Requirements for the Cognitive Science Major
*CGSC 391/392 is now CGSC 399!*
Major Requirements – 70 Total Credits
Core Courses – Required 34 credits
- CGSC 130 (6 credits)
- LING 115: Introduction to the Theory of Syntax (6 credits)
- PSYC 200: Measurement and Data Analysis in Psychology (6 credits)
AND PSYC 201: Measurement and Data Analysis Lab (2 credits) - CGSC/PSYC 232: Cognitive Processes (6 credits)
AND CGSC/PSYC 233: Laboratory in Cognitive Processes (2 credits) - CS 111: Introduction to Computer Science (6 credits)
OR PHIL 210: Logic (6 credits)
Elective Courses – Required 24 credits
At least two must be a 300-level course. To ensure sufficient interdisciplinarity, no more than four courses may be taken from any one department or program.
- BIOL 365: Seminar: Topics in Neuroscience
- BIOL 368: Seminar: Developmental Neurobiology
- CGSC 100.0125: Cognitive Development in Childhood/FA
- CGSC 100.0225: Cognitive Development in Childhood/FA
- CGSC 207: Japanese Philosophy: No Mind, No Life
- CGSC 236: Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making
- CGSC 253: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
- CGSC 330: Embodied Cognition
- CGSC 340: Phenomenology and Cognitive Science
- CGSC 382: Cognitive Development in Children and Adolescents
- CS 254: Computability and Complexity
- CS 301: History of Computing in England Program: History of Computing
- CS 314: Data Visualization
- CS 314*: Data Visualization (*=Junior Seminar)
- CS 320: Machine Learning
- CS 320*: Machine Learning (*=Junior Seminar)
- CS 321: Making Decisions with Artificial Intelligence
- CS 322: Natural Language Processing
- CS 344: Human-Computer Interaction
- CS 361: Artificial Life and Digital Evolution
- CS 361*: Artificial Life and Digital Evolution (*=Junior Seminar)
- ECON 265: Game Theory and Economic Applications
- ECON 267: Behavioral Economics
- EDUC 234: Educational Psychology
- IDSC 250: Color!
- LING 117: Sociophonetics
- LING 216: Generative Approaches to Syntax
- LING 217: Phonetics and Phonology
- LING 219: Sociophonetic Analysis
- LING 240: Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- LING 275: First Language Acquisition
- LING 276: Between Languages: Heritage Speakers
- LING 280: Field Methods in Linguistics
- LING 311: The Spoken and Written Word
- LING 315: Topics in Syntax
- LING 325: Syntax of an Unfamiliar Language
- LING 340: Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- LING 350: Invented Languages: From Toki Pona to Na’vi
- MUSC 227: Perception and Cognition of Music
- NEUR 127: Foundations in Neuroscience and Lab
- NEUR 238: Neurons, Circuits and Behavior
- NEUR 365: Seminar: Topics in Neuroscience
- PHIL 100.0225: Utopias/FA
- PHIL 112: Intelligence, Agency and Autonomous Machines
- PHIL 116: Sensation, Induction, Abduction, Deduction, Seduction
- PHIL 203: Bias, Belief, Community, Emotion
- PHIL 207: Japanese Philosophy: No Mind, No Life
- PHIL 217: Reason in Context: Limitations and Possibilities
- PHIL 223: Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 225: Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 257: Contemporary Issues in Feminist Philosophy
- PHIL 297: Kant’s Philosophy of Mind
- PHIL 319: Self-Knowledge
- PHIL 373: Reptiles and Demons
- PSYC 214: Neuropsychology of Aging
- PSYC 216: Behavioral Neuroscience
- PSYC 220: Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 234: Psychology of Language
- PSYC 238: Memory Processes
- PSYC 250: Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 258: Social Cognition
- PSYC 267: Clinical Neuroscience
- PSYC 361: Brains, Minds, and Machines
- PSYC 366: Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 375: Language and Deception
Directed Research Course – Required 3 credits
- CGSC 396: Comps Proposal in Cognitive Studies
Senior Thesis and Integrated Exercise – Required 9 credits
Note: Prior to beginning the comps sequence, majors must have completed CGSC 130: Revolutions in Mind, CGSC/PSYC 232: Cognitive Processes/233 and PSYC 200: Measurement and Data Analysis in Psychology/201