Subject: COGS

Term: Fall 2017

COGS 101: Introduction to Cognitive Science (100/2925)

TR 01:00-02:15 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Parrill, F

This course will *not* have a final exam.

COGS 201: Human Cognition in Evolution and Development (100/2926)

TR 02:30-03:45 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Tobin, V

"This course has no wait list. If no spots are available, please check back to see if one has opened up.

COGS 205: Cognition and Design (100/10661)

TR 01:00-02:15 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Oakley, T

Urbanism is design; architecture is design; of course, the aesthetic shaping of artifacts (such as computers, cars, and coffee machines) is design. Configuring surfaces, volumes, and portions of space in special ways, creating and changing formats for things and places that allow cultural practices to unfold while delimiting them, are essential 'designing" endeavors of human civilization and are, necessarily, activities based on the cognitive capacities and constraints of our species. We 'cognize' the human world in terms and frames of 'designed' surroundings. Design is a basic expressive activity, by which we interact with our artificial and natural surroundings and create 'interfaces' between mind and reality, thus upholding and interpretable world. Landscapes and cityscapes, work spaces of all sorts, buildings and parks, exteriors and interiors of homes, factories, institutions, and temples; furniture, artifacts such as machines, tools, weapons, symbolic objects, even the configuration ('building') of our own bodies, are design. An inquiry into cultural cognition, aiming to understand how humans as socio-cultural beings think and feel, therefore needs to explore this dimension of spatial expressivity and to acknowledge it as a constitutive fact of human meaning production; it needs to study the aesthetic and pragmatic, political and historical, philosophical and religious, and simply everyday practical, semiotic aspects of this basic form of human creativity. This course will focus on spatial expressivity--design--in several primary keys and scales, including design for learning; design for verbal and technical communication, interaction, and commerce; design for expressions of authority and deliberation; and design for emotional display.

COGS 206: Theory of Cognitive Linguistics I (100/2747)

TR 10:00-11:15 AM Aug 28-Dec 08

Oakley, T

This is the first course in a two-course sequence presenting theory and practice of cognitive linguistics. Offered as COGS 206 and COGS 406.

COGS 215: Words and Mind (100/10671)

TR 11:30-12:45 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Tobin, V

There is something fascinating and special about words. They are the aspect of language that everyone knows about and pays attention to--and every academic discipline with an interest in language has something to say about them! The sheer number of words known by every speaker of any human language is quite vast (and the exact number is a mystery). In this class we will learn about words in all their aspects, and see what the wide weirdness of words can help us understand about the human mind. Subjects covered include the question of what makes a word (is "ouch" a word? "ain't"?); word origins; taboo words; words and memory; word boundaries; and word games, puns, and puzzles.

COGS 308: Advanced Research Workshop I (100/3134)

T 02:30-05:00 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Parrill, F

This course is an advanced research workshop for undergraduates and MA students. The workshop involves development of research topics (theoretical or empirical), and working on them with the input of other workshop members to produce final papers. Offered as COGS 308 and COGS 408.

COGS 311: Mind and Media (100/10662)

M 05:30-08:00 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Turner, M

An introduction to the study of mind and media, including the study of multimodal communication. This course investigates patterns of human cognition that are ancient to human beings and upon which media have converged for powerful, immersive effect. The cognitive processes studied include perception, sensation, imagination, joint attention, narrative conception, simulation, dreaming, identity construction, imaginative play, and implicit learning. Students engage in hands-on media analysis to study how basic human mental operations are used in media to achieve a variety of effects. Students will be given access to a private website of instructions, readings, and materials for the course, and will be introduced to a range of vast, rich, searchable databases of media. Students will have ample opportunity to do research inside such databases. Offered as COGS 311 and COGS 411.

COGS 322: Human Learning and the Brain (100/1860)

TR 10:00-11:15 AM Aug 28-Dec 08

Kuemerle, B

This course focuses on the question, "How does the human brain learn?" Through assigned readings, extensive class discussions, and a major paper, each student will explore personal perspectives on learning. Specific topics include, but are not limited to: the brain's cycle of learning; neocortex structure and function; emotion and limbic brain; synapse dynamics and changes in learning; images in cognition; symbolic brain (language, mathematics, music); memory formation; and creative thought and brain mechanisms. The major paper will be added to each student's SAGES writing portfolio. In addition, near the end of the semester, each student will make an oral presentation on a chosen topic. Offered as BIOL 302 and COGS 322.

