Minor in Cognitive Science
Contact Robert Van Gulick, Director, 522 Hall of Languages, 315-443-5828;
rnvangul@syr.edu.
Faculty T. Bhatia, H. Blair, M. Brown, G. Greenberg, M. Howard, W. Hoyer, J. Kornfilt, L. Lewandowski, A. Lewis, T. McKay, W. Ritchie, M. Sliwiniki, J. Sturr, R. Van Gulick, P. Verhaeghen.
The minor in cognitive science offers study in recent interdisciplinary research on cognition. Relevant courses are offered in several departments and colleges, including the L.C. Smith
College of Engineering and Computer Science and the linguistics, philosophy, and psychology departments within the College of Arts and Sciences. Students may pursue study in cognitive science either by enrolling in the interdisciplinary minor or by majoring in selected studies in cognitive science (see selected studies). Faculty advisers are available within each of these units to help students plan a course of study and include W. Hoyer, Department of Psychology, 475 Huntington Hall, 315-443-3663; W. Ritchie, Department of Linguistics, 313 H.B. Crouse Hall, 315-443-4200; and H. Blair, L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, 3-116 Center for Science and Technology, 315-443-3565.
REQUIREMENTS
The minor requires 18 credits, according to the following distribution:
Students take the core course
COG 301 Introduction to Cognitive Science. In addition, students take at least four courses, chosen from at least three of the four areas below:
Cognitive Processes
Conceptual Foundations
Formal Systems
Linguistics
To complete the minor in cognitive science, students take an additional cognitive science course, either a fifth course chosen from those listed above or, with the advisor’s approval, a credit-bearing independent study course (
COG 490).