Fall 2024 courses
Cognitive Science:
| Fall 2024 Cog Sci Courses |
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| Course # | Name | Faculty | Seats |
| 1. Introductory Courses: | |||
| Linguistics: | |||
| LGCS 010 PO-01 | Intro to Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 20 |
| LGCS 010 PO-02 | Intro to Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 20 |
| LGCS 010 PO-03 | Intro to Linguistics | Cook, Toni | 25 |
| Cognitive Science: | |||
| LGCS 011 PO-01 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Johnson, Laura | 20 |
| LGCS 011 PO-02 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Abrams, Lise | 20 |
| LGCS 011 PO-03 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Abrams, Lise | 20 |
| Computer Science | |||
| CSCI051P PO-01 | Intro to CS in Python w/Lab | Chen, Tzu-Yi Li, Jingyi | 30 |
| CSCI051P PO-02 | Intro to CS in Python w/Lab | Chen, Tzu-Yi Li, Jingyi | 30 |
| CSCI005HM-01 | Introduction to Computer Science | Dodds, Zach | 204 |
| CSCI005HM-02 | Introduction to Computer Science | Medero, Julie | 40 |
| NOTE: If planning to take additional CS courses after an introductory course, you must complete subsequent CS courses at the same college where you took the introductory course. CSCI 004 PZ does NOT suffice as a prerequisite for CS courses at HMC or Pomona. | |||
| 2. Statistics Course | |||
| An introductory statistics course in any department will meet this requirement. Students typically take psychology statistics or biostatistics. | |||
| 3. Distribution Requirement | |||
| Three courses selected from the categories below; each course must come from a different category. | |||
| A. Linguistics | |||
| Course # | Name | Faculty | Seats |
| LGCS105 PO-01 | Syntactic Anaylysis | Diercks, Michael J.K. | 15 |
| LGCS108 PO-01 | Phonology | Cook, Toni | 15 |
| B. Cognitive Science Methods | |||
| LGCS 124 PO-01 | Corpus Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 15 |
| LGCS132 PO-01 | Cognitive Neuroscience with Lab | Zirnstein, Megan | 12 |
| PSYC160PO-01 | Cognitive Psychology with Lab | Sher, Shlomo | 24 |
| C. Philosophy of Mind | |||
| PHIL030 PZ-01 | Knowledge, Mind & Existence | Keeley, Brian | 12 |
| PHIL030 PZ-02 | Knowledge, Mind & Existence | Keeley, Brian | 12 |
| D. Cognition and the Arts | |||
| COGS182PZ-01 | Seminar on Cognition & the Arts | Justus, Timothy | 14 |
| MS 038 SC-01 | Machine Learning for Artists | Goodwin, Doug | 16 |
| MUS 091 PO-01 | Sound, Cognition, and History | Cramer, Alfred W. | 26 |
| E. The Brain and Cognition | |||
| PSYC101 PZ-01 | Brain and Behavior | Borowski, Thomas | 20 |
| 4. Concentration Requirement | |||
| Students select three additional courses that cohere around a theme relevant to cognitive science which must be approved by the Coordinator of Cognitive Science. In addition to the courses listed above, other LGCS courses that are approved to count toward the concentration in cognitive science are shown below: | |||
| LGCS121 PO-01 | Psycholinguistics | Gutierrez Topete, Ernesto | 16 |
| ***There are more concentration courses! Visit our LGCS FAQ page for a full list of courses in other departments that meet concentration and other major requirements: https://research.pomona.edu/lgcs/major-requirements-and-courses/cognitive-science/courses-that-meet-major-requirements/ | |||
| 5. One Seminar (Preferably taken by end of junior year) | |||
| LGCS183PO-01 | Topics in Generative Syntax | Diercks, Michael J.K. | 10 |
| LGCS185 PO-01 | Topics in Cognitive Science: Cognition of Truth and Belief | Johnson, Laura | 12 |
| 6. Senior Thesis | |||
| LGCS191 PO-01 | Senior Thesis in Linguistics and Cognitive Science | Johnson, Laura | 30 |
| The thesis requires enrollment in .5 credit of LGCS 191 PO for two semesters in senior year. | |||
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Linguistics:
| Fall 2024 Ling Courses |
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| 1. Introductory Courses | |||
