Dr. Craig Miller
Office: 745 CDM Building, 312-362-5085
Email: cmiller@cs.depaul.edu
Web page: http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/cmiller
Office Hours: Announced on Web page
Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 3:00
1106 Lewis
This course introduces students to the multidiciplinary field of cognitive science, which aims to understand human perception, reasoning and language through the creation and evaluation of mechanistic (e.g. computational) theories. The study of cognitive science draws upon diverse disciplines including psychology, linguistics, computer science and philosophy.
By the end of the quarter, students will be able to:
Selected readings will be posted from the course schedule. Warning: some of the articles will be challenging to read. A goal of this course is to develop strategies for reading difficult materials so that you get the most out of them.
35% (70 points) | Reading summaries (best 7 of 8) |
10% (20 points) | Attendance and participation |
30% (60 points) | Small projects (3 at 20 points each) |
15% (30 points) | Independent project |
10% (20 points) | Reflective report (take-home final) |
Students receiving more than 90% of possible points are guaranteed at least an A-, more than 80% at least a B-, more than 70% at least a C-, and more than 60% at least a D.
The participation grade is based on class attendance with active involvement in class exercises. One class attendance corresponds to one point. Up to four absences can be made up by posting to online discussion forums (2 substantive postings corresponds to one class attendance).
The reading summaries are based on weekly assigned articles, which will generally consist of one academic paper and one or two articles from the popular press (e.g. The New York Times, Time Magazine). Each weekly summary should consist of a 2-3 paragraph summary of the assigned articles plus questions or suggestions to promote a class discussion.
While some collaboration is encouraged for this class, all submitted reports, projects and summaries must consist of your own original writing, unless quoted phrases are explicitly and appropriately noted. The following types of collaboration are allowed:
The following types of collaboration are not allowed:
Engaging in these last two types of collaboration will be considered a violation of the university's policy on academic integrity.
Late assignments will be accepted up to 3 days late, with a 10% penalty. Assignments submitted more than 3 days after the due date will not be accepted.
Additional assignments for extra credit will not be offered.
All grade challenges must be submitted in writing and include an explanation why the given score or grade should be reconsidered.