Subject: COGS

Term: Spring 2009

COGS 102: Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (100/10087)

MW 09:00-10:15 AM Jan 12-Apr 27

Jack, A

A survey of the fundamental methods, findings, and theories that attempt to understand the human mind from a neuroscientific standpoint. The course provides the student with background knowledge of brain processes underlying such psychological phenomena as consciousness, sensation, perception, thought, language, and voluntary action. Since many fields of neuroscience have contributed to cognitive neuroscience, the approach of this course is cross-disciplinary. It introduces theories and data from clinical and experimental neuropsychology, brain imaging, neuroelectric and neuromagnetic brain activity, the neuroscience of language, and behavioral neuroscience, among other fields.

COGS 202: Human Cognition Viewed from a Cultural Perspective (100/3869)

TR 10:00-11:15 AM Jan 12-Apr 27

Popova, Y

This course studies the human mind in its natural environment: culture. It covers the fundamental methods, findings, and theories that attempt to understand the growth and evolution of cognition from either a social science or humanistic standpoint. It provides the student with background knowledge of theories of human cultural evolution and change, of the relationship between the cognizing individual and larger social-cognitive structures, and of such phenomena as distributed networks, cooperative mental work, and the phenomenology of human experience. Many disciplines have contributed to this knowledge; hence the approach of this course is cross-disciplinary, including ideas from cultural anthropology, literary studies, art and art history, musicology, philosophy, and the history of technology, among others.

COGS 302: SAGES Departmental Seminar: Methods and Theories in Cognitive Science (100/3875)

TR 06:00-07:15 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Brandt, P

This course takes a look at the discipline of cognitive science by exploring the methods that cognitive scientists use in their research. We'll discuss how different methods reflect different approaches and traditions of thought and how they provide different answers to particular questions. We'll also discuss the process of translating research into writing and talk about how different kinds of writing reflect the many different methods used in cognitive science. Recommended preparation: COGS 101, COGS 102, COGS 201, and COGS 202.

COGS 313: Pragmatics (100/10177)

MW 12:30-01:45 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Tobin, V

Consent of Instructor

COGS 325: Cognitive Approaches to Literature (100/10138)

MWF 11:30-12:20 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Tobin, V

Consent of Instructor.

COGS 327: Gesture in Cognition and Communication (100/3881)

TR 02:45-04:00 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Parrill, F

Most people never notice that when they are talking, they're also gesturing. Why do we produce these gestures? What can studying them tell us about the human mind? This course surveys scientific research on gesture, exploring topics such as the role of gesture in communication, cross-cultural differences in gesture, and the relationship between gesture and signed languages. The course will focus on gestures produced with speech, but will cover symbolic and ritualized gesture in the visual arts and in dance. Offered as COGS 327 and COGS 427 and MLIT 327.

COGS 391: Introduction to Text Semiotics (100/10722)

TR 04:30-05:45 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Berindeanu, F

Consent of Instructor

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (100/3889)

Turner, M

Consult with Mark Turner, chair of the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (200/11629)

Brandt, P

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (300/11634)

Jack, A

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (400/11635)

Oakley, T

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (600/11636)

Parrill, F

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (700/11637)

Popova, Y

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (800/12090)

Ciccia, A

Supervised original research on a topic in cognitive science, culminating in a public presentation. The research may be in the form of an independent research project, a literature review, or some other form approved by the department.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (100/3891)

Brandt, P

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (200/11638)

Jack, A

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (300/11639)

Oakley, T

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (400/11640)

Parrill, F

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (500/11641)

Popova, Y

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (600/11645)

Tobin, V

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (700/11646)

Turner, M

This course is for students with special interests and commitments that are not fully addressed in regular courses, and who wish to work independently.

COGS 407: Cog Linguistics Theory II (100/10140)

T 05:30-08:00 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Turner, M

Consent of Instructor.

COGS 409: Workshop in Cognitive Linguistics II (100/10141)

M 05:30-08:00 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Turner, M

The second course in a two-course sequence (408 & 409) designed to provide experience in research methods in cognitive linguistics at the MA level. A workshop in which students read examples of cognitive linguistics research, develop their own topics (theoretical or empirical), and work on them to produce a final paper.

COGS 413: Pragmatics (100/10178)

MW 12:30-01:45 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Tobin, V

Consent of Instructor

COGS 427: Gesture in Cognition and Communication (100/10088)

TR 02:45-04:00 PM Jan 12-Apr 27

Parrill, F

Cross-listed with COGS 327