The coordinate major in cognitive studies combines a regular major with a curriculum in three tracks: formal disciplines, philosophical foundations and psychology. The program is designed to provide basic knowledge of current research on mind, cognition, and language.
The Cognitive Studies major consists of ten courses of which six are required and four elective. At least one elective must be in each of the three component tracks, and at least one must be at the 6000-level. With the director's consent, work in a different but relevant discipline may be substituted for, at most, one elective course. It is suggested that students interested in philosophy take an introductory course, preferably PHIL 1040 Beginning With Minds (3 c.h.).
Course ID | Title | Credits |
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Required Courses | ||
Formal Disciplines Track | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
The Nature of Language | ||
Introduction To Syntax | ||
Foundations of Programming | ||
or CMPS 1500 | Intro to Computer Science I | |
Elementary Symbolic Logic | ||
Philosophical Foundations Track | ||
Select two of the following: | 6 | |
Consciousness | ||
Philosophy of Cognitive Science | ||
Imagination | ||
Language and Thought | ||
Altered Experience | ||
Psychology Track | ||
PSYC 1000 | Introductory Psych | 3 |
and one of the following: | ||
Brain and Behavior | ||
Intro To Social Psych | ||
Sensation & Perception | ||
Electives | ||
Select four of the following, a minimum of one in each track, and at least one at 6000 level: | 12 | |
Formal Disciplines Track | ||
ANTH 3420 | Semantics: Linguistic Approaches to Meaning | 3 |
Brain and Language | ||
or NSCI 4110 | Brain and Language | |
Metaphysics | ||
or PHIL 6010 | Metaphysics of Mind | |
Philosophy of Science | ||
Philosophical Foundations Track: | ||
Mind In Evolution | ||
Philosophy of Neuroscience | ||
Moral Psychology & Meta-Ethics | ||
Philosophy of Perception | ||
Mental Representation | ||
Psychology Track: | ||
Child Psychology | ||
Comp Animal Behavior | ||
Evolution & Psychology | ||
Neurobiol Learn & Memory | ||
Biological Psychology | ||
Total Credit Hours | 30 |