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Course Schedule—Fall 2004

Cognitive Science

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COGNITIVE SCIENCE

050.102 (N,S)

LANGUAGE AND MIND (3) Badecker

Sec. 01

MTW 10

050.105 (N,S)

INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (3) McCloskey Cross-listed with Neuroscience

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

050.109 (N,S,Q)

MINDS, BRAINS, AND COMPUTERS (3) Smolensky Prereq: Calculus I recommended.

Sec. 01

MTW 11

050.112 (N,S) (W)

NATURE, NURTURE, AND COGNITION (3) Badecker Freshmen only. Perm Req'd. Limit 12 Using both seminal and contemporary readings as a foundation, this seminar explores how genetics and experience interact to influence thinking, understanding, and the underlying cognitive processes (both human and otherwise). In so doing, we will discuss how innate determination of various components of cognition ultimately influence human nature.

Sec. 01

W 2-4:45

050.205 (N,S,H)

STRUCTURE OF ENGLISH (3) Burzio

Sec. 01

MT 2-3:15

050.227 (H,N,S)

TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES (3) Burzio/Legendre    (Same as 050.637)
Cross-listed with Romance Languages and Literatures

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-3:15

050.311 (N,S) (W)

WRITTEN LANGUAGE (3) Rapp  Prereq: 050.101 or 050.102. Cross-listed with Neuroscience

Sec. 01

ThF 12-1:15

050.321 (N,S)

SYNTAX II (3) Frank Prereq: 050.320 050.102 or Perm. Req’d.  This course addresses and compares conceptions of syntactic theory that have emerged in the 1980s and 1990s. Discussion focuses on both the substantive and formal properties of the fundamental principles of syntactic theory, as well as the cross-linguistic evidence that has motivated them.

Sec. 01

MW 12-1:15

050.325 (N,S)

PHONOLOGY I (3) Smolensky Prereq: Previous experience with one other language-related course desirable but not obligatory. One of the following: Intro to Dev. Psych., Intro to Cognition, Intro to Cog. Neuropsy., Intro to Cog. Dev., or Perm. Req’d. An introduction to the basic principles underlying the mental representation and manipulation of language sounds and their relation to human perception and vocal articulation: how units of sound are both decomposable into elementary features, and combined to form larger structures like syllables and words. The role of rules and constraints in a formal theory of phonological competence and in accounting for the range of variation among the world’s languages.

Sec. 01

MT 3:30-4:45

050.358 (H,N,S)

LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT (3) Landau Juniors and seniors only or Perm. Req’d. Limit 25   Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

200.383 (S)

MENTAL MODELS AND MENTAL LOGIC (3) Halberda   Limit 20
Cross-listed with Psychology and Brain Science

Sec. 01

MT 3:30-5

050.501

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - FRESHMEN

   

050.503

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - FRESHMEN

   

050.505

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES

   

050.507

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SOPHOMORES

   

050.511

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - JUNIORS

   

050.513

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - JUNIORS

   

050.515

READINGS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE - SENIORS

   

050.517

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE – SENIORS

   

050.621

SYNTAX II Frank Prereq: 050.102 or Perm. Req’d.  This course addresses and compares conceptions of syntactic theory that have emerged in the 1980s and 1990s. Discussion focuses on both the substantive and formal properties of the fundamental principles of syntactic theory, as well as the cross-linguistic evidence that has motivated them. Graduate section of 050.321

Sec. 01

MW 12-1:15

050.625

PHONOLOGY I Smolensky A rigorous development of modern phonological theory, using both rule-based approaches and Optimality Theory. Topics inclue: syllable theory, word stress, typology of phonological repairs, derivational effects in non-derivational Optimality Theory. Graduate section of 050.325

Sec. 01

MT 3:30-4:45

050.637

TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES Burzio/Legendre (Same as 050.227)
Cross-listed with Romance Languages and Literatures

Sec. 01

Th 1:30-3:15

050.658

LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT Landau Cross-listed with Psychological and Brain Sciences   Graduate section of 050.358

Sec. 01

ThF 10:30-12

050.800

DIRECTED READINGS Staff

Sec. 01

TBA

050.801

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY McCloskey

   

050.802

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN COGNITIVE PROCESSES Rapp

Sec. 01

TBA

050.811

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN LANGUAGE & COGNITION Landau   Limit 15 Perm. Req’d

Sec. 01

TBA

050.822

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN SYNTAX Legendre

Sec. 01

F 1:30-3:15

050.826

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN FORMAL APPROACHES TO COGNITIVE SCIENCE Frank

Sec. 01

W 2:30-4:15

050.839

RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE

   

050.849

TEACHING PRACTICUM

   

 

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