Cognitive Science (Minor Program)

Dr. Ronald P. Endicott, Program Director
Department of Philosophy and Religion
NCSU Box 8103
Phone: (919) 515-6195
Email:  ron_endicott@ncsu.edu

Cognitive Science is an area of interdisciplinary research that seeks to understand the nature, processes, and evolution of mind. The Cognitive Science Program is administered by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and supported by a strong faculty drawn from the fields of Psychology, Neurobiology, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy. The program thus fosters development of ideas and theories within the disciplines of Cognitive Science, for example, theories of rational agency, logical reasoning, cognitive processing, computational psychology, artificial intelligence, neurobiology, and the evolution of cognitive systems.

Requirements:  Graduate students who minor in Cognitive Science must complete a minimum of nine hours of courses (or more as determined by the student’s committee), with a grade of B or better, distributed as follows.

One core courses (3 hrs):

PHI/PSY 525 Introduction to Cognitive Science  

Two additional courses (6 hrs) outside the degree-granting program from the following:

PSY 500 Visual Perception
PSY 502 Physiological Psychology
PSY 508 Cognitive Processes
PHI 540 The Scientific Method
CSC 520 Artificial Intelligence I
CSC 522 Automated Learning and Data Analysis
CSC 523 Computational Linguistics
CSC 707 Automata, Languages and Computability Theory
CSC 720 Artificial Intelligence II
ENG 524 Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 584 Studies in Linguistics
ZO 588 Neurobiology

Any student who has previously completed the equivalent of the above core course for credit toward another degree (e.g., PHI/PSY 425 as an undergraduate) is required to complete an additional course (3 hours) from the above list.

Up to three credits of equivalent graduate course work may be accepted in the place of one course on the list above, subject to the approval of the Director for the Cognitive Science Program.