Cognitive ScienceFaculty FacultyDirector of Cognitive Science and Chancellor's Professor of Psychological and Brain SciencesRobert Goldstone Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political ScienceElinor Ostrom Barbara Jacobs Chair in EducationDonald J. Cunningham, Thomas M. Duffy Chancellor's Professor of Economics and Henry H. H. Remak Professor of West European StudiesRoy Gardner Chancellor's Professor of LinguisticsDaniel Dinnsen Chancellor's Professor and Chair of Psychological and Brain SciencesLinda B. Smith Chancellor's Professors of Psychological and Brain SciencesJames C. Craig, David B. Pisoni, Steven Sherman Distinguished Professor and College Professor of Computer ScienceDouglas R. Hofstadter Distinguished Professor of BiologyEllen D. Ketterson Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Psychological and Brain SciencesRobert Nosofsky Distinguished Professor and Luther Dana Waterman Professor of Psychological and Brain SciencesRichard M. Shiffrin Distinguished Scholar of Psychological and Brain SciencesWilliam Estes John F. Mee Chair of ManagementPhilip Podsakoff Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair in Teacher EducationFrank K. Lester Oscar R. Ewing Professor Emeritus of PhilosophyJ. Michael Dunn Rudy Professor of EconomicsGeorge von Furstenberg (Emeritus) Rudy Professor of Psychological and Brain SciencesJames T. Townsend Rudy Professor of Statistics, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and SociologyStanley Wasserman Tanis Chair of History and Philosophy of ScienceElisabeth Lloyd Victor H. Yngve Associate Professor of Information ScienceJaved Mostafa ProfessorsColin Allen (History and Philosophy of Science), Randell Beer (Computer Science, School of Informatics), Geoffrey P. Bingham (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Curtis Bonk (School of Education), Arthur Bradley (School of Optometry), Jerome Busemeyer (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Thomas Busey (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Phil Connell (Speech and Hearing Sciences), James C. Craig (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Donald Cunningham (School of Education, School of Informatics, Semiotic Studies), Stuart Davis (Linguistics), Daniel Dinnsen (Linguistics), Thomas Duffy (School of Education), William Estes (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Steven Franks (Slavic Languages and Literatures, Linguistics), Roy Gardner (Economics), Preston Garraghty (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Judith Gierut (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Robert Goldstone (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Andrew Hanson (Computer Science), Jeffrey Hart (Political Science), Beverly Hartford (Linguistics), Julia Heiman (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Douglas R. Hofstadter (Computer Science), Ellen D. Ketterson (Biology, Gender Studies), Diane Kewley-Port (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Marianne Kielian-Gilbert (Jacobs School of Music), John Kruschke (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Annie Lang (Telecommunications), David Leake (Computer Science), Frank K. Lester (School of Education), Elisabeth Lloyd (History and Philosophy of Science, Biology), David MacKay (Kelley School of Business, Geography), Emília Martins (Biology), Eugene McGregor (School of Public and Environmental Affairs), Michael McRobbie (Computer Science, Philosophy, School of Informatics), Lawrence Moss (Mathematics), Robert Nosofsky (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Timothy O'Connor (Philosophy), Elinor Ostrom (Political Science, School of Public and Environmental Affairs), Christopher Peebles (Anthropology), David Pisoni (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Philip Podsakoff (Kelley School of Business), Robert Port (Computer Science, Linguistics), Paul Purdom (Computer Science), Charles Reigeluth (School of Education), Yvonne Rogers (School of Library and Information Science, School of Informatics), Matthias Scheutz (Computer Science, School of Informatics), Kathy Schick (Anthropology), Thomas Schwen (School of Education), Steven Sherman (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Robert Sherwood (School of Education), Richard M. Shiffrin (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Martin Siegel (School of Education, School of Informatics), Eliot R. Smith (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Linda B. Smith (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Olaf Sporns (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Larry Thibos (School of Optometry), William Timberlake (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Peter Todd (Psychological and Brain Sciences, School of Informatics), Nicholas Toth (Anthropology), James T. Townsend (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Michael W. Trosset (Statistics), Dirk VanGucht (Computer Science), Alessandro Vespignani (School of Informatics, Physics), Stanley Wasserman (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Sociology, Statistics), Arlington Williams (Economics), Wayne Winston (Kelley School of Business), Larry Yaeger (School of Informatics) Professors EmeritiIvor Davies (School of Education), J. Michael Dunn (Computer Science, Philosophy, School of Informatics), S. Lee Guth (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Eugene Kintgen (English), Daniel