Cognitive Science Honours Program

Cognitive Science Program | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Research in cognition has surged recently, which affects fields such as psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computing science, education, anthropology, communications, and sociology. The greatest impact within psychology is in the sub-fields of psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and developmental psychology; within philosophy, on philosophy of language, philosophical logic, and philosophy of mind; within linguistics, on semantics, syntax, phonology, and phonetics; and within computing science, on artificial intelligence.

Those working in these areas find they read the same literature and ask closely related questions in research and teaching. Increasingly, work in these fields belongs to a common area which cuts across traditional departmental organization. At 丁香园AV, this interrelation is reflected in courses which draw on research, cognition and language from different departments. This program offers a structured and integrated study of cognition.

Grade Requirements

A cognitive science grade point average of 3.0 or higher is required for entrance and continuation in this program.

In addition to the faculty requirement that the student's cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division grade point average (UD GPA) be 3.0 for graduation, cognitive science grade point averages (cognitive science GPA and cognitive science upper division GPA) are calculated based on all the courses selected to fulfil the cognitive science course requirements for the honours. Only courses from each discipline applied to satisfy the requirements of the honours program will be used to calculate the COGS GPA. Cognitive science program GPAs (COGS GPA and COGS UD GPA) of 3.0 or higher is required for honours program continuation.

Honours Requirements

Students complete 132 units which include at least

65 units in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences subjects
60 upper division units (includes honours/minor units)
writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as described below

Program Requirements

Students should consult the program advisor for help with course planning.

Within the minimum 132 units required for the honours program, students will complete the required courses for a major in cognitive science. In addition, they will choose to complete the additional honours course requirements in either option A or option B as specified below.

Major Program's Lower Division Requirements

Introductory Courses

Students complete a total of 21-27 units, including

COGS 100-3 Exploring the Mind

and the following requirements.

Computing Science

Students complete either

CMPT 126-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming

or both of

CMPT 120-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming I
CMPT 125-3 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II

Additionally students who choose intermediate level computing science must complete

MACM 101-3 Discrete Mathematics I

Linguistics

LING 220-3 Introduction to Linguistics

Philosophy

PHIL 100-3 Knowledge and Reality

Psychology

PSYC 100-3 Introduction to Psychology I
PSYC 102-3 Introduction to Psychology II

Intermediate Courses

Students complete a minimum of 18 units including

COGS 200-3 Foundations of Cognitive Science

and the requirements for at least three of the four disciplines shown below.

Computing Science

Students who choose this discipline will complete

CMPT 225-3 Data Structures and Programming

Linguistics

Students who choose this discipline will complete

LING 221-3 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
LING 222-3 Introduction to Syntax

Philosophy

Students who choose this discipline will complete

PHIL 201-3 Epistemology
PHIL 210-4 Natural Deductive Logic

Psychology

Students who choose this discipline will complete

PSYC 201-4 Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 221-3 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 280-3 Introduction to Biological Psychology

Major Program's Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a minimum of 27 units, including both of

COGS 300-3 Selected Topics in Cognitive Science
COGS 310-3 Consciousness

and the requirements listed below for the three disciplines that were previously selected in the intermediate level, all with an upper division cognitive science grade point average (COGSGPA) of 2.0 or higher in each of these three disciplines.

Computing Science

Students who chose this discipline in the lower division will also complete a total of nine units, including one of

CMPT 379-3 Principles of Compiler Design
CMPT 383-3 Comparative Programming Languages
CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing
MACM 300-3 Formal Languages and Automata with Applications

and two of

CMPT 310-3 Artificial Intelligence Survey
CMPT 411-3 Knowledge Representation
CMPT 412-3 Computational Vision (or CMPT 414)
CMPT 413-3 Computational Linguistics
CMPT 417-3 Intelligent Systems
CMPT 418-3 Computational Cognitive Architecture
CMPT 419-3 Topics in Artificial Intelligence

Linguistics

Students who chose this discipline in the lower division will also complete a total of nine units, including three of

