Hey everyone! I'm Cooper from Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is right outside of Philadelphia. I am a '28 here at Dartmouth, and plan on studying Quantitative Social Science and Psychology. In my free time, I love getting food with friends, playing pickleball, watching sitcoms (personal favorite is Modern Family), and going on walks. I am super excited to be here and cannot wait to take you along my journey at Dartmouth!
I took this class with Professor Binkoski, and I absolutely loved it! We explored numerous theories regarding time travel and the existence of time, and it just completely blew my mind. Professor Binkoski is such an engaging lecturer and explains everything so thoroughly, which makes the class so incredible! After taking this class, I have become more interested in philosophy and cannot wait to take more classes in this department.
I took this class with Professor Horiuchi and learned more than I could have possibly imagined! This course is incredibly challenging and has a good amount of work, but I learned so much about the programing language R as well as how to wrangle and visualize data. By taking this class, I have confirmed that I want to major in QSS because of how interesting the material was. If you want to enhance your skills in R, this is the class to take!
In order to fulfill my language requirement, I took Spanish 9 with Professor Rieumont. This class was simply incredible. Not only was the content interesting and engaging, but my actual class itself (both the professor and fellow students) made this class so memorable. We learned so much about Spanish-speaking cultures all while having so much fun doing it, and I am so grateful that I took this class with such an amazing group!
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I was home for the summer! I was able to catch up with family and friends, work at a local ice-cream shop, and relax for a few months. It was amazing to be back in my hometown!!
I took this class with Professor Emily Finn, and I absolutely adored it! Because it is an introductory class, you learn about various topics within the neuroscience field, but mainly at the surface level. It was incredibly interesting, and it is a perfect introduction to the major overall!
I took this class with Professor Pulju (who I also took LING 1 with), and I was blown away. Not only is the content in this class just so incredibly interesting, but Professor Pulju teaches it in such a way that makes studying for any assignment actually enjoyable. If you like puzzles and deductive sciences, this class is perfect for you!
Welcome back to the series where I review all of my classes in depth! For this week's course, I will be discussing COGS 1, also known as Introduction to Cognitive Science. This class serves as the prerequisite to the Cognitive Science major, and fulfills the Social Analysis distributive requirement. This class is only offered in the Fall, so if you are interested in the major, take it as soon as you can!
I took this class with Professor FranklandandProfessor Phillips, both Assistant Professors at Dartmouth. This class was quite large, with approximately 70 people in it. With regards to the actual class structure, it consisted mainly of lectures regarding all things cognitive science, ranging from topics in philosophy to psychology to linguistics. The professors are truly incredible lecturers, and they made this class so interesting and entertaining because of the ways in which they talked about these topics. There were also a lot of interactive activities we did in class, which helped us understand the content further. Although at times the topics could be challenging to grasp, they hosted many office hours to ask further questions, which was super helpful!
The results of an experiment I ran during this class!
In terms of assignments in this class, we had daily readings, a few in-class quizzes, two projects, and one midterm and a final. You had a lot of freedom to pursue the various topics discussed in this class, especially through the projects, which I really appreciated. There were also extra credit opportunities throughout the class which were a ton of fun to complete! Overall, this class was incredibly interesting and very interdisciplinary, which made it fast-paced yet pretty manageable.
My friend completing the extra credit assignment (fellow blogger Serena!)
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