Maki (Mathematics), Alfred Strickholm (School of Medicine), Maynard Thompson (Mathematics), George von Furstenberg (Economics), Charles S. Watson (Speech and Hearing Sciences) Associate ProfessorsJoyce Alexander (School of Education), Raquel Anderson (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Katy Börner (School of Library and Information Science), Rowan Candy (School of Optometry), Joseph Clements (Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese), Kenneth de Jong (Linguistics), Tom Evans (Geography), Julia Fox (Telecommunications), Theodore Frick (School of Education), Michael Gasser (Computer Science), Lisa Gershkoff-Stowe (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Jason Gold (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Daniel Hickey (School of Education), Ed Hirt (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Eric Isaacson (Jacobs School of Music), Yoshihisa Kitagawa (Linguistics), Filippo Menczer (School of Informatics, Computer Science), Jonathan Mills (Computer Science), Javed Mostafa (School of Informatics), Laura Murray (Speech and Hearing Sciences), John Paolillo (School of Informatics, School of Library and Information Science), Luis Pessoa (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Jonathan Plucker (School of Education), Christopher Raphael (School of Informatics), Gregory J. E. Rawlins (Computer Science), Luis Rocha (School of Informatics), Dennis Senchuk (Philosophy), Bruce Solomon (Mathematics), Frances Trix (Anthropology, Linguistics), Frederick Unverzagt (Psychiatry, School of Medicine) Assistant ProfessorsSasha Barab (School of Education), John M. Beggs (Physics), Eli Blevis (School of Informatics), Joshua W. Brown (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Theresa Burnett (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Sumit Dhar (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Melissa Gresalfi (School of Education), Dennis Groth (School of Informatics), Amit Hagar (History and Philosophy of Science), Laura Hurley (Biology), Thomas James (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Michael Jones (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Karen Iler Kirk (Otolaryngology, School of Medicine), Jennifer Lentz (Speech and Hearing Sciences), Youn-Kyung Lim (School of Informatics), Sharlene Newman (Psychological and Brain Sciences), Robert Potter (Telecommunications), Kalpana Shankar (School of Informatics), Jonathan Weinberg (Philosophy), Catharine Wyss (Computer Science, School of Informatics), Chen Yu (Psychological and Brain Sciences) Associate ScientistErick Janssen (Psychological and Brain Sciences, The Kinsey Institute), Gary Kidd (Speech and Hearing Sciences) Senior LecturerLeah Savion (Philosophy) Director of TechnologyRuth Eberle Academic AdvisingCarlin Schrag, Eigenmann Hall 817, (812) 855-4658 IntroductionThe Department of Cognitive Science (COGS) explores the nature of intelligent systems. At its core, the program focuses on formal theories of mind and information. The field is inherently interdisciplinary, with contributions from computer science, psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, linguistics, biology, anthropology, and other fields. Both natural intelligence (in humans and in animals) and artificial intelligence fall within the scope of inquiry. The field deals with aspects of complex cognition, computational models of thought processing, knowledge representation, dynamics of real-world engagement, and emergent behavior of large-scale interacting systems. Goals of the Cognitive Science Program include a better understanding of mind, learning and teaching, cognitive skills, and the development of intelligent systems designed to augment human capacities in constructive ways. The Cognitive Science Program is structured to give students fundamental skills, applicable in a wide variety of information-related careers: psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, information processing, medical analysis, data representation and information retrieval, education, scientific research, human-computer interaction, multimedia, knowledge management, and information policy. The skills also have wide applicability in technical and expository writing, mathematical analysis, experimental techniques, and computer programming. Students interested in a cognitive science degree are encouraged to take advantage of services and opportunities that complement their academic study: advising, colloquium series, internships, research, the Student Organization for Cognitive Science (SOCS), and a free technical report series. Major in Cognitive Science—B.A.RequirementsIn addition to the degree requirements for the B.A. degree in the College of Arts and Sciences, including the requirement for a minimum of 25 College of Arts and Sciences credit hours in the major subject area, students must complete the following:
Major in Cognitive Science—B.S.RequirementsStudents must complete the following fundamental skills and distribution requirements:
Major Requirements
Minor in Cognitive ScienceRequirementsAt least 15 credit hours in cognitive science, including:
