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Minds, Brains and Machines
Course Number	CS 0245-1
Course Title	Minds, Brains and Machines
Department	Cognitive Science
Campus	Hampshire College
Course Description	All students in the cognitive, neural, and psychological sciences should be familiar with certain key concepts. This course surveys these central ideas to give students the vocabulary needed to approach the research literature without being intimidated by a barrage of technical terms and to hold intelligent conversations with other students and faculty members who are interested in matters of mind, brain, and machine. Readings in the course will be drawn from books and journals in the field. Students will complete a series of essay assignments concerning the concepts covered in the course. There will be no final project. Two lectures and one discussion meeting per week. Prerequisite: At least one prior course in psychology, linguistics, computer science/AI, neuroscience, philosophy, anthropology, or animal behavior. This course satisfies Division I distribution requirements. QUA, REA, WRI

Reg #	Section	Credits	Instructors	Meeting Times	Location	Notes
299390	1	4.00	Neil Stillings	02:30PM-03:50PM M,W;02:30PM-03:50PM F;02:30PM-03:50PM F	Adele Simmons Hall 112;Adele Simmons Hall 221;Adele Simmons Hall 222

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