Bart Moore

This course is designed to designed to provide an integrated introduction to basic and applied cognitive science. Topics will include history and philosophy of cognitive science, and examinations of mental processes such as perception, memory, communication, and decision-making, using perspectives from psychology, neuroscience, evolution, artificial intelligence, linguistics, and philosophy. Students will learn through readings, short lectures, discussions, and activities intended to lay a foundation for further study of interdisciplinary cognitive science and its constituent academic fields of study.

Provides one hour of university credit for faculty-approved internship. Students must obtain approval from Cognitive Sciences program director and must submit an offer letter from the internship provider as well as a letter indicating completion and satisfactory performance. Repeatable for Credit.

Cognitive science is a basic science of mental operations in humans, animals, and artificial systems. It is a highly interdisciplinary endeavor that draws on philosophy, psychology, biology, linguistics, and computer science, among other traditional disciplines. This course provides an integrated introduction to the primary empirical methods for studying the human mind. Students will learn how the scientific method is applied to study mental information representation, manipulation, and utilization in natural and artificial cognitive systems. It will teach students to understand and evaluate existing methodological approaches as well as recognize what is necessary to replicate results. Topics include the philosophical foundations of cognitive science, basic methods of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computational modeling, data analysis, and ethical responsibility when conducting cognitive research.

Supervised research on topics relevant to the cognitive sciences. Limited to majors in Cognitive Sciences. Repeatable for Credit.

Independent directed research toward preparation of an undergraduate honors project or thesis. Repeatable for Credit.

An introduction to topics in cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, language, memory, and decision making. Required for psychology majors.

Assistance in the teaching of undergraduate and occasionally graduate courses in psychology. Repeatable for Credit.