CGSC 2001-A: Introduction to Cognitive Science Course Outline Fall 2018 Class Information Time: 2:35pm-3:55pm Tuesdays and Thursdays Location: Tory Building 447 Course prerequisites: Second year standing or permission of the Institute Instructor Information Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Merkley Office: DT 2202 Phone: 613-520-2600 ext 6134 E-mail: rebeccamerkley@cunet.carleton.ca Office Hours: 11am-1pm on Wednesdays or by appointment Teaching Assistant TBD Name: E-mail: Office hours (if applicable): Please refer to the Academic Year included in the online Undergraduate calendar to review all statutory holidays, important university dates, the Fall Break, Oct. 22-26, 2018, the Winter Break, February 18-22, 2019 and other university holidays prior to creating your course outline. Course Description Cognitive Science combines psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy to study how people think. Students will learn about how cognitive scientists approach problems in a diverse, integrated manner to help us understand how people learn and process information. Although this course serves as a core introductory credit for all Cognitive Science majors, it is also intended to be accessible to students in other disciplines, whether or not those disciplines are connected to Cognitive Science. By the end of this course, students will be able to: Identify the major disciplines that make up cognitive science and their unique contribution to cognitive science. Evaluate the methodologies and interpretations of evidence in cognitive science. Apply concepts and methodologies from cognitive science to everyday problems. Develop critical thinking skills that are applicable across academic and non-academic settings. Readings The readings for this course include a range of articles and a textbook. The articles will be assigned on a weekly basis and will be available on the culearn course webpage. The required textbook for this course is: Bermudez, Jose Luis (2014). Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of Mind, 2 nd Edition. Cambridge 1
Press, New York This textbook is available in both electronic and hard copy formats. Course Web Page (culearn) The course website is located at https://carleton.ca/culearn/ On this site you will find the course outline, schedule, lecture slides, and any supplementary materials. updates, course feedback tools, marking rubrics, and a variety of learning exercises and useful links. Note that material will be covered in class that is not included on these slides. In other words, the slides should not be regarded as a substitute for class attendance. Evaluation Item Weight of Grade Date Weekly Quizzes 10% Test 1 25% October 4 Test 2 25% November 8 Final Exam 40% Exam period Weekly Quizzes: There will be an in-class quiz once a week. The purpose of these quizzes is to help you prepare for the tests and final exam. You will be awarded marks for participating in the quizzes, rather than evaluated on whether you answer the questions correctly. You may miss one quiz without being penalized. Test 1: The first test will cover content from the first portion of the course prior to test 1. More details will be provided before the test. Test 2: The second test will cover content starting with material after test 1 up to the content covered prior to test 2. More details will be provided before the test. Final Exam: The final exam will be cumulative, and so will cover content from the entire course. More details will be provided closer to the exam date. The tests and exam are based on (1) text book and supplementary readings, (2) course slides, which will be made available on culearn, (3) information presented during class, including class discussions. Illness and bereavement (supported by appropriate documentation) are the only reasons accepted for missed tests. If you miss a test for one of these reasons, obtain the appropriate documentation and contact me immediately (within 24 hours) to arrange a make up test. If you are unable to write the final exam, please follow the procedures listed in the Examinations Regulations. Lecture Schedule All chapter readings can be found in the Bermudez text. Any other readings will be made available on culearn. Date Lecture Topic Readings Week 1 Sept 6 th Week 2 Sept 11 th, Sept 13 th Welcome and Introduction Historical Overview Chapter 1, 2 2
Week 3 Sept 18 th, Sept 20 th Week 4 Sept 25 th, Sept 27 th Week 5 Oct 2 nd, Oct 4 th Week 6 Oct 9 th, Oct 11 th Week 7 Oct 16 th, Oct 18 th Week 8 Oct 30 th, Nov 1 st Brain and Mind Chapter 2, 3 Integration Challenge Chapter 4, 5 Test 1 (Oct 4 th ) Symbols and Language Chapter 6, 7 Neural Network Models Chapter 8, 9 Reading week Organization of the Mind Week 9 Nov 6 th, Nov 8 th Test 2 (Nov 8 th ) Week 10 Nov 13 th, Nov 15 th Week 11 Nov 20 th, Nov 22 nd Week 12 Nov 27 th, Nov 29 th Week 13 Dec 4 th, Dec 6 th Chapter 10 Theory of Mind Chapter 12 Consciousness Chapter 10, 14 Applications of Cognitive Science Special Topics (TBD) This schedule is to be regarded as tentative. Additional Information In accordance with the Carleton University Undergraduate Calendar (p 34), the letter grades assigned in this course will have the following percentage equivalents: A+ = 90-100 B+ = 77-79 C+ = 67-69 D+ = 57-59 A = 85-89 B = 73-76 C = 63-66 D = 53-56 A - = 80-84 B - = 70-72 C - = 60-62 D - = 50-52 F = Below 50 Grades entered by Registrar: WDN = Withdrawn from the course DEF = Deferred Academic Regulations, Accommodations, Etc. University rules regarding registration, withdrawal, appealing marks, and most anything else you might need to know can be found on the university s website, here: http://calendar.carleton.ca/undergrad/regulations/academicregulationsoftheuniversity/ 3
Pregnancy obligation Write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details see the Student Guide Religious obligation: write to me with any requests for academic accommodation during the first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after the need for accommodation is known to exist. For more details see the Student Guide Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520 - 6608 or pmc@carleton.ca for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in - class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). After requesting an accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodations arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website for the deadlines to request accommodations for the formally - scheduled exam (if applicable). Plagiarism The University Senate defines plagiarism as presenting, whether intentionally or not, the ideas, expression of ideas or work of others as one s own. This can include: - reproducing or paraphrasing portions of someone else s published or unpublished material, regardless of the source, and presenting these as one s own without proper citation or reference to the original source; - submitting a take-home examination, essay, laboratory report or other assignment written, in whole or in part, by someone else; - using ideas or direct, verbatim quotations, or paraphrased material, concepts, or ideas without appropriate acknowledgment in any academic assignment; - using another s data or research findings; - failing to acknowledge sources through the use of proper citations when using another s works and/or failing to use quotation marks; - handing in "substantially the same piece of work for academic credit more than once without prior written permission of the course instructor in which the submission occurs." Plagiarism is a serious offence that cannot be resolved directly by the course s instructor. The Associate Dean of the Faculty conducts a rigorous investigation, including an interview with the student, when an instructor suspects a piece of work has been plagiarized. Penalties are not trivial. They can include a final grade of "F" for the course. Important Information - Students must always retain a hard copy of all work that is submitted. - All final grades are subject to the Dean s approval. - For us to respond to your emails, we need to see your full name, CU ID, and the email must be written from your valid CARLETON address. Therefore, in order to respond to your inquiries, please send all email from your Carleton CMail account. If you do not have or have yet to activate this account, you may wish to do so by visiting http://carleton.ca/ccs/students/ 4
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