The undergraduate minor in Cognitive Science is aimed to provide undergraduates with an introduction to cognitive science as a theory of the mind as an intelligent (information-processing) system. Our objectives are to ensure that each student (a) be able to articulate, at least in broad terms, some of the assumptions that have been thought to unify the various sub-fields within the domain of cognitive science; (b) explore more than one discipline’s approach to matters pertaining to cognitive science; and (c) explore in some detail at least one of the six main disciplines contributing to cognitive science (anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology).
Minor Requirements
To receive an undergraduate minor in Cognitive Science, the student must successfully complete 18 credit hours to be distributed as follows:
Required Cognitive Science Course
- PHI 375 - Philosophy of Cognitive Science (3 hours)
Fifteen additional hours of approved courses from departments including: Anthropology, Biology, Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology. Of the 15 hours from this list, (a) at least 6 hours must have the same prefix, and (b) no more than 6 credit hours with the same prefix will count towards this requirement.
Anthropology
- ANT 382 - Digital Archaeology (3 hours)
- ANT 450 - Symbols and Culture (3 hours)
Biology
- BIO 302 - Introduction to Neuroscience (3 hours)
- BIO 375 - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (3 hours)
- BIO 535 - Comparative Neurobiology & Behavior (3 hours)
- BIO 550 - Advanced Physiology (3 hours)
Computer Science
- CS 263 - AI in the World (3 hours)
- CS 375 - Logic & Theory of Computing (3 hours)
- CS 460G - Machine Learning (3 horus)
- CS 463G - Intro to Artificial Intelligence (3 hours)
- CS 465 - Introduction to Generative AI (3 hours)
- CS 575 - Models of Computation (3 hours)
Linguistics
- COM 350 - Language and Communication (3 hours)
- LIN 509 - Formal Semantics (3 hours)
- LIN 510 - Corpus Linguistics (3 hours)
- LIN 511 - Computational Linguistics (3 hours)
- LIN 512 - Syntactic Analysis (3 hours)
- No more than one from this group: ANT 515, ENG 515, LIN 515 (3 hours)
- No more than one from this group: ENG 221, LIN 221 (3 hours)
Philosophy
- PHI 320 - Symbolic Logic I (3 hours)
- PHI 520 - Symbolic Logic II (3 hours)
- PHI 560 - Philosophy of Scientific Method (3 hours)
- PHI 565 - Philosophy of Language (3 hours)
- PHI 575 - Philosophy of Mind (3 hours)
Psychology
- PSY 310 - Cognition (3 hours)
- PSY 311 - Learning and Cognition (3 hours)
- PSY 312 - Brain and Behavior (3 hours)
- PSY 323 - Developmental Psychology (3 hours)
- PSY 427 - Cognitive Processes (4 hours)
- PSY 456 - Behavioral Neuroscience (4 hours)
- PSY 562 - ADV Tops in Cognitive Psychology (3 hours)
- PSY 564 - Advanced Topics in Learning (3 hours)
- PSY 565 - ADV Tops in Neuroscience (3 hours)
- PSY 566 - ADV Tops in Social Psychology (3 hours)
Cognitive Science Minor