Departmental Honors ProgramStudents who, in addition to fulfilling the requirements for the major in cognitive science, also carry out an independent project and an honors thesis may be eligible for honors in cognitive science. Application for admission to the cognitive science honors program may be made during the sophomore or junior year to the director of undergraduate studies in cognitive science. Students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.300 to be eligible for consideration and must maintain this minimum average to graduate with honors. Students must take Q499. The honors thesis must be certified by a committee of at least three faculty members. The committee director and at least one other member must be Cognitive Science Program faculty. Students who wish to combine honors projects in cognitive science and another department or program may apply to both areas, and every attempt will be made to accommodate such a plan. Course DescriptionsQ240 Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive and Information Sciences (4 cr.) A & H Foundational introduction to the cognitive and information sciences. The primary themes are: (1) causal issues such as functional and computational architecture (e.g., modularity, effectiveness, and implementation, analog/digital), neuroscience, and embodied dynamics; and (2) semantic issues such as meaning, representation, content, and information flow. The role of both themes in logic, perception, computation, cognition, and consciousness. Throughout, an emphasis on writing, analysis, and exposition. Q250 Mathematics and Logic for the Cognitive and Information Sciences Q260 Programming for the Cognitive and Information Sciences (2 cr.) Q270 Experiments and Models in Cognition (4 cr.) N & M P: Mastery of two years of high school algebra or the equivalent. R: PSY K300 or equivalent familiarity with statistics. This course develops tools for studying mind and intelligence, including experimental techniques, and mathematical and computational models of human behavior. Topics include neural structures for cognition, attention, perception, memory, problem solving, judgment, decision making, and consciousness. Students will design and analyze laboratory experiments and apply formal models to the results. Q301 Brain and Cognition (3 cr.) N & M R: PSY P101. An introduction to the neural mechanisms underlying complex cognition, and a survey of topics in neuroscience related to cognition. The course provides a solid background in human biopsychology. If Q301 is not offered in a given year, PSY P423 Human Neuropsychology may be substituted for this course. Q320 Computation in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (2 cr.) Q351 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Computer Simulation Q360 Autonomous Robotics (3 cr.) P: Two semesters of computer programming or consent of instructor. Introduction to the design, construction, and control of autonomous mobile robots. Includes basic mechanics, electronics, and programming for robotics, as well as the applications of robots in cognitive science. Credit given for only one of Q360 or CSCI B355. Q400 Senior Seminar in Cognitive and Information Sciences (2 cr.) P: Four classes from Q240, Q250, Q260, Q270, and Q320. This course is intended for students who have completed or nearly completed their cognitive science course work. Students will apply previously acquired analytic, computational, mathematical, and experimental skills to independent research projects. Discussion and research topics may include consciousness, representation, artificial life, modularity, neural networks, functionalism and embodiment, dynamical systems, learning and innateness, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, robotics, and adaptive systems. Q450 Topics in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (3 cr.) In-depth special topics not ordinarily covered in other departmental courses. Topics vary with instructor and semester. May be repeated once with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours. Q493 Research in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (1–3 cr.) Q495 Project in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (1–3 cr.) Q496 Internship in Professional Practice (1–6 cr.) P: Sophomore standing or 15 credit hours completed in cognitive science major or minor, and approval by the Cognitive Science Program. Professional work experience in an industry or research organization setting, using skills/knowledge acquired in cognitive science course work. Requires learning contract. Evaluation by site supervisor and Cognitive Science Program. Does not count toward major or minor requirements; elective credit only. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours. S/F grading. Q498 Readings in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (1–3 cr.) Q499 Honors Research Project in the Cognitive and Information Sciences (3 cr.) P: An Honors Committee approved by the Cognitive Science Program. Methods of research in cognitive science are analyzed. Students present their projects for discussion and analysis. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 credit hours. Courses Related to Cognitive ScienceThe following courses in other departments are considered to lie within the scope of cognitive science. Those marked with an asterisk (") are preapproved to meet concentration requirements. Note that courses taken in the School of Informatics will be outside hours for College of Arts and Sciences students. See advisor for additional breadth course options. Computer Science School of Informatics Linguistics Philosophy Psychological and Brain Sciences Speech and Hearing Sciences
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