COGSCI139

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COGSCI 139 - Art, Geometry and Cognition

Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs Undergraduate CLS - College of Letters and Science

Subject

COGSCI

Course Number

139

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