COGS 390: Introduction to General Semiotics (100/2326)

MW 10:35-11:50 AM Aug 28-Dec 08

Berindeanu, F

Semiotics, the study of meaning and signs conveying meaning, is a central part of cognitive semiotics, or 'high level' cognitive semantics. This discipline is typically taught in departments of linguistics, cognitive science, philosophy, or cultural studies. The domain of semiotics is in fact widely intersecting with other disciplines (general linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, anthropology, music, literature, architecture, and the arts). Sign theory, text theory, studies of narrative structure, enunciation, natural logic, rhetoric and poetics, speech act forms, are important components in this field.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (100/1494)

Oakley, T

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (200/1581)

Turner, M

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 397: SAGES Capstone in Cognitive Science (300/2731)

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 (400/2732)

Tobin, V

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 (500/2927)

Deal, W

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 (200/1582)

Turner, M

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (300/1583)

Parrill, F

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 399: Independent Studies in Cognitive Science (100/2314)

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 (400/2730)

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 (500/3100)

Deal, W

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 406: Theory of Cognitive Linguistics I (100/1668)

TR 10:00-11:15 AM Aug 28-Dec 08

Oakley, T

This is the first course in a two-course sequence presenting theory and practice of cognitive linguistics. Offered as COGS 206 and COGS 406.

COGS 408: Advanced Research Workshop I (100/1667)

T 02:30-05:00 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Parrill, F

This course is an advanced research workshop for undergraduates and MA students. The workshop involves development of research topics (theoretical or empirical), and working on them with the input of other workshop members to produce final papers. Offered as COGS 308 and COGS 408.

COGS 411: Mind and Media (100/10663)

M 05:30-08:00 PM Aug 28-Dec 08

Turner, M

An introduction to the study of mind and media, including the study of multimodal communication. This course investigates patterns of human cognition that are ancient to human beings and upon which media have converged for powerful, immersive effect. The cognitive processes studied include perception, sensation, imagination, joint attention, narrative conception, simulation, dreaming, identity construction, imaginative play, and implicit learning. Students engage in hands-on media analysis to study how basic human mental operations are used in media to achieve a variety of effects. Students will be given access to a private website of instructions, readings, and materials for the course, and will be introduced to a range of vast, rich, searchable databases of media. Students will have ample opportunity to do research inside such databases. Offered as COGS 311 and COGS 411.

COGS 499: Independent Studies (100/1669)

Oakley, T

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 499: Independent Studies (200/1670)

Turner, M

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 499: Independent Studies (300/1671)

Parrill, F

Meeting time and location to be scheduled as needed.

COGS 499: Independent Studies (400/2406)

Tobin, V

This course is a face-to-face seminar between students and instructor, aiming at letting and helping the students independently develop original research on well-defined topics in the field of cognitive linguistics. Themes can vary within the wide area of cognition and culture.

COGS 499: Independent Studies (600/3034)

Deal, W

This course is a face-to-face seminar between students and instructor, aiming at letting and helping the students independently develop original research on well-defined topics in the field of cognitive linguistics. Themes can vary within the wide area of cognition and culture.

COGS 651: Thesis M.A. (100/1863)

Oakley, T

Cognitive Linguistics MA students are free to choose any on-campus primary faculty member in COGS as the instructor of record.

COGS 651: Thesis M.A. (300/1864)

Turner, M

Cognitive Linguistics MA students are free to choose any on-campus primary faculty member in COGS as the instructor of record.

COGS 651: Thesis M.A. (400/1865)

Parrill, F

Cognitive Linguistics MA students are free to choose any on-campus primary faculty member in COGS as the instructor of record.

COGS 651: Thesis M.A. (200/2551)

Tobin, V

Conduct independent research and writing in Cognitive Linguistics under the guidance of a faculty adviser from Cognitive Science. The precise requirements of the course are to be determined by the faculty advisor.

COGS 651: Thesis M.A. (500/3101)

Deal, W

Conduct independent research and writing in Cognitive Linguistics under the guidance of a faculty adviser from Cognitive Science. The precise requirements of the course are to be determined by the faculty advisor.