Henry Gorman, Director
The mission of the cognitive science is to provide students in the minor with a faithful representation of the significant issues in cognitive science. Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of study which unites people from philosophy, psychology, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and biology around the common theme of mind. Inquiry in the cognitive sciences involves questions of semantics; knowledge representation; ontology; the functional architecture of human mind; planning, search and control; natural language parsing; cognitive development; and natural and artificial intelligence.
A minor in cognitive science consists of a minimum of five course credit units:
- Cognitive Science 120 or Psychology 220 or an approved substitute
- Mathematics 141 or Computer Science 201 or Philosophy 110
- Philosophy 225 or 230
- Philosophy 310, Philosophy 306, Psychology 355, or Computer Science 440
- One elective from Philosophy 225, Philosophy 230, Philosophy 310, Computer Science 410, Computer Science 412, Biology 348, Psychology 215, or approved topics courses on artificial intelligence, linguistics, or cognition
120 Cognitive Science
Addresses some of the ways in which such varied disciplines as psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and mathematics ask questions about the nature of mind. Specific content varies, but may include aspects of philosophy of mind, knowledge representation, language processing, artificial intelligence, and neurophysiology. Often includes lab work in robotics and artificial intelligence programming. (Each fall or spring)
