REQUIREMENTS
1. Complete University requirements
for the Bachelor of Arts
degree (51 units minimum).
2. Complete the following prerequisites to the major (15 units):
a. Cognitive Studies (6 units)
COGS
2100 Intro.
to Cognitive Studies, 3
units
COGS
2300 Cognitive
Simulations, 3 units
b. Background Issues (9 units)
BIOL
1010 Principles
of Biology, 3 units
PHIL
2230 Modern
Philosophy, 3 units
PSYC
2010 Introduction
to Psychology, 3 units
3. Complete the major of 32 units, as approved by the major advisor.
THE MAJOR (32 units)
1. Required Courses (17 units):
COGS
3100 Communication
Networks, 3 units
COGS
3150 Nonlinear
Systems and Chaos, 4
units
COGS
4960 Seminar:
Cognitive Science, 3 units
or
COGS 4990 Senior
Project, 2-4 units
PHIL
3500 Philosophy
of Mind, 4 units
PSYC
3100 Intro. to Physiological Psychology,
3 units
2. Electives (15 units minimum):
a. Cognitive Science (one
course minimum)
COGS
3200 Human Factors,
3 units
COGS
4680 Neural Nets & Intelligent Machines,
4 units
COGS
4950 Selected Topics in Cognitive Studies,1-5
units
CS
4450 Coding & Information Theory,
3 units
CS
4480 Artificial Intelligence,
3 units
PSYC
3102 Intro. to Physiological Psychology Lab,
1 unit
PSYC
3400 Perception, 3
units
PSYC
4520 Principles of Sensory Processes, 4
units
b. Consciousness and Creativity
(one course minimum)
ART 4220 Imagination, 3
units
COGS
4100 Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science,
3 units
COGS
4700 Intelligence,
3 units
PHIL
4150 Cognitive Phenomenology,
3 units
PSYC
3170 Early Cognitive Development,
3 units
PSYC
4400 Cognitive Processes, 3
units
PSYC
4800 Origins of Human Consciousness,
3 units
c. Language and Meaning (one
course minimum)
ENGL
3750 Introduction
to Linguistic Theory, 4 units
COGS
3300 Cognition
& Verbal Behavior, 3 units
COGS
4200 Science, Technology & Human Values,
3 units
CS
4410 Automata, Computability & Formal
Languages, 3
units
PHIL 4260 Twentieth
Century Philosophy, 3
units
PHIL 4300 Philosophy
of Language, 3 units
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