Cognitive Science (COGST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

COGST 1101

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18242 COGST 1101   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 1104

This section is highly recommended for students who are interested in learning about the topics covered in the main course through writing and discussion.  view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 1104PHIL 1621PSYCH 1104

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 19411 COGST 1104   SEM 101

    • F Uris Hall 254
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • West, B

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 1105

Overview of the science of language, especially its theoretical underpinnings, methods, and major findings. Areas covered include: the relation between sound and meaning in human languages, social variation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 1101

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6429 COGST 1105   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6430 COGST 1105   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6431 COGST 1105   DIS 202

    • W Rand Hall 304
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6432 COGST 1105   DIS 203

    • W Clark Hall 294C
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6433 COGST 1105   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6434 COGST 1105   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6435 COGST 1105   DIS 206

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6436 COGST 1105   DIS 207

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6437 COGST 1105   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 1111

This course provides a broad overview of design applied various disciplines, scales, and problem contexts, and how design can offer an alternative, and often more human-centered perspective towards solving ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: DEA 1110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6000 COGST 1111   LEC 001

    • TR Savage Hall 200
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Kao, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    This course is open to all majors. Intended for first-year students and sophomores. Please pre-register directly in pre-enrollment if you are interested to take this course. If you do not get a slot through the system, please add your name to the waitlist.

COGST 1500

Environmental Psychology is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 10400 COGST 1500   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10405 COGST 1500   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10406 COGST 1500   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10407 COGST 1500   DIS 203

    • F Warren Hall 137
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10408 COGST 1500   DIS 204

    • F Clark Hall 294C
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19302 COGST 1500   DIS 205

    • F Fernow Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10409 COGST 1500   DIS 206

    • F Clark Hall 294E
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10410 COGST 1500   DIS 207

    • F Clark Hall 294G
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10411 COGST 1500   DIS 208

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10412 COGST 1500   DIS 209

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19303 COGST 1500   DIS 210

    • F Uris Hall 303
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19304 COGST 1500   DIS 211

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10413 COGST 1500   DIS 212

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19305 COGST 1500   DIS 213

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19306 COGST 1500   DIS 214

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10414 COGST 1500   DIS 215

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10415 COGST 1500   DIS 216

    • F Uris Hall 394
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10416 COGST 1500   DIS 217

    • F Statler Hall 351
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 19307 COGST 1500   DIS 218

    • F Warren Hall 138
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10709 COGST 1500   DIS 219

    • F Malott Hall 406
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

  • 10710 COGST 1500   DIS 220

    • F Weill Hall 224
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Student will report to discussion rooms as directed by instructor. During non-discussion weeks students will report to main room.

COGST 1501

Human-Environment Relations is an interdisciplinary field concerned with how the physical environment and human behavior interrelate. Most of the course focuses on how residential environments and urban ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture, one discussion, and one laboratory. Combined with: COGST 1500DEA 1500DEA 1501PSYCH 1500PSYCH 1501

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10457 COGST 1501   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Permission of instructor required.

  • 10458 COGST 1501   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G01
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Evans, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10459 COGST 1501   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18587 COGST 1501   LAB 402

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18588 COGST 1501   LAB 403

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2200

At the turn of the 21st century the age of Embodied Cognition dawned: a reconsideration of relationships between body, brain, and mind. Researchers in philosophy, psychology, linguistics, and cognitive ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 2200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10732 COGST 2200   LEC 001

    • MW Savage Hall 200
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Casasanto, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2230

Introduction to psychology from a biological perspective, which focuses on brain mechanisms of behavior. Topics include the structure and function of the nervous system, physiological approaches ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 2230PSYCH 2230

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5494 COGST 2230   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2300

This course will provide you with an overview of how children's cognition develops. We will investigate how cognition develops from many different perspectives. The main perspectives will be biological, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 2300

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19485 COGST 2300   LEC 001

    • R Malott Hall 406
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Wang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2305

This course will survey a number of famous paradoxes about the nature of time, identity, logic, science, belief, decision, and value. Some of these paradoxes have widely accepted answers, but many do not. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2300

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17370 COGST 2305   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17371 COGST 2305   DIS 201

    • F White Hall 110
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2310

Covers sentential languages, the truth-functional connectives, and their logic; first-order languages, the quantifiers "every" and "some," and their logic. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6223 COGST 2310   LEC 001

    • MWF Morrill Hall 107
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6372 COGST 2310   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3190

