Chart your own path through the Cognitive Science major!
The field of Cognitive Science is broad and interdisciplinary. The Cognitive Science major reflects this breadth and encourages students to take a wide range of courses. Students are encouraged to choose courses that align with their interests and career goals.
Many of the courses within Cognitive Science courses, however, fall within three broad areas.
- Language and Culture
- Computation and Cognition
- Cognitive Neuroscience
Students may choose to focus on one of these areas by taking a curated subset of courses within the Cognitive Science major.
Language and Culture
Students interested in the role of cognition in language, culture, and society may focus on this emphasis area by taking the following courses:
- COGS 005: Introduction to Language and Linguistics
- COGS 122: Modeling Social Behavior
- COGS 149: Music, Language, and Cognition
- COGS 150: Language, Cognition, and Interaction
- COGS 156: Language in Minds, Brains, and Machines
- COGS 159: Metaphor and Thought
- COGS 176: Culture and Cognition
- COGS 179: The Cognitive Science of Religion
Computation and Cognition
Students interested in computational modeling of cognitive and social processions may focus on this emphasis area by taking the following courses:
- COGS 122: Modeling Social Behavior
- COGS 123: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
- COGS 124: Introduction to Neural Networks
- COGS 125: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
- COGS 126: Complex Adaptive Systems
- COGS 156: Language in Minds, Brains, and Machines
Cognitive Neuroscience
Students interested in the neural basis of cognition may focus on this emphasis area by taking the following courses:
- NEUR 001: Introduction to Neuroscience
- NEUR 101: Fundamentals of Neuroscience
- COGS 123: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
- COGS 124: Introduction to Neural Networks
- COGS 130: Cognitive Neuroscience
- COGS 140: Perception and Action
- COGS 156: Language in Minds, Brains, and Machines
