UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO - STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
The Department of Computer Science & Engineering

STUART C. SHAPIRO: CSE 575

APY 526
Introduction to Cognitive Science
Stuart C. Shapiro
Fall, 2006
TTh 2:00 - 3:20, 222 NSC

Registration Numbers:

The course is exactly the same, regardless of which of these you register for:

Course	Registration Number
APY 526	200988
CSE 575	184363
LIN 575	165133
PHI 575	011876
PSY 575	288608

Professor:

Prof. Stuart C. Shapiro, 326 Bell Hall, 645-3180 ext. 125, shapiro@cse.buffalo.edu
Office Hours: MTh 11:00-11:50, F 1:00-1:50, or make an appointment via email. See my schedule for my available times.

Text: Jay Friedenberg & Gordon Silverman, Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind, Sage Publications, 2006.

Web Resources: Text companion website for students Paul Thagard's Cognitive Science Web Sites Robert A. Wilson & Frank C. Keil, Eds., The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy AI Topics

The Center for Cognitive Science:

The Fall 2006 Colloquium Series of UB's Center for Cognitive Science meets Wednesdays 2:00 - 3:30 in 280 Park Hall. You are invited and encouraged to attend, but the meetings are not an official part of this course.

Academic Policies:

This course will abide by the CSE Department Academic Integrity policies and procedures,
and the CSE Department Incomplete policy. The short versions are:

all work turned in with your name on it must be your own work;
material from other sources must be quoted and cited appropriately;
unless something disastrous and unavoidable happens to you and you are otherwise passing this course, you will not receive an incomplete.

This course will also abide by the University's principles and procedures regarding students with disabilities. See the Office of Disability Services' statement on UB's Commitment to Disability Access. Notify the professor if you need any accommodations under these policies.

Course Requirements:

Class attendance;
Participation in class discussions;
Assigned readings;
Two in-class exams.

Class Meetings:

Most class meetings will be devoted to discussions of the readings.

Grading:

There will be two in-class exams. Each will be graded on a 0-100% basis. Makeup exams will be scheduled only when the student him/herself is hospitalized on the day of the exam.
Class attendance will be recorded. An attendance score will be calculated as (number of classes attended)/(number of classes held) and converted to a percentage. The two classes in which exams are given will not be included in either count. There will be no excused absenses except for preapproved, recognized religious holidays or when the student him/herself is hospitalized.
The final course score will be the weighted average of the two exams (45% each) and class attendance (10%).
The final course grade will be determined from the final course score according to this table:

93-100 A    77-79 C+

90-92 A-    70-76 C

87-89 B+    60-69 D

83-86 B    0-59 F

80-82 B-

Course Calendar:

All book references are to the Text.
This schedule is tentative, and may change slightly as the semester proceeds.

Week	Day	Date	Topics and Readings
1	Tue	8/29	First Class Course Introduction Chap. 1: Introduction: Exploring Inner Space
	Thur	8/31	Finish Chap. 1. Begin Chap 2: The Philosophical Approach: Enduring Questions
2	Tue	9/5	Chap 2: The Philosophical Approach: Enduring Questions
	Thur	9/7	Announcement: Sejnowski Lecture
	Fri	9/8	Drop/Add Deadline
3	Tue	9/12	Chap 3: The Psychological Approach: A Profusion of Theories
	Thur	9/14	Chap 4: The Cognitive Approach I: History, Vision, and Attention
4	Tue	9/19	Day of Learning: No class
	Thur	9/21
5	Tue	9/26	Chap 5: The Cognitive Approach II: Memory, Imagery, and Problem Solving
	Thur	9/28
6	Tue	10/3	Chap 6: The Neuroscience Approach: Mind as Brain See also U. Alberta Midsagittal Structures Study Module and Milner & Goodale, The Visual Brain in Action
	Thur	10/5
7	Tue	10/10	Chap 7: The Network Approach: Mind as a Web Quillian figures: 4-1a, 4-1b, 4-1, Table 4-1
	Thur	10/12
8	Tue	10/17	Chap 8: The Evolutionary Approach: Change Over Time
	Thur	10/19	First Exam: Chaps 1-7
9	Tue	10/24
	Thur	10/26	Chap 9: The Linguistic Approach: Language and Cognitive Science
10	Tue	10/31
	Thur	11/2	Chap 10: Artificial Intelligence I: Definitional Perspective
11	Tue	11/7	Chap 11: Artificial Intelligence II: Operational Perspective
	Thur	11/9	Chap 12: Robotics: The Ultimate Intelligent Agents
	Fri	11/10	R Deadline
12	Tue	11/14
	Thur	11/16
13	Tue	11/21	Class Canceled: Happy Thanksgiving
	Thur	11/23	Fall Recess: no class
14	Tue	11/28	Chap 13: Conclusion: Where We Go From Here
	Thur	11/30
15	Tue	12/5
	Thur	12/7	Last Class Second Exam: Chaps 8-13

Last modified: Mon Nov 27 15:34:38 EST 2006
Stuart C. Shapiro <shapiro@cse.buffalo.edu>

93-100	A	77-79	C+
90-92	A-	70-76	C
87-89	B+	60-69	D
83-86	B	0-59	F
80-82	B-

CSE/LIN/PHI/PSY 575 / APY 526 Introduction to Cognitive Science Stuart C. Shapiro Fall, 2006 TTh 2:00 - 3:20, 222 NSC

CSE/LIN/PHI/PSY 575 / APY 526
Introduction to Cognitive Science
Stuart C. Shapiro
Fall, 2006
TTh 2:00 - 3:20, 222 NSC