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Duluth Campus
Cognitive Science B.A.Geography & Philosophy
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary attempt to understand the mind, especially the human mind (with the prospect of creating artificial minds as a hopeful next step).
Understanding the mind and intelligence has long been a goal that seemed out of reach. The mind, consciousness, intelligence, and the related phenomena have been addressed by researchers in many areas including philosophy, psychology, linguistics, medicine, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. These disciplines have very different histories and at universities are often separated by distance and academic culture. However, in the past 30 years, there has been a convergence of these disciplines on a few research paradigms: computational models of perception and reasoning, connectionism, and embodied cognition. It is now possible to form a more complete understanding of minds by drawing on contributions from all these disciplines, and a great deal of progress has been made. This has led to the rise at many universities of interdisciplinary programs in Cognitive Science. The programs exploit the insights that come from a variety of disciplinary approaches to understanding a single phenomenon: cognition.
More specifically, Cognitive Science aims to understand the nature and development of such capacities as consciousness, perception, information processing, language acquisition and processing, planning, reasoning, learning, representation and use of knowledge, and problem-solving, whether these capacities are realized in biological or artificial systems. The major looks to the theoretical foundations, the substantive empirical results, and the methodological tools of contributing disciplines (see Program Requirements). The hope is that by combining the methods and results of all these branches, we will be able to provide a global understanding of the mind, how it works, and why it works that way.
Graduates of the program will be prepared for study in one of the many recently developed graduate Cognitive Science programs (including the Ph.D. offered at the Center for Cognitive Science at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) as well as graduate study in related programs such as cognition, brain and behavior, cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. Those who choose to study the law, a path frequently chosen by Philosophy majors, will be well suited for legal practice concerned with the variety of legal complexities associated with the development of these new technologies.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
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website.
General Requirements
Program Requirements
1) A second field of study (either a minor, another major, or dual degree).
2) Study abroad is encouraged for all students and the department makes every effort to facilitate such experiences.
First Term Requirement (1 cr)
Transfer students with 24 or more credits and current UMD students who change colleges to CLA are exempt from this requirement. New first-year students with 24 or more PSEO credits may request to be waived from this requirement.
UST 1000 - Learning in Community
(1.0-2.0 cr)
Required Electives (21 cr)
Students are advised to review course pre-requisites for upper division electives and plan accordingly.
SEVEN courses across the listed subject areas with the following stipulations:
FOUR courses maximum may come from any one listed subject area.
Courses must draw from at least THREE different listed subject areas.
Take 7 or more course(s) from the following:
Cognitive Science
Two different topic courses may be applied.
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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COG 3195 - Special Topics in Cognitive Science:(Various Titles to be Assigned)
(3.0 cr)
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COG 3xxx-4xxx
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Communication Sciences and Disorders
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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CSD 2230 - Introduction to Human Communication Disorders
[LE CAT8, LECD CAT08, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
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CSD 4150 - Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology in Communication Sciences and Disorders
(3.0 cr)
·
Computer Science
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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CS 5222 - Artificial Intelligence
(4.0 cr)
·
CS 5232 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Data Mining
(4.0 cr)
·
CS 5242 - Natural Language Processing
(4.0 cr)
·
Linguistics
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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LING 1811 - Introduction to Linguistics
[LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR]
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 3102 - Syntax
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 3103 - Semantics and Pragmatics
(3.0 cr)
·
LING 4103 - Morphology: Word Structures and Rules
(3.0 cr)
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Medicine
Take 0 - 1 course(s) from the following:
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BMS 5101 - Principles of Neuroscience
(4.0 cr)
·
Philosophy
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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PHIL 1018 - Logic
[LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR]
(4.0 cr)
·
PHIL 2011 - Philosophy of Language
[LE CAT3, SOC SCI]
(3.0 cr)
·
PHIL 3570 - Philosophy of Psychology
(4.0 cr)
·
PHIL 3575 - Philosophy and Cognitive Science
(3.0 cr)
·
Psychology
Take 0 - 2 course(s) from the following:
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PSY 2021 - Developmental Psychology
[LE CAT, LECD C, SOC SCI, CDIVERSITY]
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 3061 - Physiological Psychology
(4.0 cr)
·
PSY 3121 - Abnormal Psychology
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 3520 - Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology
(3.0 cr)
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PSY 3611 - Learning and Behavior
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 3613 - Applied Behavior Analysis and Behavior Change
(3.0 cr)
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PSY 3621 - Cognition
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 3661 - Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 3697 - Sensation and Perception
(4.0 cr)
·
PSY 5130 - Evolutionary Psychology
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5131 - Mind-Body Connection
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5621 - Cognition and Emotion
(3.0 cr)
·
PSY 5631 - Biological Bases of Behavior
(3.0 cr)
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