Appendices

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  1. Student Survey for Cognitive Science Minor
  2. Recruiter Survey for Cognitive Science Minor
  3. Letters of Assurance
  4. Pre-Requisites and Sample Programs
  5. Comparison of Cognitive Science Programs in New Jersey
  6. Library Holdings and Expenditures in Cognitive Science
  7. Advising Sheet for the Cognitive Science Minor

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Appendix 1. Student Survey for Cognitive Science Minor

The Psychology and Linguistics Departments are considering development of a minor in Cognitive Science that might be approved and in place by the fall of 2000. The program would provide undergraduate education in the inter-disciplinary field that studies intelligent behavior using the methods of Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science.

The objective of the program would be to provide the tools for evaluating research in Cognitive Science. These tools include experimental methods, the analysis of complex behavior, and computational modeling. Success in achieving the objective of the program will be assessed in a senior research paper. Graduates would qualify for advanced study in Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Communication Sciences and Cognitive Science. Because of their unique combination of technical, analytical, computational, and communication skills, graduates can compete for positions in technical training and writing; data representation, analysis, and retrieval; telecommunications; and other fields.

Proposed Curriculum

In the Cognitive Science minor, there would be three required courses, plus three electives OUTSIDE your major.

Required Courses:Introduction to Cognitive Science
 Quantitative Methods in Psychology
 Experimental Psychology
Sample Electives:Foundations of Computer Science I, II
 Syntax
 Natural Language Processing
 Language and Mind
 Cognition
 Perception
 Physiological Psychology
 Psycholinguistics
 Human Learning and Memory
 Advanced Statistics
 Independent Research in Cognitive Science
 Seminar in Cognitive Science

We would like to assess the level of interest in this program among students at Montclair State University. Would you please indicate your current degree program, your interest in pursuing a minor in Cognitive Science at Montclair State, and your interest in attending graduate school?

I. Currently enrolled in (check one):
_____B.A. in Psychology _____B.A. in Philosophy
_____B.S. in Computer Science _____B.A. in Linguistics
_____Other Program (Please be specific)

II. Please check below to indicate your view of a minor in Cognitive Science.
_____I am interested in a minor in Cognitive Science and can imagine enrolling in such a program at Montclair State University.
_____I am not interested in a minor in Cognitive Science at this time, but might be interested at some point in the future.
_____I am not interested in a minor in Cognitive Science.

III. Please check a statement to indicate your plans for graduate school.
_____I am planning on attending graduate school in Psychology, Linguistics, Philosophy, Communication Sciences, or Cognitive Science.
_____I am planning on attending graduate school in some other field.
_____I am not interested in attending graduate school.

IV. Please check one: _____Male _____Female

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Appendix 2. Recruiter Survey for Cognitive Science Minor

The Psychology and Linguistics Departments at Montclair State University are developing a minor in Cognitive Science. The program will provide undergraduate education in the inter-disciplinary field that studies intelligent behavior using the methods of Psychology, Linguistics, and Computer Science.

The objective of the program will be to provide the tools for evaluating research in Cognitive Science. These tools include experimental methods, the analysis of complex behavior, and computational modeling. Cognitive Science students will provide a bridge between the technical skills of computer programming, the analytical skills of statistics and experimental design, and communication skills of liberal arts majors. Because of their unique combination of skills, graduates can compete for positions in technical training and writing; data representation, analysis, and retrieval; telecommunications; and other fields.

In the Cognitive Science minor, there would be the three required courses listed below, plus three advanced electives OUTSIDE the student's major. In addition to the three required courses, Psychology majors would take either two Computer Science courses and one Linguistics course from the sample electives listed below, or one Computer Science course and two Linguistics courses. Linguistics majors would take either two Computer Science courses and one Psychology course, or one Computer Science course and two Psychology courses.

Required Courses:Introduction to Cognitive Science
 Quantitative Methods in Psychology
 Experimental Psychology
Sample Electives:Foundations of Computer Science I, II
 Artificial Intelligence
 Syntax
 Natural Language Processing
 Language and Mind
 Cognition
 Perception
 Physiological Psychology
 Psycholinguistics
 Human Learning and Memory
 Advanced Statistics
 Cooperative Education in Cognitive Science
 Independent Research in Cognitive Science
 Seminar in Cognitive Science

To help us assess interest in this program, please answer the following:

  1. Would students with a Cognitive Science minor have an advantage in the recruiting process among the students you hire from Montclair State University?
    _____Yes
    _____No
  2. What is the major focus of your business?
    _____Information Technology
    _____Consulting
    _____Pharmaceuticals
    _____Insurance
    _____Financial
    _____Communications
    _____Other (please specify): _________________________

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Appendix 3. Letters of Assurance 

