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Twin Cities Campus
Cognitive Science M.S.CLA Dean's Office
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Center for Cognitive Sciences
N108 Elliott Hall
75 E. River Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Email:
cogsci@umn.edu
Website: http://www.cogsciphd.umn.edu
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
The MS Cognitive Science program is structured to allow students the flexibility to pursue a wide variety of research topics, and to integrate methodologies and perspectives from different disciplines. In addition to a course that introduces students to the field of Cognitive Science, at least three course credits from each of the following areas are required: cognitive psychology, computer science/artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuroscience, and philosophy.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
20
major credits,
0
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is written and oral.
Plan B: Plan B requires
24
major credits and
0
credits outside the major.
The final exam is written and oral.
A capstone project is required.
Capstone Project:6 Independent Study (Plan B) project credits are required.
Plan C: Plan C requires
30
major credits and
0
credits outside the
major.
There is no final exam.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 2.80
is required for students to remain in good standing.
Electives (17 to 27 credits)
All students must select at least 3 credits from each of the following 5 core disciplines for a total of 15 credits. Plan A students choose an additional 2 credits, Plan B students an additional 6 credits, and Plan C students an additional 12 credits from this list to meet the 30-credit minimum. Substitute coursework can be applied to this requirement with the approval of the advisor and director of graduate studies.
Cognitive Psychology (3 credits)
CPSY 8301 - Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Processes
(4.0 cr)
EPSY 5114 - Psychology of Student Learning
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8112 - Mathematical Cognition
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8116 - Reading for Meaning: Cognitive Processes in the Comprehension of Texts
(3.0 cr)
EPSY 8118 - Advanced Cognitive Psychology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5014 - Psychology of Human Learning and Memory
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5015 - Cognition, Computation, and Brain
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5031W - Perception
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5054 - Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5062 - Cognitive Neuropsychology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5064 - Brain and Emotion
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8010 - Advanced Topics in Learning
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8036 - Topics in Computational Vision
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8041 - Proseminar in Perception
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8055 - Seminar: Cognitive Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition
(3.0 cr)
Computer Science (3 credits)
CSCI 5115 - User Interface Design, Implementation and Evaluation
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5127W - Embodied Computing: Design & Prototyping
[WI]
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5421 - Advanced Algorithms and Data Structures
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5511 - Artificial Intelligence I
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5521 - Machine Learning Fundamentals
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5525 - Machine Learning: Analysis and Methods
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5561 - Computer Vision
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5609 - Visualization
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 5619 - Virtual Reality and 3D Interaction
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 8115 - Human-Computer Interaction and User Interface Technology
(3.0 cr)
CSCI 8551 - Intelligent Agents
(3.0 cr)
Linguistics (3 credits)
Please note LING 8900 may be used depending on the specific topic taken.
LING 5001 - Introduction to Linguistics
(4.0 cr)
LING 5201 - Syntactic Theory I
(3.0 cr)
LING 5202 - Syntactic Theory II
(3.0 cr)
LING 5205 - Semantics
(3.0 cr)
LING 5206 - Linguistic Pragmatics
(3.0 cr)
LING 5207 - Advanced Semantics
(3.0 cr)
LING 5801 - Introduction to Computational Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
LING 8200 - Topics in Syntax and Semantics
(3.0 cr)
LING 8210 - Seminar in Syntax
(3.0 cr)
LING 8900 - Seminar: Topics in Linguistics
(3.0 cr)
LING 8921 - Seminar in Language and Cognition
(3.0 cr)
Neuroscience (3 credits)
NSC 5461 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
NSC 5561 - Systems Neuroscience
(4.0 cr)
NSC 5661 - Behavioral Neuroscience
(2.0 cr)
NSC 8217 - Systems and Computational Neuroscience
(2.0 cr)
NSCI 5505 - Mind and Brain
(4.0 cr)
NSCI 5551 - Statistical Foundations of Systems Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
Philosophy (3 credits)
CGSC 8000 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Cognitive Sciences
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 5085 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 5331 - Contemporary Moral Theories
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 5615 - Mind, Bodies and Machines
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8131 - Epistemology Survey
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8180 - Seminar: Philosophy of Language
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8602 - Scientific Representation and Explanation
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8620 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8670 - Seminar: Philosophy of Science
(3.0 cr)
Plan Options
Plan A
All Plan A students must take at least 10 master's thesis credits.
CGSC 8777 - Thesis Credit: Masters
(1.0-10.0 cr)
-OR-
Plan B
All Plan B students must take 6 credits of the following:
CGSC 8991 - Independent Study
(1.0-4.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Psy 3051 / CGSC 5051 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | EPsy 3301/EPsy 5114 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | NSc/Psy 5031 |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 12.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Fall Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CSci 4511W/CSci 5511 |
Prerequisites: | [2041 or #], grad student |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Fall Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 3001/3001H/5001 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4201/Ling 5201 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 4202/Ling 5202 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 9.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CgSc 8000/Phil 8640 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Phil 4331/Phil 5331 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Phil 4615/Phil 5615 |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 1.0 -10.0 [max 10.0] |
Grading Basis: | No Grade |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 1.0 -4.0 [max 15.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |