UQÀM Summer Institute in Cognitive Sciences 2003

Academic

Format of summer institute :

The summer institute is intended for graduate and post-graduate students from the participating disciplines, and for faculty members, researchers, engineers in human factors, etc.

The theme of the summer institute, CATEGORISATION, will be studied through the lens of the participating disciplines. Each presentation will be addressed to all the participants in the summer institute; there will be neither parallel sessions nor disciplinary sessions, so that the participants from all disciplines can interact at all times.

Learning material will be presented through conferences, courses, group discussions and poster sessions.

The first presentation(s) of each day will consist in a state of the art talk on the topic of the day. The other presentations will focus on current issues bearing on this topic. The last daily sessions will consist of a discussant’s paper on the presentations of the day.

Other activities such as poster presentations by the participants, book exhibits, demonstrations in laboratories and book launches may be held out of class hours.

Due to its international character, the summer institute will be entirely in English.

Academic activities :

The summer institute will consist of 2 courses of 45 hours which is equivalent to 2 courses of 3 credits each. It will comprise 10 days of full time academic activities:
40 hours of lecturing and 5 hours of discussion per week during 2 weeks.

All participants will receive the following :
a) a summary of each presentation
b) a course packet with complementary articles for each of the presentations.

Students who wish to get credits for the courses will receive an evaluation on the basis of a paper. The paper will bear on a topic related to CATEGORISATION. Students will chose their own topics.

Admission requirements :

Admission requirements are :
a) being registered in a graduate or post-graduate program related to the participating disciplines.
OR
b) holding a graduate or post-graduate degree in one of the participating disciplines and working as a professionnal in this field.

Registration fees :

There is one registration for the 2 weeks. Registration fees vary according to students affiliation. They are lower for those who register prior to March 1st 2003. The following amounts are given in Canadian dollars :

	Before April 15th	After April 15th
Students registered in the Province of Québec	500	600
Students registered outside of the Province of Québec	750	850
Others	1,400	1,500

Credits :

Students who wish to get credits for the 2 institute courses will register in the 2 courses of their respective programs identified on the registration sheet.

For professionnals and students registered in continuing education, each week is equivalent to 3 credits. Because each day of class is independent, students can decide on which day (s)he will attend. These students will receive a participation certificate for the number of hours of attendance.

For members of the American Psychological Association, each week of the summer institute is equivalent to 15 CPE hours.