Courses by semester
Courses for Spring 20
Complete Cornell University course descriptions and section times are in the Class Roster.
| Course ID | Title | Offered |
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| COGST 1101 |
Introduction to Cognitive Science
This course provides an introduction to the science of the mind. Everyone knows what it's like to think and perceive, but this subjective experience provides little insight into how minds emerge from physical intities like brains. To address this issue, cognitive science integrates work from at least five disciplines: Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy. This course introduces students to the insights these disciplines offer into the workings of the mind by exploring visual perception, attention, memory, learning, problem solving, language, and consciousness. Catalog Distribution: (KCM-AS) Full details for COGST 1101 - Introduction to Cognitive Science |
Spring, Summer (six-week session). |
| COGST 1104 |
WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science
This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion. Full details for COGST 1104 - WIM: Introduction to Cognitive Science |
Spring. |
| COGST 1212 |
Music on the Brain
This course is for anyone who listens to music or plays music and wonders what's going on in your brain that makes you feel the way you do. Starting with the music each of you knows and loves—the soundtrack to your life—we will explore what's going on in your brain when you play or just listen. We will tackle questions like: What is the relationship between language and music? Do animals have music? How does the brain process rhythm & tempo, melody, harmony, and pattern in music? How and why does your music work for you? Catalog Distribution: (CA-AS) |
Spring. |
| COGST 2310 |
Introduction to Deductive Logic
Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. Catalog Distribution: (MQR-AS) Full details for COGST 2310 - Introduction to Deductive Logic |
Fall. |
| COGST 4240 |
Computational Linguistics
Computational models of natural languages. Topics include tree syntax and treebank databases; broad-coverage probabilistic grammars; finite state generative phonology; computational semantics; computational minimalist grammar; finite state optimality-theoretic phonology; Hidden Markov models of acoustic realization; text and speech corpora; lab methods in Unix/Linux environment. Catalog Distribution: (MQR-AS) |
Spring. |
| COGST 4425 |
Pragmatics
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning depends on the context of utterance. However, it can be difficult to draw a line between pragmatics and semantics. In this course, we will investigate various topics that walk this line, including varieties of linguistic inference (including entailment, presupposition, and implicature), anaphora, indexicals, and speech acts. Catalog Distribution: (KCM-AS) |
Spring. |
| COGST 4430 | How to Navigate the Social World |
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| COGST 4700 |
Undergraduate Research in Cognitive Science
Experience in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research in an interdisciplinary area relevant to Cognitive Science. Full details for COGST 4700 - Undergraduate Research in Cognitive Science |
Fall, Spring. |
| COGST 4710 |
Cognitive Science Research Workshop
Provides a research workshop in which undergraduate students who are engaged in research in a particular area relevant to cognitive science can meet across disciplines to learn and practice the essentials of research using interdisciplinary approaches. In this workshop, students critique and discuss the existing literature in a field of inquiry, individual students present their research designs, methods, and results from their independent research studies, debate the interpretation of their research results, and participate in the generation of new research hypotheses and designs, in a peer group of other undergraduate students involved in related research. Full details for COGST 4710 - Cognitive Science Research Workshop |
Fall, Spring. |
| COGST 6101 |
Cognitive Science Proseminar
This course surveys the study of how the mind/brain works, drawing primarily from six disciplines: philosophy, psychology, developmental science, neuroscience, linguistics, and computer science. |
Spring. |
| COGST 6425 |
Pragmatics
What is the relationship between what words mean and how they are used? What is part of the grammar and what is a result of general reasoning? Pragmatics is often thought of as the study of how meaning depends on the context of utterance. However, it can be difficult to draw a line between pragmatics and semantics. In this course, we will investigate various topics that walk this line, including varieties of linguistic inference including entailment, presupposition, and implicature), anaphora, indexicals, and speech acts. |
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| COGST 6620 |
Topics in Philosophy of Mind
Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. |
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| COGST 6630 | How to Navigate the Social World |
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| COGST 7090 |
Developmental Psychology
One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches problems from both psychobiological and cognitive perspectives. We will use a comparative approach to assess principles of development change. The course focuses on the development of perception, action, cognition, language, and social understanding in infancy and early childhood. |
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