Emner: KOGVIT101 Introduction to the Cognitive Sciences - Høst 2017




Studienivå (studiesyklus)

Bachelor

Undervisningsspråk

English

Undervisningssemester

Spring

Mål og innhald

The purpose of this course is to give students at the bachelor's program in cognitive science a broad understanding of the field of cognitive science from an interdisciplinary perspective. The course discusses models of cognition that are based on empirical studies of human and artificial intelligence. We will look at models of knowledge representation, reasoning, learning, comprehension and use of natural language, perception, and consciousness as they relate to thinking. Furthermore, we look at how cognitive science has its roots in various subjects such as computer science, information science, linguistics, psychology and philosophy, and explore the relationship between formal- and psychological models of explanation. We will explore their common assumptions and how the connections between the subjects are established by cognitive science as an interdisciplinary research area.

Læringsutbyte

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

 

Krav til forkunnskapar

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

Basic knowledge of programming and linguistics.

Krav til studierett

Open to all students at the University of Bergen and to international exchange students.

Undervisningsformer og omfang av organisert undervisning

Lectures, seminars, tutoring. (Normally two hours of lectures and two hours of group instruction per week for 10 weeks.)

Obligatorisk undervisningsaktivitet

Mandatory participation: Students must participate in class exercises. Attendance in seminar lab groups is mandatory (at least 80%).

Vurderingsformer

3 hour written examination (50%)

Semester assignment, individual (50%)

Karakterskala

The grading system has a descending scale from A to E for passes and F for fail.

Vurderingssemester

Spring

Emneevaluering

KOGVIT101 is evaluated by students every three years, by the Department every year.

Kontaktinformasjon

Advice@info.uib.no

Institutt

Department of Information Science and Media Studies