This interdisciplinary minor adds a competitive edge to graduate students in fields such as computer science, English, foreign languages, human biology and psychology.

Graduate students who minor in cognitive science must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours of courses (or more as determined by the student’s committee), with a grade of B or better.

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Admission Information

Graduate students who wish to minor in cognitive science must declare the minor in their graduate plan of work, which they develop with their graduate advisory committee.

This committee must include a representative of the minor, and the student must send a copy of his or her plan of work to the director of the cognitive science program.

Applicant Information 

Delivery Method: On-Campus
Entrance Exam: 
Interview Required: 

Master's Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Required Courses		9
PHI/PSY 525	Introduction To Cognitive Science
Select six credit hours of the following:
CSC 520	Artificial Intelligence I (must be outside student's degree-granting program)
CSC 522	Automated Learning and Data Analysis
CSC 707	Automata, Languages and Computability Theory
CSC 720	Artificial Intelligence II
ENG 524	Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 584	Studies In Linguistics
PHI 540	The Scientific Method
PSY 500	Visual Perception
PSY 502	Physiological Psychology
PSY 508	Cognitive Processes
Total Hours		9

Doctoral Minor Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours	Counts towards
Required Courses		12
PHI 525	Introduction To Cognitive Science
Select nine credit hours from the following:
CSC 520	Artificial Intelligence I
CSC 522	Automated Learning and Data Analysis
CSC 707	Automata, Languages and Computability Theory
CSC 720	Artificial Intelligence II
ENG 524	Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 584	Studies In Linguistics
PHI 540	The Scientific Method
PSY 500	Visual Perception
PSY 502	Physiological Psychology
PSY 508	Cognitive Processes
Total Hours		12

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