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Interdisciplinarity in Cognitive Science Research2025HT
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Course plan
No of lectures
6-8 seminars (exact number depends on number of participants)
[NB: course title was changed on Dec 9 after discussion with Zebo Peng]
Recommended for
The course is mainly intended for cognitive science PhD students (by which we mean students enrolled as PhD students in cognitive science as well as students with a background (e.g., a bachelor/masters degree) in cognitive science that are doing a PhD in related areas, e.g., design, psychology, computer science).
The course was last given
New course.
Goals
The main goal is to provide cognitive science PhD students with the theoretical/conceptual tools to (a) understand recent developments and trends in cognitive science as an interdisciplinary research area, (b) analyze examples of interdisciplinarity in recent cognitive science PhD theses, and (c) formulate how their own interdisciplinary research relates to - and contributes to - cognitive science.
Prerequisites
Participants should be cognitive science PhD students (in the above sense).
Organization
The course mainly consists of discussion seminars and student presentations, plus some lectures.
Contents
The course provides cognitive science PhD students with the theoretical/conceptual tools to a) understand recent developments and trends in cognitive science as an interdisciplinary research area, (b) analyze examples of interdisciplinarity in recent cognitive science PhD theses, and (c) formulate how their own interdisciplinary research relates to - and contributes to - cognitive science.
Literature
Recent cognitive science books, articles and PhD theses.
Lecturers
Tom Ziemke
Examiner
Tom Ziemke
Examination
Mandatory student presentations, active participation in seminar discussions, and some written coursework.
Credit
7,5 hp
Comments
The course can be given in Zoom if there are non-local participants. Most seminars will take place on Friday afternoons.
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