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.
| CISC-121 | Introduction to Computing Science I |
| CISC-124 | Introduction to Computing Science II |
| COGS-100 | Introduction to Cognitive Science |
| MATH-111/6.0 | 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 |
| 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 3 courses: | |
| • PHIL-270 | Minds and Machines |
| • PHIL-154 | Philosophy of Science |
| • PHIL-115/6.0 | Fundamental Questions |
| PHIL-250/6.0 | Epistomology and Metaphysics |
| One of the following 3 courses (two if PHIL-115/6.0 was not taken): | |
| • PHIL-261 | Philosophy of Mathematics |
| • PHIL-311 | Philosophy of Psychology |
| • 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. | |
