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BIOL 386.00 Neurobiology 6 credits

Closed: Size: 20, Registered: 21, Waitlist: 0

Leighton 305

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Fernan Jaramillo

An analysis of the biology of neurons and the nervous system. Topics include the molecular basis of electrical excitability in neurons, synaptic transmission and plasticity, motor control, mechanisms of sensation, and construction and modification of neural circuits.

Prerequisite: Biology 125 and 126

BIOL 387 required

CS 321.00 Artificial Intelligence 6 credits

Closed: Size: 34, Registered: 33, Waitlist: 0

CMC 301

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12:30pm1:40pm12:30pm1:40pm1:10pm2:10pm

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Synonym: 52551

Anna Rafferty

How can we design computer systems with behavior that seems "intelligent?" This course will examine a number of different approaches to this question, including intelligent search computer game playing, automated logic, machine learning (including neural networks), and reasoning with uncertainty. The coursework is a mix of problem solving and computer programming based on the ideas that we discuss.

Prerequisite: Computer Science 201. Additionally Computer Science 202 is strongly recommended.

CS 322.00 Natural Language Processing 6 credits

Closed: Size: 34, Registered: 31, Waitlist: 0

CMC 301

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Synonym: 52735

Jack M. Hessel

Computers are poor conversationalists, despite decades of attempts to change that fact. This course will provide an overview of the computational techniques developed in the attempt to enable computers to interpret and respond appropriately to ideas expressed using natural languages (such as English or French) as opposed to formal languages (such as C++ or Lisp). Topics in this course will include parsing, semantic analysis, machine translation, dialogue systems, and statistical methods in speech recognition.

Prerequisite: Computer Science 201 and Computer Science 202 (Mathematics 236 will be accepted in lieu of Computer Science 202)

LING 117.00 Sociophonetics 6 credits

Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 27, Waitlist: 0

Language & Dining Center 104

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Synonym: 52741

Morgan Rood

This course is a theoretical and practical introduction to studying phonetics (the science of speech) and its relation to sociolinguistic variation (how speech systematically varies across speakers). Throughout the course, students will collect their own conversational speech data and learn to conduct acoustic analysis. Skills developed in the course include recording speech, transcribing, data processing and normalization, and effective presentation of results.

LING 240.00 Semantics and Pragmatics 6 credits

Open: Size: 25, Registered: 9, Waitlist: 0

Weitz Center 133

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11:10am12:20pm11:10am12:20pm12:00pm1:00pm

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Synonym: 52530

Cherlon Ussery

A central part of the grammar of a language is the meaning associated with words and phrases. This course explores the multi-faceted system that speakers access both when producing sentences and when interpreting them. Topics include the complexity surrounding actually defining words, the meanings of various modal verbs, and theories of pragmatics and the rules of conversation, among other topics. 

Prerequisite: Any 100 level Linguistics course

LING 315.00 Topics in Syntax 6 credits

Open: Size: 25, Registered: 8, Waitlist: 0

Olin 142

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10:10am11:55am10:10am11:55am

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Catherine Fortin

More on syntax. Particular topics vary by year and student interest.

Prerequisite: Linguistics 216

MUSC 227.00 Perception and Cognition of Music 6 credits

Closed: Size: 25, Registered: 27, Waitlist: 0

Weitz Center 230

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Synonym: 51633

Justin London

Covers basic issues in auditory perception and cognition with an emphasis on the perception of musical pitch, including sensory discrimination, categorical perception, roughness and dissonance, absolute pitch, and auditory streaming. Other topics to be covered include the processing of language and music, and emotional responses to music. A grade of C- or better must be earned in both Music 227 and 228 to satisfy the LS requirement.

Prerequisite: A previous course in Music or Psychology, or instructor permission; Concurrent registration in Music 228

MUSC 228 required. A grade of C- or better must be earned in both MUSC 227 & 228 to staisfy the LS requirement.

PHIL 112.00 Mind, Matter, Consciousness 6 credits

Open: Size: 30, Registered: 22, Waitlist: 0

CMC 209

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Synonym: 52111

Anna Moltchanova

According to a common view of the mind, mental states are nothing more than states of the brain. There are certain features of human intellection, subjective experience, and action which have prompted some philosophers to argue that human mental activity is not reducible to brain activity. Some have gone on to argue that the human mind is immaterial and capable of surviving the death of the body. We will examine variants of these views as well as objections to them, reading selections from such historical figures as Plato, Aristotle, and Descartes, and such contemporary philosophers as Churchland, Nagel, and Searle.

PHIL 372.00 Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 6 credits

Closed: Size: 15, Registered: 14, Waitlist: 0

Leighton 303

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Synonym: 52116

Douglas B Marshall

In this course we aim to understand the theories of knowledge and being developed by Immanuel Kant in his monumental Critique of Pure Reason. Although Kant's own text will remain our primary focus, we will also read helpful secondary works by Sebastian Gardner, Paul Guyer, Charles Parsons, and other recent interpreters. The main questions to be addressed include the following: How does the mind represent the world? Can we distinguish the way things are in themselves from the way they appear to us? What are space and time? On what basis do we make causal inferences? What substantive knowledge can we have about the world entirely independent of our experience of it?

PSYC 234.00 Psychology of Language 6 credits

Closed: Size: 32, Registered: 30, Waitlist: 0

Weitz Center 235

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1:50pm3:00pm1:50pm3:00pm2:20pm3:20pm

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Synonym: 51274

Mija Van Der Wege

This course will cover a range of aspects of language use. We will spend time discussing language production and comprehension, discourse processing, the relationship between language and thought, and language acquisition. Additionally, we will touch on issues of memory, perception, concepts, mental representation, and neuroscience. Throughout the course, we will emphasize both the individual and social aspects of language as well as the dynamic and fluid nature of language use. Requires concurrent registration in Psychology 235. A grade of C- or better must be earned in both Psychology 234 and 235 to satisfy the LS requirement.

Prerequisite: Psychology 110

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