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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2015–2017 Programs of Study and Courses for Liberal Arts Students Programs, Faculty, and Courses Cognitive Science 185 Minor Program  

Minor Program


Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship concerned with understanding the nature and development of such intelligent capacities as perception, language, reasoning, planning, problem solving, and related skills, whether these capacities are instantiated in biological or artificial systems. The goal of the cognitive science minor is to provide a structured way for undergraduates to study and carry out research in cognitive science with guidance from faculty members in the cognitive science center. Any undergraduate may pursue a minor in cognitive science, regardless of his or her major. The interdisciplinary cognitive science minor is likely to be of particular interest to undergraduates majoring in fields that are directly related to cognitive science (e.g., computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, biological sciences, mathematics, statistics, biomathematics, communication, biological anthropology, and engineering).

Requirements for the Minor

The interdisciplinary minor in cognitive science consists of a minimum of 18 credits, distributed as follows:

1. At least three of the six following courses:

  01:185:201  Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Introduction (4)

  01:185:301  Cognition and Decision Making (4)

  01:185:310  The Concept of Concepts in Cognitive Science (3)

  01:185:320  Research Methods in Cognitive Science (3)

  01:185:410  Language and Cognition (3)

  01:185:411 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science (4)

2. A minimum of 3 credits in formal/analytic methods used in cognitive science. The following courses automatically count toward the formal/analytic requirement:

  01:198:107  Computing for Math and the Sciences (3)

  01:198:111  Introduction to Computer Science (4)

  01:198:112  Data Structures (4)

  01:198:205  Introduction to Discrete Structures I (4)

  01:198:206  Introduction to Discrete Structures II (4)

  01:615:305  Syntax (3)

  01:615:315  Phonology (3)

  01:615:325  Semantics (3)

  01:615:411  Morphology (3)

  01:640:300  Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (3)

  01:640:338  Discrete and Probabilistic Models in Biology (3)

  01:640:339  Math Models in the Social Sciences (3)

  01:640:355  Game Theory (3)

  01:640:361  Set Theory (3)

  01:640:428  Graph Theory (3)

  01:640:454  Combinatorics (3)

  01:640:461  Mathematical Logic (3)

  01:640:477  Mathematical Theory of Probability (3)

  01:640:478  Introduction to Stochastic Processes (3)

  01:640:481  Mathematical Theory of Statistics (3)

  01:730:201  Introduction to Logic (3)

  01:730:315  Applied Symbolic Logic (3)

  01:730:407  Intermediate Logic I (3)

  01:730:408  Intermediate Logic II (3)

  01:960:379  Basic Probability and Statistics (3)

  01:960:381  Theory of Probability (3)

  01:960:382  Theory of Statistics (3)

  01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)

3. A minimum of an additional 6 elective credits. Any courses listed as approved "formal/analytic" courses may be counted as electives. If you take both 01:185:201/202 and 01:185:411, then 01:185:411 will be counted as an elective. The following additional courses automatically count toward the elective requirement:

  01:119:195  Brain, Mind, and Behavior (3)

  01:146:245  Fundamentals of Neurobiology (3) (CBN majors)

  01:146:295  Essentials of Cell Biology and Neuroscience (non-CBN majors) (3)

  01:146:445  Advanced Neurobiology I (4)

  01:146:447  Advanced Neurobiology II (3)

  01:185:253  Human Nature and Human Diversity (4)

  01:185:395  Research in Cognitive Science (1-3)

  01:185:412  Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science II (3)

  01:185:495  Research in Cognitive Science I (3)

  01:185:496  Research in Cognitive Science II (3)

  01:198:314  Principles of Programming Languages (4)

  01:198:344  Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms (4)

  01:198:415  Compilers (4)

  01:198:424  Modeling and Simulation of Continuous Systems (4)

  01:198:428  Introduction to Computer Graphics (4)

  01:198:440  Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4)

  01:198:452  Formal Languages and Automata (3)

  01:447:380  Genetics (4)

  01:447:384  Genetic Analysis I (4)

  01:447:385  Genetic Analysis II (4)

  01:447:410  Research in Genetics - Writing Intensive (3)

  01:447:484  Behavioral and Neural Genetics (3)