LING 321-3 Phonology
LING 322-3 Syntax
LING 323-3 Morphology
LING 324-3 Semantics
LING 330-3 Phonetics
LING 350-3 First Language Acquisition
LING 400-3 Formal Linguistics
LING 480-3 Topics in Linguistics I*
LING 481-3 Topics in Linguistics II*

*relevant topics include discourse analysis, functional linguistics, language and the brain, computational linguistics

Philosophy

Students who chose this discipline in the lower division will also complete a total of nine units, including three of

PHIL 302-3 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics
PHIL 314-3 Topics in Logic I
PHIL 341-3 Philosophy of Science
PHIL 343-3 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 344-3 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 444-4 Philosophy of Language II

Psychology

Students who chose this discipline in the lower division will also complete a total of nine units, including three of

PSYC 303-3 Perception
PSYC 325-4 Memory and Mind
PSYC 330-3 Attention
PSYC 335-3 Sensation
PSYC 354-3 Development of Children鈥檚 Thinking
PSYC 363-3 Psychopharmacology
PSYC 382-3 Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 385-3 Evolutionary Psychology

Additional Honours Requirements, Option A

In additional to the major requirements above, honours students also complete both of

COGS 490-5 Honours Project I
COGS 491-5 Honours Project II

and choose from the courses listed below for one of the following disciplines.

Computing Science

Students who choose this discipline will complete one of the following courses which has not been completed previously

CMPT 379-3 Principles of Compiler Design
CMPT 383-3 Comparative Programming Languages
CMPT 384-3 Symbolic Computing
MACM 300-3 Formal Languages and Automata with Applications

and three of the following courses which have not been completed previously

CMPT 310-3 Artificial Intelligence Survey
CMPT 411-3 Knowledge Representation
CMPT 412-3 Computational Vision (or CMPT 414)
CMPT 413-3 Computational Linguistics
CMPT 417-3 Intelligent Systems
CMPT 418-3 Computational Cognitive Architecture
CMPT 419-3 Topics in Artificial Intelligence

Linguistics

Students who choose this discipline will complete four of the following courses which have not been completed previously

LING 400-3 Formal Linguistics
LING 401-3 Topics in Phonetics
LING 403-3 Topics in Phonology
LING 405-3 Topics in Syntax
LING 423-3 Topics in Morphology
LING 480-3 Topics in Linguistics I*
LING 481-3 Topics in Linguistics II*

*relevant topics include discourse analysis, functional linguistics, language and the brain, computational linguistics; consult with the cognitive science advisor for additional appropriate topic courses offered each term

Philosophy

Students who choose this discipline will complete four of the following courses which have not been completed previously

PHIL 302-3 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics
PHIL 314-3 Topics in Logic I
PHIL 341-3 Philosophy of Science
PHIL 343-3 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 344-3 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 444-3 Philosophy of Language II

or any topics course approved by the cognitive science advisor.

Psychology

Students who choose this discipline will complete three of the following courses which have not been completed previously

PSYC 303-3 Perception
PSYC 330-3 Attention
PSYC 430-3 Selected Topics in Cognition I
PSYC 432-3 Selected Topics in Cognition II
PSYC 480-3 Selected Topics in Biological Psychology I
PSYC 482-3 Selected Topics in Biological Psychology II

Additional Honours Requirements, Option B

Students who chooses this option will complete the requirements of the major plus they will choose any combination of courses listed in option A totalling at least 11 units (with the approval of the cognitive science steering committee), and both of

COGS 490-5 Honours Project I
COGS 491-4 Honours Project II

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Honors Program Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) honours programs, students complete 132 units, which includes

at least 60 units that must be completed at 丁香园AV
satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
students complete at least 60 upper division units, which must include at least 50 units in upper division courses in a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honours program; no more than 15 upper division units that have been transferred from another institution can be used toward this requirement
at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
Students complete lower division requirements for at least one Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honors program
students are required to achieve an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0, and an honors program CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement	Units	Notes
W - Writing	6	Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honors, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

Languages Other Than English

Most graduate schools require some proficiency in one or two languages other than English. Those who contemplate graduate studies are advised to include language courses in their programs.

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