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Program Requirements
The Minor Cognitive Science is intended to supplement and support Major or Honours programs in Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, or Psychology. Students wishing to enroll in this Minor must meet with the Adviser.
Required Course (3 credits)
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PSYC 532 Cognitive Science (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The multi-disciplinary study of intelligent systems. Problems in vision, memory, categorization, choice, problem solving, cognitive development, syntax, language acquisition, and rationality. Rule-based and connectionist approaches.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Shultz, Thomas R (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: Admission to the Cognitive Science Minor or permission of instructor. Students should ideally have some cognitive science background in at least two disciplines
Complementary Courses (24 credits)
24 credits from outside of the student's home department, selected from the courses listed below:
Computer Science
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COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits)
Overview
Computer Science (Sci) : Introduction to search methods. Knowledge representation using logic and probability. Planning and decision making under uncertainty. Introduction to machine learning.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Pineau, Joelle (Winter)
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: (COMP 206 or ECSE 321) and COMP 251
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COMP 527 Logic and Computation (3 credits)
Overview
Computer Science (Sci) : Introduction to modern constructive logic, its mathematical properties, and its numerous applications in computer science.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: COMP 302
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken COMP 426
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COMP 558 Fundamentals of Computer Vision (3 credits)
Overview
Computer Science (Sci) : Biological vision, edge detection, projective geometry and camera modelling, shape from shading and texture, stereo vision, optical flow, motion analysis, object representation, object recognition, graph theoretic methods, high level vision, applications.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Langer, Michael (Fall)
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: COMP 206, COMP 360, MATH 222, MATH 223
- Restriction: not open to students who have taken 308-766 before January 2001
Educational Psychology
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EDPE 555 Applied Cognitive Science (3 credits)
Overview
Ed Psych & Couns (Psychology) : Examination of foundations of cognitive science including contributions by psychology, linguistics, and computer science. Consideration of theory and methodology or cognitive science in educational and instructional contexts.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Breuleux, Alain (Fall)
Linguistics
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LING 331 Phonology 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to phonological theory and analysis.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Skinner, Tobin (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: LING 330.
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LING 355 Language Acquisition 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : A critical study of the application of linguistic theory and description to first and second language learning. Topics include: the acquisition of sounds, syntax and word meanings; acquisition strategies; properties of the input; theories of first and second language acquisition.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Nossalik, Larissa (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: LING 201.
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LING 360 Introduction to Semantics (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to the rudiments of semantics, focusing on those aspects of meaning that are invariant across contexts and the ways in which the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituents.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Gillon, Brendan S (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): LING 201 and PHIL 210
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken LING 370.
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LING 371 Syntax 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Introduction to the study of generative syntax of natural languages, emphasizing basic concepts and formalism: phrase structure rules, transformations, and conditions on rules.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Noonan, Maire (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: LING 201.
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LING 419 Linguistic Theory and its Foundations (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Change linguistics underwent at the end of the 1950's both in how it conceived of itself and in the methods it used, including the philosophical change and the formal and mathematical innovations in syntax and morphology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: Two of LING 331, LING 360, LING 371, LING 440.
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LING 440 Morphology (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : An introduction to the study of the internal structure of words. Topics will include the different ways words are formed in languages, how sound changes take place within words, how words are used in sentences.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Shimoyama, Junko; Sugimura, Mina (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: LING 330 and LING 371, or permission of the instructor
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LING 531 Phonology 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Exploration of current issues in phonology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- Prerequisite: LING 331 or permission of instructor.
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LING 555 Language Acquisition 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : A detailed overview of recent experimental work on first language acquisition of syntax within the principles and parameters framework, concentrating on both theoretical and methodological issues.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Nossalik, Larissa (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisites: LING 355 and LING 371 and permission of instructor
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LING 571 Syntax 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : This course extends and refines the theory of grammar developed in LING 371, while introducing some primary literature and developments (in certain modules of the grammar such as phrase structure, wh-movement, and binding).
