COGSCI139
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COGSCI 139 - Art, Geometry and Cognition
Subject
COGSCI
Course Number
139
Department
Course Level
Undergraduate
Course Title
Art, Geometry and Cognition
Course Description
The objective of this course is to provide advanced students in cognitive science, humanities and science with the tools to analyze and understand how neural activity in many areas of the brain shows a geometrical ordering that can be thought to occur in topological manifolds that is important for spatial and explicit memory encoding, the neural code. The second goal of the class is to explore the geometrical representation of art with the corresponding map of the brain topology that supports the original artistic representation.
Minimum Units
4
Maximum Units
4
Grading Basis
Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option
American Cultures Requirement
No
Reading and Composition Requirement
None of the Reading and Composition Requirement
Prerequisites
Compsci 10, Data C8, CS 61A or other course that provides the basics of the Python Programming Language; Math 1A, 51, 16A, or 10A or equivalent introduction to Calculus; and CogSci 1 or CogSci C100 (can be taken concurrently).
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Credit Restriction Courses
-
Credit Restrictions
Students will receive no credit for COG SCI 139 after completing COG SCI 139.
Credit Replacement Courses
-
Deficient Grade Removal
A deficient grade in COG SCI 139 may be removed by taking COG SCI 139.
Formats
Lecture, Discussion
Term
Fall and Spring
Weeks
15 weeks
Weeks
15
Lecture Hours Min
3
Lecture Hours Max
4
Lecture Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Discussion Hours Min
1
Discussion Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Outside Work Hours Min
10
Outside Work Hours Max
10
Term
Summer
Weeks
6 weeks
Weeks
6
Lecture Hours Min
4
Lecture Hours Max
6
Lecture Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Discussion Hours Min
2
Discussion Mode of Instruction
In Person, Online
Outside Work Hours Min
24
Outside Work Hours Max
24