6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4017570FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
Department
Computer Science
Educational team
Bart De Boer (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

This course is about the biological evolution of human speech. Speech, in this course, is defined as the acoustical signal used for language (although reference will be made to the role of sign language and gestures). The first part of the course will consist of an overview of our knowledge of the evolution of speech. Data from linguistics, anthropology, palaeontology and biology will be reviewed. The second part of the course will consist of an exploration of a number of computer models that have been used for investigating the evolution of speech.

The course will consist of lectures that for each of which the students will have to read two papers and answer a number of questions about these. The students are required to either write a review paper about one of the topics, or to do a modelling project. At the end all students also have to take a written exam.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Scientific articles to be distributed during the course.
Additional info

None.

Learning Outcomes

general competences

Knowledge on an advanced master level of the issues, the literature and the computer models in the field of the study of the evolution of speech, as well as some background knowledge of relevant anatomy, biology, palaeantology and linguistics.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
LEC Practical Assignment determines 25% of the final mark.
SELF Paper determines 25% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the LEC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Practical Assignment with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Paper with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 25% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Obligatory assignements before every lecture with questions about reading material. Without these participation in the exam or access to the second session are not possible

Review paper or modeling project

Written exam

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Multimedia
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Software Languages and Software Engineering
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Computer Science: Data Management and Analytics