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Noonan, Maire (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite: LING 371
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LING 590 Language Acquisition and Breakdown (3 credits)
Overview
Linguistics : Theoretical and experimental perspectives on an imperfect language faculty, in the context of current linguistic theory and state-of-the-art experimental methods and techniques. Comparison of linguistic abilities of normally developing children, children with language disorders (e.g., SLI), and adults with disrupted linguistic abilities (e.g., aphasic patients).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Fall
- Prerequisites: LING 371 and either LING 355 or LING 390.
Mathematics
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MATH 318 Mathematical Logic (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Propositional calculus, truth-tables, switching circuits, natural deduction, first order predicate calculus, axiomatic theories, set theory.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Loveys, James G (Fall)
- Fall
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken PHIL 210
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MATH 328 Computability and Mathematical Linguistics (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Calculability on an infinite abacus is compared with recursive functions and Turing machines. Categorial, context-free, generative and transformational grammars are studied for formal and natural languages, with some emphasis on English and French morphology. Machines for generating and recognizing sentences are discussed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
Philosophy
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PHIL 210 Introduction to Deductive Logic 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An introduction to propositional and predicate logic; formalization of arguments, truth tables, systems of deduction, elementary metaresults, and related topics.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Hallett, Michael Frank (Fall)
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 318
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PHIL 304 Chomsky (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : Philosophical aspects of Chomsky's contribution to psychology, linguistic theory, theories of human nature, and to politics.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: McGilvray, James A (Winter)
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PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : A survey of major positions of the mind-body problem, focusing on such questions as: Do we have minds and bodies? Can minds affect bodies? Is mind identical to body? If so, in what sense "identical"? Can physical bodies be conscious.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Davies, David (Fall)
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PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : A second course in Logic. NB. The course will be technical in nature, and some mathematical aptitude is essential. The emphasis is on the expressive properties of standard logical systems, including implications for the philosophy of mathematics. We will study the Completeness of First-Order Logic, then the 'limitative' theorems of Tarski and G枚del.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Schlimm, Dirk (Winter)
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent
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PHIL 410 Advanced Topics in Logic 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : A course focusing on central results in logic that are of philosophical significance.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 310 or equivalent
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PHIL 415 Philosophy of Language (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An examination of central notions in the philosophy of language (reference, meaning, and truth, e.g.), the puzzles these notions give rise to, and the relevance of these notions to such questions as: What is language? How is communication possible? What is understanding? Is language rule-governed.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Hallett, Michael Frank (Winter)
- Prerequisites: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy
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PHIL 419 Epistemology (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : A discussion of central topics in the theory of knowledge. The questions addressed in the course may include: What is knowledge? Do we have any knowledge? What is the relation between knowledge and belief? When is belief justified? Is all knowledge conscious knowledge.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Blome-Tillmann, Michael (Fall)
- Prerequisite: PHIL 210 or equivalent and one intermediate course in philosophy
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PHIL 506 Seminar: Philosophy of Mind (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An advanced course devoted to specific topics in the philosophy of mind.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisite: PHIL 306.
- Restriction: Open only to students as indicated above and to Cognitive Science Minors
- Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department.
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PHIL 507 Seminar: Cognitive Science (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An advanced discussion of a topic of philosophical interest arising from contemporary empirical work in cognitive science.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Prerequisites: PHIL 306, PHIL 415 or written permission of the instructor
- Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department
Psychology
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NSCI 201 Introduction to Neuroscience 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Neuroscience : An introduction to how the nervous system acquires and integrates information and uses it to produce behaviour.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Balaban, Evan (Winter)
- Winter
- Prerequisite: NSCI 200 or PSYC 211 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 308.
