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Course Name Introduction to Cognitive Science
Course Code 24CLT501
Program M. Sc. Cognitive Sciences, Learning and Technology
Semester I
Credits 3
Campus Amritapuri

Summary

Prerequisite: Good reading and writing skills in English

Summary:
This introductory course offers an overview of the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive sciences, by introducing the student to classical theories to help synthesize the pillars of cognitive sciences, which are Psychology, Anthropology, Computer sciences, Neurosciences, Philosophy and Linguistics.

Course Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives:

  1. Gaining a basic overview of the interdisciplinary nature of cognitive sciences
  2. Understanding how cognitive scientists have studied various types of intelligent behavior among humans in past and present
  3. Gaining an overview of classical theories in cognitive sciences
  4. Understanding basic principles of cognitive processes.

Course Outcomes:
CO1:Understand the historical development and current trends in cognitive science research, including its impact on related fields.
CO2: Understanding how cognitive scientists have studied various sorts of intelligent behavior among humans in past and present
CO3: Gaining an overview of classical theories in cognitive sciences CO4: Understanding basic principles of cognitive processes

Skills:
Problem-solving using analogical reasoning.
Analytical skills in interpreting mental imagery and representations.
Understanding of the interplay between language, thought, and sensory processing.

Program outcome PO – Course Outcomes CO Mapping

PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9
CO1 X
CO2 X
CO3 X
CO4
CO5 X

Evaluation Pattern:

Assessment Internal External
Midterm Exam 30
*Continuous Assessment (CA) 20
End Semester 50

*CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports, and Seminar

Textbooks

Textbooks:

Chipman, S. E. F. (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Science (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199842193.001.0001

Frankish K, Ramsey W, eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science. Cambridge University Press; 2012.

Sawyer, R. K. (2022). The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (Third edition). Cambridge University Press.

Reference Books

  1. The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education
  2. Hoadley, C. (2018). A short history of the learning sciences. In F. Fischer, C. E. Hmelo-Silver, S. R. Goldman, & P. Reimann (Eds.), The international handbook of the learning sciences (pp. 11–23). New York, NY: Routledge.
  3. Hutchins, E. (1995). Cognition in the wild. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
  4. Rogoff, B. (1990). Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

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