  01:615:201  Introduction to Linguistic Theory (3)

  01:615:330  Historical Linguistics (3)

  01:615:350  Pragmatics (3)

  01:615:360  Theories of Language (3)

  01:615:371  Psychology of Language (3)

  01:615:373  Language Acquisition (3)

  01:615:421  Language Typology (3)

  01:615:431  Investigations into an Unfamiliar Language (3)

  01:615:435  Experimental Methodologies in Language Acquisition (3)

  01:615:441  Linguistics and Cognitive Science (3)

  01:615:451  Phonetics (3)

  01:615:471  Selected Topics in Linguistics (3)

  01:615:491  Linguistics Practicum (3)

  01:730:210  Philosophy of Language (3)

  01:730:220  Theory of Knowledge (3)

  01:730:253  Human Nature and Human Diversity (4)

  01:730:328  Philosophy of Psychology (3)

  01:730:329  Minds, Machines, and Persons (3)

  01:730:360  Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science (3)

  01:730:412  Epistemology (3)

  01:730:418  Philosophy of Mind (3)

  01:730:419  Philosophy of Perception (3)

  01:730:420  Philosophy of Language (3)

  01:730:422  Philosophy of Logic (3)

  01:730:424  The Logic of Decision (3)

  01:730:425  Philosophy of Science (3)

  01:730:428  Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology (3)

  01:830:201  Principles of Cognitive Science (3)

  01:830:301  Sensation and Perception (3)

  01:830:303  Memory (3)

  01:830:305  Cognition (3)

  01:830:307  Perception in Cognitive Science (3)

  01:830:310  Neuropsychology (3)

  01:830:311  Conditioning and Learning (3)

  01:830:313  Physiological Psychology (3)

  01:830:351  Psychology of Language I (3)

  01:830:353  Language Acquisition (3)

  01:830:361  Developmental Psychobiology (3)

  01:830:363  Behavioral Pharmacology (3)

  01:830:401  Advanced Topics in Human Cognition (3)

  01:830:402  Advanced Topics in Human Cognition (3)

  01:830:410  Advanced Topics in Psychobiology (3)

  01:830:411  Advanced Topics in Psychobiology (3)

  01:830:412  Neuropsychopharmacology (3)

  01:830:463  Behavioral Pharmacology (3)

  01:830:480  Advanced Topics in Visual Perception (3)

  01:960:384  Intermediate Statistical Analysis (3)

  14:125:405  Introduction to Neural Processes Bio/Artificial (3)

  14:125:410  Sensory Processes, Mechanisms, and Computer Models (3)


Additional Requirements for the Minor


  1. Grades of C or better must be earned in all courses counted toward the minor.

  2. No more than 4 credits at the 100 level may be counted toward the minor.

  3. At least half of the credits used toward the minor must be at the 300 level or above.

  4. No more than half of the credits used toward the minor may be taken from any one department.

  5.  No more than two courses from any one department (major or nonmajor curriculum) may count toward the minor with the exception of cognitive science (curriculum 185).

Students who wish to declare a minor in cognitive science should do so either at the same time or after they have declared a major field of study. Either before or immediately after declaring the cognitive science minor, students must take 01:185:201 Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Introduction and/or 185:301 Cognition and Decision Making and/or 185:320 Research Methods in Cognitive Science and/or 185:410 Language and Cognition and/or 01:185:411 Advanced Topics In Cognitive Science I, and a formal/analytic methods course. Students should be aware that many of the courses listed have prerequisites and not all of the courses are offered each semester. Students should contact the departments that offer courses to learn about prerequisites and course schedules.

The cognitive science program committee, under the direction of the undergraduate program director(s), will advise students about selection of courses, mentors, and research/independent study projects. Students may petition the undergraduate program director to have alternate courses count as formal/analytic or elective courses.

For additional information about the cognitive science minor, please contact Sue Cosentino at 848-445-1625 or suecos@ruccs.rutgers.edu; email the undergraduate director(s) at undergrad@ruccs.rutgers.edu; or consult the cognitive science undergraduate webpage at http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/ruccs/index.php/academics/undergraduate-minor-post-jan-1-2015.

 
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