Program Overview

Overview

The Cognitive Science Certificate program is designed for undergraduate students majoring in psychology and neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, computer science, speech, language and hearing sciences, education, integrative physiology, information science, or architecture and planning. This program prepares students for fields that are targeted as major growth fields of the 21st century, such as telecommunications, information processing, medical analysis, data retrieval, education, and multimedia.

Requirements

To earn the certificate, students must take at least six courses for a minimum of 18 credit hours. Students must receive a grade of C or better in all courses for the certificate and must have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better.

Required Courses and Credits

• PSYC 2145: Introductory Cognitive Psychology (3 credit hours)
• CSCI 3702/PHIL 3310/LING 3005/PSYC 3005/SLHS 3003: Cognitive Science (3 credit hours)
• Advanced Skills Requirements: 12-14 credit hours
  • Take a two-course advanced skills sequence from two of the following five areas, one sequence may be in the student's major.

Advanced Skills Sequence Areas

• Psychology:
  • PSYC 4145: Advanced Cognitive Psychology
  • NRSC 4032: Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • PSYC 4155: Cognitive Neuroscience/Neuropsychology
  • PSYC 4165: Psychology of Perception
  • PSYC 4175: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4220: Language and Mind
• Linguistics:
  • LING 3100: Language Sound Structures
  • LING 3430: Semantics
  • LING 4220: Language and Mind
  • LING 4420: Morphology and Syntax
  • LING 4560: Language Development
• Computer Science:
  • CSCI 3002: Fundamentals of Human Computer Interaction
  • CSCI 3202: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • CSCI 4830: Special Topics in Computer Science
• Philosophy:
  • PHIL 4300: Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 4340: Epistemology
  • PHIL 4400: Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 4460: Modal Logic
  • PHIL 4490: Philosophy of Language
• Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences:
  • SLHS 3006: Phonetics
  • SLHS 3106: Hearing Science
  • SLHS 3116: Anatomy, Physiology, and Science of Speech
  • SLHS 4502: Language Disorders Across the Lifespan
  • SLHS 4560: Language Development

Total Credit Hours

18-20 credit hours