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PSYC 211 Introductory Behavioural Neuroscience (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : An introduction to contemporary research on the relationship between brain and behaviour. Topics include learning, memory and cognition, brain damage and neuroplasticity, emotion and motivation, and drug addiction and brain reward circuits. Much of the evidence will be drawn from the experimental literature on research with animals.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Chudasama, Yogita (Winter)
- Winter
- 2 lectures
- Prerequisite: PSYC 100 or equivalent
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PSYC 212 Perception (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Perception is the organization of sensory input into a representation of the environment. Topics include: survey of sensory coding mechanisms (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory), object recognition, spatial localization, perceptual constancies and higher level influences.
Terms: Fall 2010, Winter 2011, Summer 2011
Instructors: Zangenehpour, Shahin (Fall) Zangenehpour, Shahin (Winter) Zangenehpour, Shahin (Summer)
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
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PSYC 213 Cognition (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Where do thoughts come from? What is the nature of thought, and how does it arise in the mind and the brain? Cognition is the study of human information processing, and we will explore topics such as memory, attention, categorization, decision making, intelligence, philosophy of mind, and the mind-as computer metaphor.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Ristic, Jelena (Winter)
- Winter
- 2 lectures, 1 conference
- Prerequisite: One previous course in Psychology.
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PSYC 301 Animal Learning & Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Contemporary and historical research and theory on animal learning approached from a behavioural, cognitive and biological perspective. Classical and instrumental conditioning, cognitive learning, and biological constraints. The status and history of North American behaviourism will be discussed and compared with cognitive and other approaches.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Baker, Andrew G (Fall)
- Fall
- Prerequisite(s): PSYC 211 or PSYC 213 or permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 211 prior to the 2000-01 academic year
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PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : The course is an introduction to the field studying how human cognitive processes, such as perception, attention, language, learning and memory, planning and organization, are related to brain processes. The material covered is primarily based on studies of the effects of different brain lesions on cognition and studies of brain activity in relation to cognitive processes with modern functional neuroimaging methods.
Terms: Fall 2010, Summer 2011
Instructors: Petrides, Michalakis (Fall) Petrides, Michalakis (Summer)
- Fall
- 2 lectures; 1 conference
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PSYC 353 Laboratory in Human Perception (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Students will be introduced to standard psychophysical procedures and data analysis techniques, and will have the opportunity to design and carry out their own experiments. Research topics include: visual acuity, form and motion perception, and visual search. Evaluation based on individually written reports on lab experiments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2010-2011 academic year.
- Winter
- 1 hour lecture plus 3 hour lab
- Prerequisites: PSYC 212, U2 level or above. Requires departmental approval.
- Students will be admitted on the basis of a written application on forms available from the Department (Room N7/9). Applications must be submitted by August 15
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PSYC 410 Special Topics in Neuropsychology (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Developments in cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychiatry via readings from primary sources. Topics include the neural bases of memory, emotion, social cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases. Integrating knowledge from studies in clinical populations and functional neuroimaging studies.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Raz, Amir (Fall)
- Fall
- 2 lectures
- Prerequisites: PSYC 311 or PSYC 308. Knowledge of basic neuropsychology at the level covered in PSYC 311 is assumed
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PSYC 413 Cognitive Development (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : In-depth exploration of cognitive development in infants and children including knowledge representation and processing, conceptual development, language development, and theories and principles of cognitive development.
Terms: Fall 2010
Instructors: Onishi, Kristine (Fall)
- Fall
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: PSYC 304 or PSYC 213 or equivalent
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PSYC 470 Memory and Brain (3 credits)
Overview
Psychology : Memory systems are studied with an emphasis on the neural computations that occur at various stages of the processing stream, focusing on the hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia, cerebellum and cortex. The data reviewed is obtained from human, non-human primates and rodents, with single unit recording, neuroimaging and brain damaged subjects.
Terms: Winter 2011
Instructors: Rajah, Maria (Winter)
- Winter
- 3 hour lectures
- Prerequisites: PSYC 308 and PSYC 318 or PHGY 311 or BIOL 306
Faculty of Science—2010-2011 (last updated Jan. 19, 2011) (disclaimer)