| Course # | Name | Faculty | Seats |
| LGCS 010 PO-01 | Intro to Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 20 |
| LGCS 010 PO-02 | Intro to Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 20 |
| LGCS 010 PO-03 | Intro to Linguistics | Cook, Toni | 25 |
| 2. Required Courses | |||
| Course # | Name | Faculty | Seats |
| LGCS 105 PO-01 | Syntactic Analysis | Diercks, Michael, J.K. | 15 |
| LGCS 108 PO-01 | Phonology | Cook, Toni | 15 |
| LGCS 112 PZ-01 | Language and Society | Fought, Carmen | 15 |
| 3. Methods Courses | |||
| LGCS 124 PO-01 | Corpus Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 15 |
| LGCS 125 PO-01 | Field Methods in Linguistics | Holliday, Nicole R. Paster, Mary Elizabeth | 12 |
| 4. An advanced linguistics course above LGCS 160 | |||
| LGCS 183 PO-01 | Topics in Generative Syntax | Diercks, Michael J.K. | 10 |
| 5. Either one additional methods course, or one additional advanced linguistics course | |||
| ** Please see above | |||
| 6. Three additional courses; options include linguistics courses at any level at the 5Cs, LGCS 011 PO, and study abroad courses in linguistics (for which credit is requested by petition to the department) | |||
| ANTH104PO-01 | Linguistic Anthropology | Evers, Cecile, Anne Marguerite | 15 |
| LGCS 113 PO-01 | Contact Languages | Cook, Toni | 12 |
| LGCS 121 PO- 01 | Psycholinguistics | Gutierrez Topete, Ernesto | 16 |
| Any courses listed under #1-5 count | |||
| Course # | Name | Faculty | Seats |
| LGCS 121 PO-01 | Psycholinguistics | Gutierrez Topete, Ernesto | 16 |
| LGCS 124 PO-01 | Corpus Linguistics | Bar-Sever, Galia Kaas | 15 |
| LGCS 011 PO-01 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Johnson, Laura | 20 |
| LGCS 011 PO-02 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Abrams, Lise | 20 |
| LGCS 011 PO-03 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Abrams, Lise | 20 |
| SPAN 109 PO-03 | Intro to Hispanic Linguistics | Divita, David S. | 15 |
| Other courses may fulfill the requirement, please contact our department for approval | |||
| 7. Senior exercise (two-semester thesis optional) | |||
| LGCS 190 PO-01 | Senior Seminar in Linguistics | Paster, Mary Elizabeth | 15 |
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Spring 2025 courses
Cognitive Science:
| Spring 2025 Cog Sci Courses |
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| Course # | Name | Faculty | |
| 1. Introductory Courses: | |||
| Cognitive Science: | |||
| LGCS011 PO-01 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Johnson, Laura | |
| LGCS011 PO-02 | Intro to Cognitive Science | Zirnstein, Megan | |
| LGCS123PO-01 | Stats and Experimental Design | Johnson, Laura | |
| PSYC162 PO-01 | Memory & Language w/Lab | Abrams, Lise | |
| LGCS135 or LGCS 185 | Bilingual Cognition or Topics in Cognitive Science (Bilingual Cognition) | Zirnstein, Megan | |
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Linguistics:
| Spring 2025 Ling Courses |
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| 1. Introductory Courses | |||
| Course # | Name | Faculty | |
| LGCS010 | Intro to Linguistics | Paster, Mary | |
| LGCS 010 PO-01 | Intro to Linguistics | Holliday, Nicole | |
| LGCS 010 PZ (Maybe) | Intro to Linguistics | Cook, Toni | |
| LGCS 118 | Morphosyntax | Diercks, Michael | |
| LGCS104 | Phonetics | Gutierrez, Ernesto | |
| LGCS106 | Semantics and Pragmatics | Diercks, Michael | |
| LGCS110 PZ | Language and Gender | Faught, Carmen | |
| LGCS 101 PO-01 | Comparative/Historical Linguistics | Cook, Toni | |
| LGCS 120 | Language Acquisition | Bar-Sever, Galia | |
| LGCS 114 | Linguistic Discrimination | Holliday, Nicole | |
| LGCS119 | Language and Social Justice | Paster, Mary Elizabeth | |
| LGCS 128 | Animal Communication | Bar-Sever, Galia | |
| LGCS166 PZ | Topics in Sociolinguistics | Faught, Carmen | |
| LGCS007PO-01 | Writing Systems | Cook, Toni | |
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