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Your search for courses · during 24FA · tagged with CGSC Elective · returned 11 results

  • BIOL 365 Seminar: Topics in Neuroscience 6 credits

    We will focus on recent advances in neuroscience. All areas of neuroscience (cellular/molecular, developmental, systems, cognitive, and disease) will be considered. Classical or foundational papers will be used to provide background.

    Waitlist only

    • Fall 2024
    • No Exploration QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed the following courses: BIOL 125 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 5 or better on the Biology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Biology IB exam or received a Carleton Biology 125 Requisite Equivalency or completed Biology A Level Test 1 with a grade of B or better AND BIOL 126 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Biology 126 Requisite Equivalency or completed Biology A Level Test 2 with a grade of B or better.

    • BIOL Data Interpretation BIOL Elective CGSC Elective CL: 300 level NEUR Elective
    • BIOL  365.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Joel Tripp 🏫 👤
    • M, WOlin 104 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FOlin 104 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • CGSC 100 Living with Artificial Intelligence 6 credits

    This A&I course is about artificial intelligence (AI) and its place in our lives. We will spend time wondering about how AI systems work and about how we use them. This will involve asking big questions, identifying puzzles and misinformation, and spending a lot of time thinking about robots. Doing so will involve engaging with scientific research, news articles, comics, and other forms of popular media. The primary skills this class focuses on are critical news literacy, cooperative problem solving, writing, editing, and re-writing.

    Held for new first year students

    • Fall 2024
    • AI/WR1, Argument & Inquiry/WR1
    • Student is a member of the First Year First Term class level cohort. Students are only allowed to register for one A&I course at a time. If a student wishes to change the A&I course they are enrolled in they must DROP the enrolled course and then ADD the new course. Please see our Workday guides Drop or 'Late' Drop a Course and Register or Waitlist for a Course Directly from the Course Listing for more information.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 100 level
    • CGSC  100.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Jay McKinney 🏫 👤
    • Size:15
    • M, WOlin 106 9:50am-11:00am
    • FOlin 106 9:40am-10:40am
  • CS 254 Computability and Complexity 6 credits

    An introduction to the theory of computation. What problems can and cannot be solved efficiently by computers? What problems cannot be solved by computers, period? Topics include formal models of computation, including finite-state automata, pushdown automata, and Turing machines; formal languages, including regular expressions and context-free grammars; computability and uncomputability; and computational complexity, particularly NP-completeness.

    • Fall 2024
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level CS Required for Major LING Pertinent LING Related Field MATH Discrete Structures MATH Electives NEUR Elective
    • CS  254.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Chelsey Edge 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • 34 spots held for students in CS Match until 9:00 a.m. May 24

  • CS 322 Natural Language Processing 6 credits

    Computers are poor conversationalists, despite decades of attempts to change that fact. This course will provide an overview of the computational techniques developed in the attempt to enable computers to interpret and respond appropriately to ideas expressed using natural languages (such as English or French) as opposed to formal languages (such as C++ or Lisp). Topics in this course will include parsing, semantic analysis, machine translation, dialogue systems, and statistical methods in speech recognition.

    • Fall 2024
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): CS 200 with a grade of C- or better or CS 201 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 200 Requisite Equivalency AND CS 202 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Computer Science 202 Requisite Equivalency or MATH 236 with a grade of C- or better or received a Carleton Math 236 Requisite Equivalency. MATH 236 will be accepted in lieu of CS 202.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 300 level CS Major Electives LING Pertinent LING Related Field SDSC CS Elective DGAH Critical Ethical Reflection
    • CS  322.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Eric Alexander 🏫 👤
    • Size:34
    • M, WLanguage & Dining Center 104 12:30pm-1:40pm
    • FLanguage & Dining Center 104 1:10pm-2:10pm
    • 28 spots held for students in CS Match until 9:00 a.m. May 24

  • EDUC 234 Educational Psychology 6 credits

    Human development and learning theories are studied in relation to the teaching-learning process and the sociocultural contexts of schools. Three hours outside of class per week are devoted to observing learning activities in public school elementary and secondary classrooms and working with students.

    Extra Time Required: For classroom time in public schools

    • Fall 2024
    • SI, Social Inquiry
    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level EDUC Core PSYC Pertinent
    • EDUC  234.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Deborah Appleman 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • T, THWillis 114 10:10am-11:55am
    • Extra Time required for classroom time in public schools

  • LING 217 Phonetics and Phonology 6 credits

    Although no two utterances are ever exactly the same, we humans don’t function like tape recorders; we overlook distinctions to which mechanical recording devices are sensitive, and we “hear” contrasts which are objectively not there. What we (think we) hear is determined by the sound system of the language we speak. This course examines the sound systems of human languages, focusing on how speech sounds are produced and perceived, and how these units come to be organized into a systematic network in the minds of speakers of languages.

    • Fall 2024
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): One 100-level LING course with grade of C- or better.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level LING Core Course
    • LING  217.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Andrew Bray 🏫
    • Size:25
    • T, THLeighton 330 10:10am-11:55am
  • LING 315 Topics in Syntax 6 credits

    What moves where, how, and for what purpose? In this course, participants explore accounts of various types of syntactic movement within the Minimalist Program. After an introduction to Minimalism, we read, discuss, and evaluate primary literature. This course offers an overview of the progression of generative syntactic theory from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, with a focus on objectively comparing competing analyses. By the end of the course, participants will have familiarity with scholarly literature on theoretical syntax; with evaluating and critiquing existing theoretical analyses; and with proposing and defending a novel analysis.

