Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!stern From: stern@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (harold a stern) Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.cog-eng,comp.edu Subject: Re: Brain Science Programs Message-ID: <7824@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 10:43:43 EST Article-I.D.: steinmet.7824 Posted: Wed Nov 11 10:43:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 02:46:32 EST References: <653@wheaton.UUCP> Reply-To: stern@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (harold a stern) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 47 Keywords: Brain Science Undergraduate Request Xref: mnetor comp.ai:1099 comp.cog-eng:282 comp.edu:793 In article <653@wheaton.UUCP> johnh@wheaton.UUCP (John Doc Hayward) writes: > >What CS courses are offered in Colleges and Universities which >are part of an undergraduate 'Brain Scince' program? >Are the courses taught by CS faculty either individually or >team taught with members of different discipline? >What prerequisites in CS would be required for courses. What >does the 'program' consist of? The following are (roughly) the requirements for MIT's program in "Brain and Cognitive Sciences". Courses marked (EECS) are offered by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; those marked (BCS) are offered by the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; and those marked (LP) are offered by the Deparment of Linguistics and Philosophy. 1) Introduction to Cognitive Science (BCS) 2) Logic I (LP) 3) Introduction to Algebraic Systems (EECS) 4) Automata, Computability, and Complexity (EECS) four of the following six: 4) The Study of Language (LP) 5) Cognitive Processes (BCS) 6) Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (EECS) 7) Neuroscience and Behavior (BCS) 8) Perceptual Information Processing (BCS) 9) Minds and Machines (LP) and four additional courses selected from approved subjects in experimental cognitive psychology, aspects of natural language, neurological foundations of cognition, perception, natural computation, and the philosophy of mind. Structure and Interpretaiton of Computer Programs is the introductory course in computer science required of students majoring in either EE or CS. Introduction to Algebraic Systems and Automata, Computability, and Complexity are required courses for computer scientists (actually, Algebraic Systems is offered by the Department of Mathematics, but only CS students take it). harold a. stern room k1-5c8, ge corporate r&d center p.o. box 8, schenectady, ny 12301