ICS 469: Cognitive Science
Description: Introduces basic concepts, central problems, and methods from cognitive science. Identifies contributions from disciplines such as cognitive psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, and neuroscience. Pre: two ICS 300-level courses or consent.
Objectives
- Students have a broad understanding of the field of cognitive science
- Students understand the different approaches to cognitive science
- Students can apply cognitive science concepts and theory to computing practice
Course Learning Outcomes: See Objectives.
Program Learning Outcomes
- a. Students can apply knowledge of computing and mathematics appropriate to the discipline
- e. Students have an understanding of professional, ethical, legal, security and social issues and responsibilities
- g. Students can analyze the local and global impact of computing on individuals, organizations, and society
- k. An ability to identify and analyze user needs and take them into account in the selection, creation, evaluation and administration of computer-based systems. [BA IT only]
Prerequisites: two ICS 300-level courses
Textbook(s): Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind Second Edition Edition by Jay D. (Daniel) Friedenberg (Author), Gordon W. Silverman (Author), ISBN-13: 978-1412977616.
Grading
- Homework Assignments (40%)
- Weekly Quizzes (20%)
- Final Exam (Essay) (40%)
Schedule
- Week 1: What Is Cognitive Science
- Week 2: Representation, Digital & Analog
- Week 3: The Dual-Coding Hypothesis, Propositional Representations
- Week 4: Computation, The Tri-Level Hypothesis,
- Week 5: The Classical and Connectionist Views of Computation
- Week 6: The Interdisciplinary Perspective, The Philosophical Approach
- Week 7: The Psychological Approach
- Week 8: The Cognitive Approach
- Week 9: The Neuroscience Approach
- Week 10: The Network Approach
- Week 11: The Evolutionary Approach
- Week 12: The Linguistic Approach
- Week 13: The Artificial Intelligence Approach
- Week 14: The Robotics Approach
- Week 15: Categories of Mental Representation
- Week 16: Review for Final Exam