For courses which are listed in the catalogue as 'majors only', see Dr. Dryden. This focus area focuses on the development of computational models of human cognition and perception processes. Symbolic and connectionist methods are involved as is theory of computation. This focus area focuses on cognition as a distinct level of description apart from physiological implementation. As such it deals with abstract principles of thought.
Language is a unique characteristic of human thought.
This focus area allows the in-depth exploration of language phenomena at the elementary physiological level through its abstract characterization. This focus area allows students to concentrate on the hardware and how it is used to implement human thought. This focus area is designed to allow a student to specialize in or focus on the use of symbolic information systems across a wide range of disciplines. Traditional information processing approaches are primary. All Rights Reserved.