Course Info: CS-0338

CourseCS-0338 Current Issues in CS
Long TitleCurrent Issues in Cognitive Science
Term2018F
Note(s) Prerequisites Required
Textbook information
Meeting InfoAdele Simmons Hall 111 on F from 1:00-3:50
FacultyMark Feinstein
Capacity16
Available5
Waitlist0
Distribution(s)
Cumulative Skill(s)Writing and Research
Additional InfoIn this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, research.
Description

This course was an advanced seminar exploring a broad range of topics of interest to the collaborating disciplines of cognitive science. Each week, in a three-hour session, participants chose a paper (or set of papers) from the professional literature for the class to read and discuss. The topics we addressed included: consciousness, morality, human-animal interaction, multitasking and digital media, discourse analysis, linguistic relativity, gender identity, autism, stress, and the evolution of cognition. Students were expected to submit written responses to each of the readings and to each other's comments in an online discussion forum, and to write a final essay relating to the topic they introduced in the seminar or another topic of special interest to them.