Cognitive Science is offering two courses in the Mind Matters ArtsOne cluster in 2011-2012 (see highlighted courses, below). Please note that PSYC 1001 and 1002, LING 1001, and PHIL 1100 will all count towards your Cognitive Science degree requirements!
Below is a brief description of the ArtsOne program and the cluster involving Cognitive Science courses.
What is ArtsOne?
ArtsOne is Carleton’s innovative learning community program that is available for all first-year B.A. students on a “first-come, first-served” basis. The program focuses on hands-on learning and critical thinking skills, provides ample opportunities for individual and small group interactions, and allows students to learn about a single topic from multiple points of view. It also provides additional support and programming for ArtsOne students including Peer Helpers and out-of-class experiences.
How does ArtsOne work?
Small groups of students (called learning communities) take a pre-selected set (or cluster) of courses organized around a unifying theme. Each ArtsOne cluster includes a first-year seminar, two or three lecture courses, and corresponding tutorial groups. Each learning community has 30 students who share the same courses and instructors, which gives ArtsOne students a chance to build stronger ties with their classmates and instructors. ArtsOne also allows students to examine a single issue in-depth while building writing, critical thinking and researching skills. Most first-year Carleton students take five courses per semester and the ArtsOne program fills three or four courses per semester depending on the cluster chosen. For the remaining credits, students can choose from the many first-year course offerings that Carleton offers.
Mind Matters: Thinking, Language and Identity
This cluster examines questions such as: What does it mean to be human? What is reasoning? How do we come to know things? How does language shape who we are and how we relate to each other?
Your first-year seminar provides an opportunity to explore the intricacies of the mind in great detail. Your lecture courses – which are limited to students in the three FYSMs – provide different perspectives on how the mind “matters.”
All students in the cluster will take the following lecture courses:
* PSYC 1001/1002: Introduction to Psychology I&II
* PHIL 1100: Looking at Philosophy
* LING 1001 (Fall): Introduction to Linguistics
* ALDS 1001 (Winter): Introduction to Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
Student will have a choice of one of the following first-year seminars:
* FYSM 1400: Cognition: a Scientific Exploration of the Mind
* FYSM 1607: Cognitive Science: Thinking and Knowing—Raj Singh
* FYSM 1607: Cognitive Science: Thinking and Knowing—Mark MacLeod
For further information on the ArtsOne program students can contact the ArtsOne office by phone or email: Phone: 613-520-7590; Email: artsone@carleton.ca; Website: www.carleton.ca