AP/COGS4901 6.0 A: Honours Seminar in Cognitive Science
Offered by: COGS
Session
Fall 2019
Term
Y
Format
SEMR
Instructor
Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite
This course is the capstone for students in the cognitive science honours BA program. Students will obtain a greater understanding of the work that cognitive scientists do, and how the theoretical background can be implemented in solving real-world problems and uncovering additional facts about the world. Students will be expected to produce a major work in cognitive science as well as demonstrate their knowledge of the applications of cognition science to many different areas of academia and industry. Note: Students must be Cognitive Science majors and have successfully completed a minimum of 84 credits in total Course credit exclusion: AP/COGS 4900 6.00 (prior to Fall 2010).
Course Website
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Professor Jacob Beck
Office Location: S439 Ross
Phone Number: (416) 736-2100 Ext. 22582
Office Hours: TBA
This capstone seminar for students in their final year of the COGS Honours BA program aims to deepen students’ understanding of important issues in cognitive science and the interdisciplinary methods that are used to address them. We will approach this end in two ways. First, as a class we will discuss a range of readings that address important and controversial issues in contemporary cognitive science. Second, each student will pursue a specific controversy of his or her own choosing, produce a substantial, original, interdisciplinary research paper that attempts to resolve it, and present his or her findings to the class.
Readings will be made available online through Moodle.
- Attendance and participation, including response papers 25%
- Research Summaries 10%
- Research Paper 25%
- Revised Research Paper 25%
- Presentations 15%
Weekly seminar meeting (3 hours).
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Understand and evaluate some of the major contemporary controversies within cognitive science and critically analyze them.
- Understand the main methodologies and approaches adopted by the disciplines of cognitive science, and be able to relate them to one another and compare their results.
- Conduct a literature review concerning some topic in current cognitive science research involving two or more disciplines within cognitive science.
- Conduct their own original research in cognitive science and present the results of their research.
- Academic Honesty
- Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Religious Observance
- Grading Scheme and Feedback
- 20% Rule
No examinations or tests collectively worth more than 20% of the final grade in a course will be given during the final 14 calendar days of classes in a term. The exceptions to the rule are classes which regularly meet Friday evenings or on Saturday and/or Sunday at any time, and courses offered in the compressed summer terms. - Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