Focuses on how the scientific study of human memory interfaces with the theory and practice of law. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 3190HD 6190PSYCH 3190

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10857 COGST 3190   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3330

Concepts are properties of individuals that approximately correspond to word meanings. They play a role in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Artificial Intelligence.  The course looks at ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18547 COGST 3330   LEC 001

    • TR Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3350

This course will survey core topics on attention, exploring how it influences what people perceive, what they are aware of, what they remember, and how well they can perform tasks. Original articles presenting ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 3350PSYCH 6350

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18276 COGST 3350   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall G28
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Swallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3801

Some knowledge of game-theory is essential in today's age of complex decision-making, diplomacy, and corporate strategizing. This course is an introduction to the basic principles of game theory and rational ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECON 3801

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6237 COGST 3801   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4150

Seminar on the essential features and qualities of culture and how it impacts human endeavors. Because understanding culture necessarily requires interaction across multiple areas of study, this ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 6150COML 4229PSYCH 4150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18504 COGST 4150   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 211C
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Christiansen, M

      Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4250

Introductory laboratory-based course focusing on basic foundations in translational research on decision making across the lifespan. The course introduces students to hands-on applications of research ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4250

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5844 COGST 4250   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4265

Laboratory-based course focusing on basic foundations in translational research on the neuroscience of human memory and memory development. Students attend a weekly lab meeting for 1.5 hours per week, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4260

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5843 COGST 4265   LAB 401

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4310

A seminar series examining current and classical ideas in human sciences and the humanities.  Themes vary from semester to semester. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BIONB 4330PSYCH 4320

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: Varieties of Freedom

  •  6189 COGST 4310   SEM 101

    • M Uris Hall 205
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4477

The class offers an introduction to the experimental methods and data analysis techniques commonly used in linguistics. Topics covered in the course will include basics of experimental design and statistical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COGST 6477LING 4477LING 6477

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20697 COGST 4477   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 226E
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20698 COGST 4477   LAB 401

    • F Morrill Hall B07
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4700

Experience in planning, conducting, and reporting independent laboratory, field, and/or library research in an interdisciplinary area relevant to Cognitive Science. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3550 COGST 4700   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5088 COGST 4700   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hale, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5089 COGST 4700   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Goldstein, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5557 COGST 4700   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Spreng, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5563 COGST 4700   IND 605

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Reyna, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5816 COGST 4700   IND 606

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Linster, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5817 COGST 4700   IND 607

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Swallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5894 COGST 4700   IND 608

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Russo, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6123 COGST 4700   IND 609

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Christiansen, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6126 COGST 4700   IND 610

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cleland, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6127 COGST 4700   IND 611

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Wang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6136 COGST 4700   IND 612

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Casasola, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6140 COGST 4700   IND 613

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Cardie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12133 COGST 4700   IND 614

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Devoogd, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12159 COGST 4700   IND 615

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12160 COGST 4700   IND 616

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Casasanto, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21129 COGST 4700   IND 617

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21171 COGST 4700   IND 618

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Ophir, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21333 COGST 4700   IND 619

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Anderson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 21381 COGST 4700   IND 620

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COGST 4710

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3551 COGST 4710   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Ophir, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5974 COGST 4710   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COGST 4740

This course constitutes an introduction to natural language processing (NLP), the goal of which is to enable computers to use human languages as input, output, or both. NLP is at the heart of many of today's ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one project. Combined with: CS 4740CS 5740LING 4474

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5351 COGST 4740   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19043 COGST 4740   PRJ 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Lee, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6020

This hands-on laboratory course will develop research skills in the context of risk and rational decision making in human development from multiple disciplinary perspectives and with respect to different ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 6020

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6056 COGST 6020   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6150

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4150COML 4229PSYCH 4150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20021 COGST 6150   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall 211C
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Christiansen, M

      Dubreuil, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6333

Concepts are properties of individuals that approximately correspond to word meanings. They play a role in Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Philosophy, and Artificial Intelligence.  The course looks at ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18551 COGST 6333   LEC 001

    • TR Sibley Hall 208
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6477

The class offers an introduction to the experimental methods and data analysis techniques commonly used in linguistics. Topics covered in the course will include basics of experimental design and statistical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: COGST 4477LING 4477LING 6477

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20699 COGST 6477   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 226E
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20700 COGST 6477   LAB 401

    • F Morrill Hall B07
    • Aug 21 - Dec 4, 2023
    • Aparicio Terrasa, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person