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Twin Cities Campus
Cognitive Science MinorCLA Dean's Office
College of Liberal Arts
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Minnesota, 205 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-3570; fax: 612-626-7253)
Email:
cogsci@umn.edu
Website: http://www.cogsci.umn.edu
The cognitive science minor provides an opportunity for students to pursue integrated coursework, which emphasizes theory and methods in cognitive science.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
Special Application Requirements:
Students interested in the minor are strongly encouraged to confer with their major field advisor and director of graduate studies, and the Cognitive Science director of graduate studies regarding feasibility and requirements.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
The minimum cumulative GPA for coursework applied to the minor is 3.00.
Coursework
Electives (5 to 9 credits)
Master's students select at least 5 credits, and doctoral students select at least 9 credits from the following to meet minimum requirements for the minor. Approval of the Cognitive Science director of graduate studies is required.
Cognitive Science
CGSC 8410 - Perspectives in Learning, Perception, and Cognition
(2.0 cr)
Cognitive Psychology
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 5062 - Cognitive Neuropsychology
(3.0 cr)
PSY 5064 - Brain and Emotion
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8010 - Advanced Topics in Learning
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8031 - Seminar: Visual Perception
(2.0 cr)
PSY 8036 - Topics in Computational Vision
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8042 - Proseminar in Cognition, Brain, and Behavior
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8055 - Seminar: Cognitive Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8056 - Seminar: Psychology of Language
(3.0 cr)
PSY 8201 - Social Cognition
(3.0 cr)
Computer Science
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
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 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
NSC 5202 - Theoretical Neuroscience: Systems and Information Processing
(3.0 cr)
NSC 5461 - Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
(3.0 cr)
NSC 5561 - Systems Neuroscience
(4.0 cr)
NSC 8217 - Systems and Computational Neuroscience
(2.0 cr)
Philosophy
PHIL 4615 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8131 - Epistemology Survey
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8180 - Seminar: Philosophy of Language
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8182 - Formal Semantics of Natural Language
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8620 - Seminar: Philosophy of the Biological Sciences
(3.0 cr)
PHIL 8670 - Seminar: Philosophy of Science
(3.0 cr)
Program Sub-plans
Students are required to complete one of the following sub-plans.
Students may not complete the program with more than one sub-plan.
Masters
Doctoral
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CgSc 8000/Phil 8640 |
Typically offered: | Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CgSc 8041/NSC 8041 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Spring Even Year |
Credits: | 2.0 [max 24.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
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] |
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: | 2.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & 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 Even 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 & Spring |
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] |
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 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | NSc 5202/Phsl 5202 |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
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 2.0] |
Grading Basis: | S-N or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every 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] |
Course Equivalencies: | Ling 8221/Phil 8182 |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 6.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |