COGSCI-MN - Cognitive Science
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The cognitive science minor requires five courses (15 credit hours) from the lists below. Students take one introductory course, one theoretical foundation course, one empirical foundation course, one interdisciplinary bridge course, and one elective course. 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). These courses must be distributed as follows:
At most one course from the following:
- 0265661
- 0138411
- 0211041
- 0145921
- 0146031
- 0146821
Note: Each of the available empirical foundation courses requires PSYC 1300 or instructor permission as a prerequisite (and PSYC 1300 is also a prerequisite for other optional courses in the minor), so it is advisable to take PSYC 1300. Some other optional courses may have their own prerequisites. Consult with the program adviser for additional guidance.
These courses introduce students to central theoretical and philosophical issues at the heart of cognitive science and bring together explanations at different levels and/or from different academic disciplines. This theoretical background serves as a springboard for further specialization and helps to provide scaffolding to draw together other courses in this interdisciplinary minor. Students must choose at least one course from this list:
- 0138701
- 0246971
- 0270281
- 0270051
The following courses introduce students to important empirical approaches in cognitive science, including some central empirical findings and research. Through such courses, students should develop a sophisticated understanding of how empirical research in cognitive science is carried out. Students must choose at least one course from this list:
- 0146181
- 0147041
- 0147011
The following interdisciplinary courses each illustrate how issues in cognitive science can be beneficially approached by work drawing from multiple disciplines within cognitive science. Many of these courses have prerequisites not directly included in this minor, so may be ideal only for students who have relevant preparation or are willing to take extra prerequisites. Students must choose at least one course from this list.
Note: Some courses are listed as both foundations and interdisciplinary, but students may not count a single course as both. All students must take three separate courses to meet these three requirements.
- 0265691
- 0046401
- 0246971
- 0255751
- 0270281
- 0270051
- 0269801
- 0147011
- 0267431
These courses each contribute in important ways to cognitive science, but are specialized or advanced in ways that kept them from fitting earlier in the encouraged progression for the minor. Depending on whether students opt to count an introductory course towards the minor, one to two courses will remain. For the remaining course(s), students must choose an elective course from any of the non-introductory lists, including this list of other electives.
- 0000851
- 0261271
- 0268111
- 0268171
- 0274371
- 0274611
- 0138571
- 0138671
- 0265871
- 0147031
- 0231911