Trinity University

The minor in Cognitive Science gives students the opportunity to study the nature of cognition from the point of view of several related disciplines. Psychology, philosophy, and computer science share a common interest in the nature of knowledge, the means by which it is stored, acquired, and retrieved, the commonalities shared by biological and electronic information processing entities, and the ways knowledge is used in thinking and problem solving. The minor allows students to bring the theories and methods of these various disciplines to bear on a common set of problems.

 

 

I. Core Courses (9 hours):

CSCI 3344 (Artificial Intelligence)*
PHIL 3331 (Philosophy of Mind)
PSYC 2330 (Fundamentals of Cognition)

* For students minoring in Cognitive Science, instructors have agreed to waive prerequisites other than CSCI 1320 for this course.

II. Elective Courses (9 hours):

At least one course must be chosen from the following:

PSYC 3311 (Sensation and Perception)
PSYC 3331 (Memory and Cognition)

The remaining hours may be chosen from the following:

CSCI 3-90 (Directed Study)*
CSCI 3291 (Current Topics in Computer Science)*
NEUR 2310 (Introduction to Neuroscience)
PHIL 2340 (Symbolic Logic I)
PHIL 3-90 (Directed Studies)*
PSYC 3-61 (Reading and Research)*
PSYC 3321 (Cognitive Development)
PSYC 3368 (Supervised Research)*

* with approval of the topic by the Chair of the Cognitive Science Committee

 

 

See the "Requirements" tab.

FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CURTIS BROWN, Ph.D., Professor, Philosophy; Chair

 

PAULA T. HERTEL, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology

 

JANE B. CHILDERS, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Psychology

 

J. PAUL MYERS, JR., Ph.D., Professor, Computer Science

 

YU ZHANG, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science