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Cognitive Science Minor Program

Cognitive Science Program | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Program Requirements

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 21-31 units, including both of

  • COGS 100 Exploring the Mind (3)
  • COGS 200 Foundations in Cognitive Science (3)

and the requirements listed below for two of the four disciplines. When provided with a choice between different 200 division courses, students should consider which course can be used as a prerequisite for a subsequent 300 division course.

Computing Science

Students who choose this discipline will complete one of

  • CMPT 125 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming II (3)
  • CMPT 126 Introduction to Computing Science and Programming (3)

and both of

  • CMPT 225 Data Structures and Programming (3)
  • MACM 101 Discrete Mathematics I (3)

Linguistics

Students who choose this discipline will complete

  • LING 220 Introduction to Linguistics (3)

and one of

  • LING 221 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology (3)
  • LING 222 Introduction to Syntax (3)

Philosophy

Students who choose this discipline will complete all of

  • PHIL 100W Knowledge and Reality (3)
  • PHIL 201 Epistemology (3)
  • PHIL 210 Natural Deductive Logic (3)

Psychology

Students who choose this discipline will complete all of

  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology I (3)
  • PSYC 102 Introduction to Psychology II (3)
  • PSYC 201W Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology (4)
  • PSYC 221 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (3)
  • PSYC 280 Introduction to Biological Psychology (3)

Upper Division Requirements

Students complete a total of 15-16 units, including both of

  • COGS 300 Selected Topics in Cognitive Science (3)
  • COGS 310 Consciousness (3)

and three courses from the following, including at least one course in each of the two disciplines selected previously at the lower division.

Computing Science

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

Note: 400 division courses require instructor consent if prerequisites need to be waived.

Linguistics

  • LING 321 Phonology (3)
  • LING 322 Syntax (3)
  • LING 324 Semantics (3)
  • LING 330 Phonetics (3)
  • LING 350 First Language Acquisition (3)

Philosophy

  • PHIL 302 Topics in Epistemology and Metaphysics (3)
  • PHIL 314 Topics in Logic I (3)
  • PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science (3)
  • PHIL 343 Philosophy of Mind (3)
  • PHIL 344 Philosophy of Language (3)

Psychology

  • PSYC 303 Perception (3)
  • PSYC 325 Memory (3)
  • PSYC 330 Attention (3)
  • PSYC 335 Sensation (3)
  • PSYC 382 Cognitive Neuroscience (3)
  • PSYC 383 Psychopharmacology (3)
  • PSYC 385 Evolution and Psychology (3)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Requirements

In addition to the above requirements, students must also satisfy their Faculty requirements for the completion of their undergraduate degree.

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