    • Fall 2024
    • FSR, Formal or Statistical Reasoning
    • Student has completed the following course(s): LING 216 with grade of C- or better.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 300 level LING Advanced Course
    • LING  315.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Catherine Fortin 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WLibrary 305 9:50am-11:00am
    • FLibrary 305 9:40am-10:40am
  • NEUR 127 Foundations in Neuroscience and Lab 6 credits

    This course is an introduction to basic neural function. Topics include neural transmission, development of the nervous system, anatomy, sensory systems, learning and the corresponding change in the brain, and the role of the nervous system in behavior. Team-based learning will be used to understand the experiments that shape current knowledge.

    • Fall 2024
    • LS, Science with Lab QRE, Quantitative Reasoning
    • CGSC Elective CL: 100 level NEUR Core
    • NEUR  127.52 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Sarah Meerts 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • THulings B04 1:00pm-5:00pm
    • T, THAnderson Hall 036 10:10am-11:55am
    • NEUR  127.53 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Sarah Meerts 🏫 👤
    • Size:16
    • WHulings B04 2:00pm-6:00pm
    • T, THAnderson Hall 036 10:10am-11:55am
  • PHIL 257 Contemporary Issues in Feminist Philosophy 6 credits

    We will analyze different theories about the distinction between sex and gender. Then we will turn to contemporary issues in feminism for the remainder of the course. These issues include, but are not limited to, conservative feminism, reproductive justice, fetishes, disability, ethics of pronouns, whether men are oppressed, and responsibility for oppression. We will read selections from Oyèrónké Oyewùmí, Robin Dembroff, Karina Ortiz Villa, Robin Zheng, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Audre Lorde, and more. In addition, there will be room for student choice of topics.

    • Fall 2024
    • HI, Humanistic Inquiry IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies WR2 Writing Requirement 2
    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level GWSS Elective PHIL Interdisciplinary 1 PHIL Prac/Value Theory PHIL Social and Political Theory 2
    • PHIL  257.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Hope Sample 🏫 👤
    • Size:25
    • M, WWeitz Center 230 1:50pm-3:00pm
    • FWeitz Center 230 2:20pm-3:20pm
  • PSYC 234 Psychology of Language 6 credits

    This course will cover a range of aspects of language use. We will spend time discussing language production and comprehension, discourse processing, the relationship between language and thought, and language acquisition. Additionally, we will touch on issues of memory, perception, concepts, mental representation, and neuroscience. Throughout the course, we will emphasize both the individual and social aspects of language as well as the dynamic and fluid nature of language use. A grade of C- or better must be earned in both Psychology 234 and 235 to satisfy the LS requirement.

    Concurrent registration in PSYC 235 is optional but strongly recommended.

    • Fall 2024
    • LS, Science with Lab CX, Cultural/Literature
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): PSYC 110 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Psychology AP exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Psychology IB exam.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 200 level LING Pertinent LING Related Field PSYC Cognitive Studies PSYC Core
    • PSYC  234.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Mija Van Der Wege 🏫 👤
    • Size:32
    • M, WWeitz Center 235 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FWeitz Center 235 12:00pm-1:00pm
    • Concurrent registration in PSYC 235 is optional but strongly recommended. 8 spots held for S004, SO05 and SO06 that will expire after the registration appointment times for these students have passed.

  • PSYC 367 Neuropsychology of Aging 6 credits

    With the aging population comes a variety of challenges, including those to cognitive health and decline. Neurodegenerative diseases create various forms of dementia and cause unique problems beyond those that are an outcome of healthy aging. The disabling effects of aging and dementia extend beyond the person to family, friends and wider community. The need to understand and extend knowledge of both healthy aging and the pathological changes that occur with neurodegenerative diseases with aging is of great importance. By understanding how the brain is impacted by age, dementia, and other clinical syndromes, both management of the cognitive issues and advances in treatments to improve mental functioning can be made. This course takes a neuropsychological approach to study healthy aging and neurodegenerative disease. In this seminar, lectures and discussions explore the cognitive, behavioral, and molecular aspects of healthy aging and neurodegenerative disease processes in humans. Cognitive topics include working memory, long term memory, attention, familiarity and recollection, emotion, and social factors that interact with aging. The physiological and cognitive outcomes of neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and various types of dementia are compared with the physiology and cognitive decline evident in healthy aging. Students will read primary articles on these topics, and propose a project based on course discussion and interactions with people at senior centers and convalescent centers in Northfield. 

    This course is not open to students who have received credit for PSYC 214.

    • Fall 2024
    • SI, Social Inquiry
    • Student has completed any of the following course(s): PSYC 110 or equivalent, PSYC 216 or NEURO 127 with a grade of C- or better or received a score of 4 or better on the Psychology AP Exam or received a score of 6 or better on the Psychology IB exam.

    • CGSC Elective CL: 300 level NEUR Elective PSYC Upper Level
    • PSYC  367.00 Fall 2024

    • Faculty:Julie Neiworth 🏫 👤
    • Size:15
    • M, WAnderson Hall 121 11:10am-12:20pm
    • FAnderson Hall 121 12:00pm-1:00pm

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