Cognitive Science - The Program

Cognitive Science is a 120-unit program. Full year courses (indicated by /6.0) count as 6 units and half-year courses count as 3.0 units. See the Faculty of Arts & Science Calendar for complete details.

Prerequisite Chart

CISC-121	Introduction to Computing Science I
CISC-124	Introduction to Computing Science II
COGS-100	Introduction to Cognitive Science
CISC-102	Discrete Math I
One of the following 2 courses:
• MATH-111/6.0	Linear Algebra
• MATH-112	Linear Algebra
COGS-201	Cognitive Psychology
CISC-203	Discrete Mathematics for Computing Science
CISC-204	Logic for Computing Science
CISC-221	Computer Architecture
CISC-235	Information Structures
CISC-260	Programming Paradigms
One of the following 2 courses:
• PSYC-202	Statistics in Psychology
• STAT-263	Introduction to Statistics
CISC-352	Artificial Intelligence
COGS-300	Programming Cognitive Models
COGS-400	Neural and Genetic Computing
CISC-453	Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CISC-497	Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computing
COGS-499	Advanced Undergraduate Project
Two of the following three streams in Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology:
(i) Linguistics
LING-100/6.0	Introduction to Linguistics
One of the following 3 courses:
• LING-310	Phonetics
• LING-320	Phonology
• LING-330	Morphology
LING-340	Syntax
LING-415	Semantics

(ii) Philosophy
One of the following 2 courses:
• PHIL-111/6.0	Great Works
• PHIL-115/6.0	Fundamental Questions
PHIL-250/6.0	Epistomology and Metaphysics
One of the following 6 courses
•PHIL-154	Philosophy of Science
•PHIL-261	Philosophy of Mathematics
•PHIL-270	Minds and Machines
•PHIL-311	Philosophy of Psychology
•PHIL-351	Philosophy of Mind
•PHIL-359	Philosophy of Language

(iii) Psychology
PSYC-100/6.0	Principles of Psychology
PSYC-221	Cognitive Psychology
One of the following 3 courses:
• PSYC-203	Research Methods
• PSYC-215	Perception
• PSYC-271	Brain and Behaviour I
One from the following list of PSYC options:
• PSYC-203	Research Methods in Psychology
• PSYC-205	Experimental Psychology: Learning
• PSYC-215	Experimental Psychology: Perception
• PSYC-251	Developmental Psychology
• PSYC-271	Brain and Behaviour I
• PSYC-300	Advanced Experimental Psychology
• PSYC-305	Human Memory
• PSYC-321	Psycholinguistics
• PSYC-322	Attention
• PSYC-323	Laboratory in Attention
• PSYC-352	Cognitive and Language Development
• PSYC-355	Comparative Cognition
• PSYC-365	Psychology of Reading
• PSYC-370	Brain and Behaviour II
• PSYC-380	Advanced Perception
• PSYC-420	Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology
• PSYC-422	Selected Topics in Attention
• PSYC-423	Selected Topics in Real-World Scene Perception
• PSYC-452	Developmental Psycholinguistics
• PSYC-457	Atypical Development

6.0 units from the following list or from the PSYC option list just above:
• CISC-220	System-Level Programming
• CISC-223	Software Specifications
• CISC-325	Human-Computer Interaction
• CISC-340	Digital Systems
• CISC-365	Algorithms I
• CISC-425	Advanced User Interface Design
• CISC-454	Computer Graphics
• CISC-465	Foundations of Programming Languages
• CISC-481	Syntax Systems for Natural Language
• LING-100/6.0	Introduction to Linguistics
• LING-310	Phonetics
• LING-320	Phonology
• LING-330	Morphology
• LING-340	Syntax
• LING-415	Semantics
• NSCI-401	Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience
• PHIL-154	Philosophy of Science
• PHIL-115/6.0	Fundamental Questions
• PHIL-261	Philosophy of Mathematics
• PHIL-270	Minds and Machines
• PHIL-311	Philosophy of Psychology
• PHIL-359	Philosophy of Language

24.0 elective units.