Human Communication 1 (CG0001)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : INF-1-HC1

This course gives an introduction to the methods employed in understanding the cognitive factors affecting human communication. A set of communication phenomena will be analysed using a variety of methods (e.g. participant observation, psychological experiments, computational simulation, grammatical description and logical analysis).

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Service Courses (School of Informatics), (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
09/01/2006	15:00	16:00	Room 7.01, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Tuesday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	15:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Tutorials (1hr/week) as arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-An introductory understanding of some examples of communication phenomena presented from contrasting disciplinary perspectives.
-An appreciation of the neccessity of formal theories for modelling communication.
-Skills of operating formal systems for describing communication.
-An appreciation of the weaknesses of formal theories for modelling communication.
-An appreciation of the relation between models and experimental data in this area.
-Improved skills of interpreting and producing scientific
argumentation, especially as it crosses disciplinary boundaries.