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Cognitive
Science
Minor

Faculty Advisory Committee

Curtis Brown, Ph.D., Philosophy

Paula T. Hertel, Ph.D., Psychology

John E. Howland, Ph.D., Computer Science; Chair

Glenn E. Meyer, Ph.D., Psychology

J. Paul Myers, Ph.D., Computer Science



The minor gives students the opportunity to study the nature of cognition from the point of view of several related disciplines. Psychology, philosophy and computer science share a common interest in the nature of knowledge, the means by which it is stored, acquired and retrieved, the commonalities shared by biological and electronic information processing entities and the ways knowledge is used in thinking and problem solving. The minor allows students to bring the theories and methods of these various disciplines to bear on a common set of problems. The requirements for the minor are as follows:

  1. Required Courses:
  • Independent Study: 3 hours minimum

    Three hours from one of the following independent study routes with topical approval for the minor by the Chair of the Cognitive Science Committee in consultation with the appropriate department members:

    CSCI 4285 Senior Software Project I
    CSCI 4295 Senior Thesis
    CSCI 4299 Honors Thesis
    PHIL 4395 Senior Thesis
    PSYC 2368 Supervised Research
    PSYC 3390 Reading and Research
    PSYC 4395 Senior Thesis I
    PSYC 4396 Senior Thesis II
    PSYC 4398, 4399 Honors Thesis


    For more information about the cognitive science minor, send inquiry to the Cognitive Science Minor Chair.


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