CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Bernice Kennedy/SUNY
Last modified by: Laura Wait/SUNY
Composed: 07/11/2003 02:40 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 10/20/2015
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Course Number: (prefix) SMT (number) 271554 ESC 2.0 Course number:

Name: Minds and Machines
Datatel Title: (30char) Minds and Machines

Area Coordinator: Diane Shichtman Department Code: 10IS Team: SMT

Liberal Study? YES Level: LOWER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? NO
General Education Course? NO GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: Fully or Partially:
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information? NO
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
First Term Offered: (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
Title Changes: 10/5/15 Course was archived. Gen Ed (natural sciences) was removed for record purposes per curriculum committee. LWait
AC Changes: Changed from Phil Ortiz 10MS to Diane Shichtman 10IS effective SP1 2015 term. Catalog updated 11/13/14 LWait
BK Number:

Description: This course will introduce students to the theory of consciousness, artificial intelligence and argue the possibility of building a machine with a mind. The course will be based on introductions to the following topics in the order given: mind versus brain, artificial intelligence, natural language, formal systems, truth and proof, syntax and semantics, Godel's theorem and the halting problem, the Turing test and the Chinese room, internal and external points of view and possibilities of formalizing a logical model of a brain/mind. The evolutionary development of the brain/mind will be emphasized throughout the course.

Generic:



Major Course Area
Science Math & Technology		Minor Course Area
Science		SLN Disciplines
Computer Information Systems
Additional Course Requirements
WWW Computer Conference		 Undergrad Certificate Association:


3




Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course: Yes
Archived for Development: Yes

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