COGSCI-MN - Cognitive Science

Program Website

The minor in cognitive science is an interdisciplinary minor focused on the study of the mind and the nature of cognition and intelligence, from the perspectives of psychology and philosophy, and potentially (depending upon which courses students elect to take) other disciplines including computer science, neuroscience, linguistics, or mathematics. Topics include the nature of cognition, consciousness, perception, memory, emotion, language acquisition, reasoning, decision-making and behavior, using tools from neuroscience, computer modelling, neural networks, artificial intelligence and formal logic.

A minimum of nine credit hours must be unique to this minor and may not count toward the fulfillment of other majors/minors (i.e., only three courses can double-count toward this minor and all other minors/majors combined).