology, computer science, philosophy, neurosciences, and the humanities. Topics include the mind-brain dichotomy, thought as computation, artificial intelligence, methods in cognitive science, and the philosophy of mind. Three hours lecture, three hour laboratory.
Fall semester. Seltzer.
COG 223. Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy (3) (PHL 223)
This course will focus on philosophers’ efforts to provide satisfactory accounts of the nature of the mind, its relationship to that of the body, and consciousness. Among the accounts we will study are materialism, logical behaviorism, the identity theory, functionalism, intentionality, and phenomenalism. Prerequisite: either sophomore standing, a 100-level philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Welch. Offered 2008-09 and alternate years.
COG 275. Epistemology (3) (PHL 275) (GEN. ED. #7)
This course will examine the theories of truth, such as the correspondence and coherence theories, and the related theories of belief that support these claims to knowledge. We will also examine the criteria for what constitutes appropriate evidence for a knowledge claim. The course will conclude with the more recent problems proposed for the traditional definition of knowledge and some attempts to overcome these problems. Prequisite: either sophomore standing, a 100-level philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.
Fall semester. Welch. Offered 2007-08 and alternate years.
COG 290. Internship in Cognitive Studies (3-4)
Students interested in the application of cognitive studies in government, business, and industry may elect a placement in various organizations to apply their learning. May be taken for either a letter grade or pass/no pass. Prerequisites: Junior standing and minor in cognitive studies.
Department.
COG 299/399. Independent Work in Cognitive Studies (3 or 4)
Special topics based on previous course work in the minor and selected in conference with instructor.
Fall semester, repeated spring semester. Department.
COG 376. Seminar in Cognitive Studies (PSY 376)
This seminar focuses on some aspect of thought, language, memory, perception, consciousness, or behavior considered from the perspective of cognitive psychology and at least one other discipline (linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, computer science). May be repeated for credit with different topics. Prerequisites: PSY 202, 235, or 237 (as appropriate for the topic) or permission of instructor.
Fall semester. Seltzer.
Supplemental Courses- One required
Cognitive Studies
COG 223. Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy
COG 275. Epistemology
Computer Science
CS 230. Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms
CS 250. Theory of Computation
CS 340. Principles of Artificial Intelligence
English
ENG 219. Linguistics
Philosophy
PHL 215. Philosophy and Science
Psychology
PSY 237. Physiological Psychology
PSY 380. Seminar in Cognitive Psychology
Critical Theory/ Methodology Courses- One required
Communication
COM 256. Human Communication
English
ENG 221. Theories of Composing, Tutoring, and Teaching
ENG 392. Contemporary Literary Theory
Mathematics
MA 105. Introduction to Statistics
MA 241. Probability and Statistics
Philosophy
PHL/REL 235. Hermeneutics and Deconstructionism
PHL 280 Archaeology of Language
Political Science
PSC 316. Seminar in Scope and Method in Political Science
Psychology
PSY 200. Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY 252. Quantitative Research in Psychology
Sociology
SOC 210. Development of Sociological Thought