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COGS 2120 Introduction to Cognitive ScienceCourse Overview This course is an introduction to the new and quickly growing field of Cognitive Science which studies the various aspects of cognition, including reasoning, learning, memory, and perception and action. Cognitive Science is a highly interdisciplinary field of study at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology, and the course hosts a number of guest lectures given by experts in these respective fields. Students can expect to write a series of short response papers and to complete a final research paper or hands-on project. Connections to Other Courses This course is supposed to be a branching point to various other courses, covering the various corners of the field in much more detail. These courses include PHIL-4480 Metaphysics & Consciousness, PHIL-4260 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, PSYC-4370 Cognitive Psychology, COGS-4320 Behavioral Neuroscience, PSYC-4410 Sensation and Perception, and COGS-4510 Cognitive Modeling. There are no official prerequisites, though it certainly helps to have taken IHSS-1140 Minds and Machines. Other courses providing helpful background would be PHIL-2140 Introduction to Logic, and any basic programming course, particularly CSCI-1200 Data Structures. |