The Cognitive Science Proposal

 

On the 27th of May, 1998 The Board of Regents gave their final approval for a Ph.D. program in Cognitive Science, as well as for the formation of a Cognitive Science Institute.
 

For those interested in the original approved document, the links below will take you to relevant sections of the final version of the Proposal (dated February 6, 1997) submitted to the Board, and approved by the Site Team.
 

Proposal for a Doctoral Program in Cognitive Science at The University of Southwestern Louisiana (version 2/6/97):

             Executive Summary              Part IV. Faculty                                  Appendix B. Current & Proposed Courses
             Part I. Description                Part V. Library Facilities                     Appendix C. Proposed Requirements
             Part II. Need                       Part VI. Facilities & Equipment           Appendix E. Research Facilities at CACS
             Part III. Students                 Part VII. Administration                      Appendix F. Other Relevant Facilities
 
 
The Steering Committee that drafted this proposal consisted of the following seven members:

            Claude Cech, Department of Psychology
            Sherri Condon, Department of English
            Subrata Dasgupta, Center for Advanced Computer Studies
            Steve Giambrone, Department of Philosophy
            Tony Maida, Center for Advanced Computer Studies
            Bob McFatter, Department of Psychology
            Daniel Povinelli, New Iberia Research Center

In addition, many, many people on USL's campus contributed to the drafting of this document.  Particular thanks go to Val MacGyvers and Cheryl Lynch in Psychology, Shalini Arehole and Lloyd Augustine in Communicative Disorders, and Rasiah Loganantharaj and Bill Edwards at the Center for Advanced Computer Studies.  Without the help and support of many people across many Departments (Eric Saidel and Ish Berkeley in Philosophy;  Bob Sidman in Mathematics; Jack Damico and John Oller in Communicative Disorders; Henry Chu and Magdy Bayoumi at CACS;  Bill Greer and Tim Eddy at NIRC, to name a few), and without the support of a number of friends and colleagues from other universities and students and administrators at USL, this proposal would not have been possible.  To paraphrase Doug Adams, the trick to flying consists in learning how to throw yourself at the ground, and miss:  It's an easy trick when there are friends there to catch you...