Cognitive Science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and cognition. It uses approaches and insights from psychology, computer science, philosophy, neuroscience, and linguistics, among other disciplines to develop information processing accounts of cognitive and mental functions. 
Students pursuing a major in Cognitive Science will become familiar with the basic approaches of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, computer science, and linguistics. Electives will allow students to gain specialized knowledge in a particular problem area of cognitive science. With guidance of an advisor in the program, the student will design a course of study concentrating on a particular problem that can be tackled by a variety of methods, such as computer simulations of psychological processes, computational linguistics, philosophy, and psychology

David Kraemer, Chair

Jonathan Phillips, Undergraduate Major Advisor 26-27

Note that core courses *cannot* be NRO'd and no course can count as contributing to the major with a NR.

Please click on the informative VIDEOS below for more information about the Cognitive Science major.

Why Cognitive Science (watch Prof Phillips here)
Where do I start? - Curriculum information