[net.cog-eng] teaching cognitive science

hestenes@sdics.UUCP (07/22/86)

i will be attending the conference on teaching cognitive science
at amherst next month and was wondering the following:

1.  Are there any cognitive science students on the network?
( i.e. students that would like / have a major in cognitive science 
as an undergraduate or a graduate degree program perhaps. ) 

2.  Does anyone ( grad students, undergrads, teachers, industry types )
have any important comments about the teaching of cognitive science
and about the field in general? 

Eric Hestenes
hestenes@nprdc or hestenes@ics.ucsd.edu

hestenes@sdics.UUCP (07/22/86)

In article <218@sdics.UUCP>, hestenes@sdics.UUCP (Eric Hestenes) writes:
> 
> 1.  Are there any cognitive science students on the network?
> 2.  Does anyone ( grad students, undergrads, teachers, industry types )
> etc.

Please post replies to net.cog-eng.

Eric Hestenes
hestenes@nprdc.ARPA
hestenes@ics.ucsd.edu

mattj@prism.UUCP (07/24/86)

In answer to the cog-sci teaching/students/conference query:

1. I am a cognitive science student.  Actually, I'm doing a tutorial studies
program in neurobiology and cognitive science at the University of Chicago,
and will graduate (B.A.) this spring.

2. Problems?  Well, I suppose the fact that I had to transfer to Chicago in
order to pursue the independent studying that I wanted was a problem, though
not unique to cognitive science.  I *would* suggest that cog-scientists
develop interdisciplinary programs such as are seen at UCSD, UMass, and a few
other places (e.g., incorporating neural net study to attract comp-sci/AI
students.

Matt Jensen (mattj@mirror)