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College Catalog 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PH 290 - Introduction to Cognitive Science

4.00 credits.
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary science that integrates elements of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science into a unified field of study. Cognitive learning, consciousness and emotion from each of these perspectives, ranging from abstract and formal theories at one end to well-defined empirical research and computer modeling at the other. As a required course for the Cognitive Science Minor, Introduction to Cognitive Science provides exposure to a variety of disciplines, with particular focus on how they cooperate to study human thought, experience and behavior. Spring semester.