A graduate certificate in the exciting and fast-growing interdisciplinary field of Cognitive Science can be earned by completing 12 credits selected from among five distinct areas of contemporary inquiry: Cognition and Computation; Philosophy and Cognition, Psychology and Cognition, Language and Cognition and Neuroscience and Cognition.
The course list below is organized into these five groupings. Both PhD candidates and Master’s degree candidates from any department are eligible for certification. The interdisciplinary curriculum of the Certificate Program is drawn from existing courses within the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Linguistics. Of the four required courses (a minimum of 12 credit hours), the Certificate Program requires that at least two courses (a minimum of 6 credit hours) must be taken outside of the student’s home graduate program.
Computation and Cognition
• EECS 492 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• EECS 545 Machine Learning
• EECS 592 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
• PSY 643 Theory of Neural Computation
• PSY/EECS 644 Computational Modelling of Cognition
• PSY 721 Mathematical Psychology
• PSY 808 Complexity and Emergence
Language and Cognition
• LING 512 Intro to Phonetics
• LING 513 Introduction to Phonology
• LING 515 Generative Syntax
• LING 541/EECS 595/SI 561 Natural Language Processing
• PSY 547 Experimental Methods in Language Processing Research
• LING 612 Advanced Phonetics
• LING 613 Advanced Phonology
• LING 615 Advanced Syntax
• LING 815 Seminar in Syntax
• LING 812 Seminar in Phonetics
• LING 514 Semantics and Pragmatics
• LING 614 Advanced Semantics
• PSY 745/LING 745 Psychology of Language
• LING/PSY 756 Development of Language and Communication Skills
• PSY 808 Analyzing Language Corpora
• PSY 808 Seminar in Psycholinguistics
• PSY 808 Seminar in Second Language Acquisition
Neuroscience and Cognition
• PSY 643 Theory of Neural Computation
• PSY 741 Basic Processes in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
• PSY 758 Developmental Neuroscience of Human Behavior
• PSY 840/BioMed 499 Introduction to Functional FMRI
• PSY 841 Designing and Analyzing Functional MRI Experiments
• PSY 958 Developmental Population Neuroscience
• PSY 988 Genetics for Behavioral and Social Sciences
• PSY 808 Neurophysiology of Decision-Making
Philosophy and Cognition
400 level Philosophy courses are already approved for graduate credit which can be earned only if the student meets extra work requirements as specified by the Instructor
• PHIL 409 Philosophy of Language
• PHIL 443 Rational Choice
• PHIL 482 Phil of Mind
Courses that may be counted, depending on content and by petition:
• PHIL 413 Formal Methods
• PHIL 414 Mathematical Logic
• PHIL 420 Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 429 Ethical Analysis
Certificate candidates with more Philosophy background can take the following 500 and 600 level courses
• PHIL 615 Philosophy of Language (a Weinberg funded seminar)
Courses that may be counted, depending on content and by petition:
• PHIL 576 Topics in Social-Political Philosophy
• PHIL 602 Philosophy of Science
• PHIL 616 Philosophy of Mathematics
• PHIL 640 Seminar in Ethics
Psychology and Cognition
• PSY 741 Sensory Processes
• PSY 743 Human Learning and Memory
• PSY 747 Models of Thinking
• PSY 748 Complex Cognitive Processes
• PSY 751 Cognitive Development
• PSY 958 Learning, Thinking & Problem-Solving
