Cognitive Science, B.A.

In addition to adhering to General Education and School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Requirements , the Cognitive Science major, B.A., requires 50-52 units (some of which simultaneously meet general education requirements). Courses in the major must be taken for a letter grade, and may not be taken on a pass/no pass basis unless the course is only offered on a pass/no pass basis. All major course requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

Lower Division Major Requirements [22-24 Units]

COGS 001: Introduction to Cognitive Science [4 units]

Two additional introductory courses chosen from the following:

COGS 005: Introduction to Language and Linguistics [4 units] *
ECON 001: Introduction to Economics [4 units] ^*
PHIL 001: Introduction to Philosophy [4 units] ^†
PSY 001: Introduction to Psychology [4 units] ^*
* Meets Social Science course outside of major General Education requirement.

† Meets Humanities, Arts or Foreign Language course outside of major General Education requirement.

Complete the following two courses:

PSY 010: Analysis of Psychological Data [4 units] ‡
ECON 010 or MATH 032 may also be considered by petition.
MATH 011: Calculus I [4 units] or equivalent ‡
‡ Meets Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement

An introductory lower division computing course, such as:

CSE 005: Introduction to Computer Applications [4 units]
CSE 020: Introduction to Computing I [2 units]

Upper Division Major Requirements [28 Units]

COGS 101: Mind, Brain, and Computation [4 units]
COGS 105: Research Methods for Cognitive Scientists [4 units]
At least four additional upper division courses in Cognitive Science* [16 units]
One additional upper division course in Cognitive Science, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Arts, Management, Economics, Biology or Computer Science and Engineering [4 units]
*One upper division course in Philosophy may be substituted.

One semester of lab-based research is encouraged, but not required.

Examples include:

COGS 095: Lower Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units]
COGS 098: Lower Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units]
COGS 099: Lower Division Individual Study [1-5 units]
COGS 195: Upper Division Undergraduate Research [1-5 units]
COGS 198: Upper Division Directed Group Study [1-5 units]
COGS 199: Upper Division Individual Study [1-5 units]

Transfer Students

Transfer students planning to major in Cognitive Science, B.A. should complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) at their community college. Transfer students may not be admitted to the Cognitive Science major without specific major preparation. Please contact the Office of Admissions for current information.

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