PSY 5031W is also offered in Fall 2023
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Fall 2020 | PSY 5031W Section 001: Perception (31926)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Exclude fr or soph 5000 level courses
- Meets With:
NSC 5031W Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (15 of 19 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Cognitive, computational, and neuroscience perspectives on visual perception. Topics include color vision, pattern vision, image formation in the eye, object recognition, reading, and impaired vision. prereq: 3031 or 3051 or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- This course introduces students to known principles and contemporary theories of visual perception. The main topics include: light and vision, image formation in the eye, sensory coding of patterns, color vision, depth perception, object recognition, and impaired vision. The course is meant for advanced undergrads and grad students. Majors from many areas will find the course interesting, including psychology, biology, neuroscience, computer science, engineering, art, and design. Because this is a writing-intensive course (WI), some class time will be devoted to discussion of scientific writing. There will be an important focus on preparation of the term paper. For more information, see class website at http://vision.psych.umn.edu/~gellab/5031 .
- Grading:
- 25% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
5% Special Projects
5% Problem Solving
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Miscellaneous assignments.
- Exam Format:
- essay, short answers and one problem to solve
- Class Format:
- 75% Lecture
25% Discussion Students will adopt and present an illusion in class.
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
Other Workload: Short problem sets.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/31926/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 April 2011
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