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COGST 1105
Introduction to Linguistics

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

  •  5507 COGST 1105   LEC 001

  •  
    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Tilsen, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5508 COGST 1105   DIS 201

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5509 COGST 1105   DIS 202

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5510 COGST 1105   DIS 203

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5511 COGST 1105   DIS 204

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5512 COGST 1105   DIS 205

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5513 COGST 1105   DIS 206

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5514 COGST 1105   DIS 207

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5515 COGST 1105   DIS 208

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 1212
Music on the Brain

This course is for anyone who listens to music or plays music and wonders what's happening in your brain that makes you feel the way you do. Starting with the music each of you knows and loves—the soundtrack ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 1212

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5249 COGST 1212   LEC 001

  •  
    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Hoy, R

      Lewandowski, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2090
Developmental Psychology

One of four introductory courses in cognition and perception. A comprehensive introduction to current thinking and research in developmental psychology that approaches topics from both psychobiological ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  5998 COGST 2090   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Goldstein, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2150
Psychology of Language

Provides an introduction to the psychology of language. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to the scientific study of psycholinguistic phenomena. Covers a broad range of topics ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 2215, PSYCH 2150

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5440 COGST 2150   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Christiansen, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. 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

  •  5344 COGST 2310   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Korzukhin, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5347 COGST 2310   DIS 201

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10493 COGST 2310   DIS 202

  •  
    • F
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 2350
How the Brain Makes the Mind

There is no getting away from the brain. Everything a person does, creates, thinks, feels, believes, and experiences (including making sense of course descriptions!) depends on it. But, how? How could ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 2310, PSYCH 2300

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11319 COGST 2350   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Swallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3140
Computational Psychology

This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  5435 COGST 3140   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3302
Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology

This course is an introduction to both phonetics (the study of the physical properties of the sounds of human language) and phonology (the organization and patterning of those sounds). The first part of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 3302

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5618 COGST 3302   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Kuo, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5619 COGST 3302   DIS 201

  •  
    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  5620 COGST 3302   DIS 202

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 3310
Deductive Logic

A mathematical study of the formal languages of standard first-order propositional and predicate logic, including their syntax, semantics, and deductive systems. The basic apparatus of model theory will ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: MATH 3810, PHIL 3310, PHIL 6310

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8730 COGST 3310   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Hodes, H

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  8731 COGST 3310   DIS 201

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4230
Navigation, Memory, and Context: What Does the Hippocampus Do?

Although the hippocampus has been the subject of intense scrutiny for nearly 50 years, there remains considerable disagreement about functional contributions the hippocampus makes to learning and memory ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PSYCH 4230, PSYCH 6230

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9086 COGST 4230   SEM 101

    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Smith, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

COGST 4240
Computational Linguistics I

Computational models of natural languages. Topics are drawn from: tree syntax and context free grammar, finite state generative morpho-phonology, feature structure grammars, logical semantics, tabular ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: CS 4744, LING 4424, LING 6424

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4822 COGST 4240   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • van Schijndel, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: LING 1101 and CS 2110 or equivalents.

  • 10836 COGST 4240   IND 601

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • van Schijndel, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

COGST 4310
Topics in Cognitive Science

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 4330, PSYCH 4320

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  • Topic: The Consciousness Revolutions

  •  5436 COGST 4310   SEM 101

  •  
    • M
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 4350
Mind, Self, and Emotion

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4310

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17388 COGST 4350   SEM 101

    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Wang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

COGST 4510
Topics in the Philosophy of Aesthetics

An investigation of central topics in the philosophy of art, with an emphasis on issues about the mind. Readings will be drawn from philosophy and psychology.  view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 6510, PHIL 4510, PHIL 6510

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Art and the Mind

  •  5988 COGST 4510   SEM 101

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3629 COGST 4700   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Ophir, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3630 COGST 4700   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Field, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4852 COGST 4700   IND 603

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Christiansen, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4868 COGST 4700   IND 604

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4885 COGST 4700   IND 605

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Hale, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4892 COGST 4700   IND 606

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Swallow, K

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4893 COGST 4700   IND 607

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Cleland, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4917 COGST 4700   IND 608

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Schrader, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5046 COGST 4700   IND 609

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Hoy, R

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5144 COGST 4700   IND 610

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Zayas, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5145 COGST 4700   IND 611

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Nichols, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5153 COGST 4700   IND 612

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Russo, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5154 COGST 4700   IND 613

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Linster, C

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5372 COGST 4700   IND 614

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Goldstein, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5373 COGST 4700   IND 615

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Wang, Q

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5379 COGST 4700   IND 616

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Anderson, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5828 COGST 4700   IND 617

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Devoogd, T

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6018 COGST 4700   IND 618

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Reyna, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6040 COGST 4700   IND 619

  •  
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Murray, S

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11657 COGST 4700   IND 620

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Niemi, L

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3627 COGST 4710   IND 601

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Russo, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

Syllabi: none

  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3628 COGST 4710   IND 602

    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

COGST 4720
Current Research in Emotion, Cognition, and Brain

The course will cover advanced topics in research on the emotions from central neural and peripheral physiological perspectives, with an emphasis with how emotions shape different aspects of cognition ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HD 4720, HD 6720

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5718 COGST 4720   LAB 401

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Anderson, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6101
Cognitive Science Proseminar

This seminar surveys the study of how the mind/brain works, drawing primarily from six disciplines: philosophy, psychology, developmental science, neuroscience, linguistics, and computer science. It consists ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  5314 COGST 6101   SEM 101

    • T
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Christiansen, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Instructor Consent Required (Add)

COGST 6140
Computational Psychology

This course states and motivates the observation that cognition is fundamentally a computational process and explores the implications of this idea. Students are introduced to a variety of conceptual tools ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  9085 COGST 6140   LEC 001

  •  
    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Edelman, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6510
Topics in the Philosophy of Aesthetics

An investigation of central topics in the philosophy of art, with an emphasis on issues about the mind. Readings will be drawn from philosophy and psychology. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COGST 4510, PHIL 4510, PHIL 6510

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Art and the Mind

  •  5989 COGST 6510   SEM 101

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

COGST 6620
Topics in Philosophy of Mind

Advanced discussion of a topic in Philosophy of Mind. view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6620

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Self-Awareness, Self-Knowledge, and the Self

  •  9147 COGST 6620   SEM 101

  •  
    • R
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Silins, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

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 ... view course details

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Syllabi: none

  •  5391 COGST 7090   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Goldstein, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Department Consent Required (Add)