rosen@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Rosen) (09/20/86)
Can anyone give me some pointers to programs in the relatively
new area of Cognitive Science? I was disappointed to find out that my
current institution, although having a Cognitive Science Consortium,
does not have a PhD program in this field (word has it that a program
will exist in several years though).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
%%Rob
"No one ever went broke underestimating the taste
(or intelligence) of the American public."
--H.L. Mencken
Rob Rosen: rosen@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU
ucbvax!rosenhalff@utah-cs.UUCP (Henry M. Halff) (09/20/86)
In article <15726@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, rosen@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Rosen) writes: > > Can anyone give me some pointers to programs in the relatively > new area of Cognitive Science? I was disappointed to find out that my > current institution, although having a Cognitive Science Consortium, > does not have a PhD program in this field (word has it that a program > will exist in several years though). > If you just want the term "cognitive science" on your diploma, then you might consider UCSD's Institute of Cogniive Science, Brown, and, I think, Rochester. If your main interest is in learning the field, then consider in addition, psychology and computer science at CMU, the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh, the Reading Center at the University of Illinois, and the Science and Math Education Program in the College of Education at Berkeley. I'm sure there are others, so to all those programs that are clearly better than any on this list, my apologies. -- Henry M. Halff Halff Resources, Inc. halff@utah-cs.ARPA 4918 33rd Road, N., Arlington, VA 22207
mikes@tekecs.UUCP (Michael Sellers) (09/22/86)
> Can anyone give me some pointers to programs in the relatively > new area of Cognitive Science? I was disappointed to find out that my > current institution, although having a Cognitive Science Consortium, > does not have a PhD program in this field (word has it that a program > will exist in several years though). > > %%Rob Good question! I constructed my own major (BS '85 in Cognitive Science), and would really like to get a graduate degree in it too. My background is about equal parts computer science, psychology, and biology (maybe a little heavier on the computer science because of working for the past two years), and it has been close to impossible to find anyone doing synthetic work using all three areas (though I may have found a lead the other day ...heh heh heh). I realize that Rochester, CMU, Stanford, recently MIT, and Amherst are all likely targets, but I haven't yet decided if I would want to leave a comfortable job and house payment and subject my wife and kids to the Student Syndrome again. Anyway, while I would like to see some (deeper than partisan) discussion of various schools and programs, I'd also like to hear from anyone else who has constructed their own program someplace (surely I can't be the only one?). Any pointers? And apropos to this, what ever happened at that seminar on Teaching Cognitive Science (or some such, someone posted a survey on it a while back). I wasn't able to answer the survey, and I'd really like to hear what happened with it and the seminar. Anyone know anything about this? P.S. In addition to being exceedingly interested in this sort of thing, and having the background to support the interest, I find myself sometimes subject to an almost panic about it all. With all the books and articles and seemingly substantive work being done (always somewhere else), I long ago realized that I could not assimilate *everything* that is written on the subject (cog sci), nor even read everything worthwhile after winnowing out the lesser stuff. At times I am sure that I have Missed It All, only later to find that the wheels of science are turning as slowly as ever. I know how irrational this all is, but it doesn't stop the anxiety when it occurs. Does anyone else ever feel anything like this, or have I *really* gone around the bend? -- Mike Sellers UUCP: {...your spinal column here...}!tektronix!tekecs!mikes INNING: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL IDEALISTS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 REALISTS 1 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 0
hestenes@sdics.UUCP (Eric Hestenes) (10/01/86)
In article <15726@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, rosen@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Rosen) writes: > > Can anyone give me some pointers to programs in the relatively > new area of Cognitive Science? I was disappointed to find out that my > current institution, although having a Cognitive Science Consortium, > does not have a PhD program in this field (word has it that a program > will exist in several years though). > > %%Rob While many schools have undergraduate programs in Cognitive Science, very few have graduate programs. UCSD, MIT, Brown, and ( i believe) Stanford have Cognitive Science PHd programs. I believe that several UC schools ( Irvine, UCLA, Cal ) are setting up Phd programs. You should look at non-cognitive science departments that incorporate cognitive science. Many schools have programs structured this way. For example, Carnegie Mellon, Yale, UCLA and many others have people doing 'Cognitive Science' in the psychology and computer science departments. At other schools they do work in the philosophy or neuroscience departments. Perhaps the best advice of all is to talk to members of specific departments and to ask them if they are doing work that is interesting to you. Since one of them will become your advisor eventually, you should get to know their work and interests before you reach the school. You may also find that many departments have subgroups that emphasize cognitive science, or other areas that interest you in particular. eric hestenes hestenes@nprdc