Department of Communication Sciences


Subject: Cognitive Science Proposal
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:27:05 -0400
From: "Joseph Attanasio" 
To: TownsendD@mail.montclair.edu

Dr. David Townsend
Psychology Department
Montclair State University

Dear Dave,

Forgive me for being so late in responding to the cognitive science
proposal.  I wanted to read the proposal carefully before responding but
end-of-semester tasks caused a delay.  I have now read the proposal and
discussed it with some of my colleagues in Communication Sciences and
Disorders.  The proposal is exciting and impressive and I can offer you
the assurance that the Department of Communication Sciences and
Disorders supports it.  There is a strong interdisciplinary relationship
between cognitive science and several aspects of the program
concentrations in my department and an alliance with the proposed
cognitive science minor would be welcomed.

The two CS&D courses, Speech and Language Acquisition and The
Neurophysiological Bases of Communication, that would become
distributional electives in the cognitive science program are offered
once a year on a regular basis. Students seeking a minor in cognitive
science would certainly be able to take the courses if they have
fulfilled the catalog pre-requisites and if there is space.  I do not
anticipate any difficulty in providing the courses to your students.

I look forward to the implementation of the cognitive science program
and to the possibility of broadening CS&D's course offerings at some
future point.

I hope that this electronic letter is sufficient.  Please let me know if
you need a paper copy.

Sincerely,

Joseph S. Attanasio, Chair
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

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 Department of Computer Science
Subject: Re: Cognitive Science: Enrollments & Governance
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 14:15:57 -0400
From: Dorothy Deremer 
Organization: Montclair State University
To: David Townsend 
CC: bredlauc@mail.montclair.edu,
     Vaughn Vandegrift 

> David,

    I hope the following responses will clarify our commitment to the
Cognitive Science minor at MSU.
Dorothy

>
>
> 1. Enrollments. Dr. Fordyce is concerned about having explicit reference
> to your willingness to accommodate 5-10 Cognitive Science students in
> Foundations of Computer Science I each semester.

        We are willing to accomodate 5-10 Cognitive Science students in
Foundations of Computer Science I, CMPT183, each semester as long as these
students meet the pre-requisitives as indicated in the MSU Undergraduate
Catalog and register in a timely fashion.

> 2. Governance.  Since we wish to emphasize the inter-disciplinary nature
> of Cognitive Science, we propose to house the program jointly in the
> departments that offer courses in the program.  Thus, we anticipate a
> Steering Committee for Cognitive Science that will consist of 1 or 2
> faculty members from each of the participating departments (Computer
> Science, Communication Sciences, Linguistics, and Psychology).  The
> Steering Committee will meet about once a month to deal with admissions,
> governance, standards, scheduling, recruitment, and advisement.  We expect
> that one of the first concerns of the Steering Committee will be how we
> can encourage Cognitive Science students to take more traditional science
> courses.  We have assent to this arrangement from Communications Sciences,
> Linguistics, and Psychology.  Do you wish to have Computer Science
> representation on the Steering Committee?

        We would prefer to have an MSU Computer Science representative on
the Steering Committee.  Please note that our resources are very strained
and thus our ability to engage in activities including the recruitment and
advising students outside of CS is limited.  I will attend the first meeting
on September 28th and look for another CS faculty member to attend future
Steering Committee meetings.


Dr. Dorothy Deremer, Chairperson
Department of Computer Science
(P) 973 655 4166, (F) 973 655 4164
deremerd@mail.montclair.edu

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Department of Linguistics



Dr. David Townsend
Psychology Department
Montclair State University

Dear Dave,

	I have read the proposal for a minor in Cognitive Science and discussed
it with my colleagues in Linguistics.  The proposal is sound and we support it
with enthusiasm!  We welcome the opportunity to participate in an
interdisciplinary program with Psychology and Computer Science that capitalizes
on existing interconnections among these fields of study.
	Five currently offered Linguistics courses will contribute to the
Cognitive Science minor by serving as electives.  These courses are: 

LNGN 300	Syntax 
LNGN 301	Semantics 
LNGN 302	Pragmatics 
LNGN 380	Natural Language Processing
LNGN 420	Language and Mind

	The first three of these classes form part of the undergraduate major in
Linguistics and are offered once every academic year.  The last two serve as
electives for undergraduate majors in Linguistics and are not part of a regular
rotation of courses, although they are offered frequently.  As demand for these
courses increases, the Linguistics Department will offer them more frequently.
	We look forward to the approval and implementation of the Cognitive
Science minor.  If I can provide more information or be of other service in the
approval process, please do not hesitate to contact me.


Sincerely,



Mary Emily Call, Chair
Linguistics

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Appendix 4. Pre-requisites and Sample Programs 

Number	Course			Pre-requisites	Pre-reqs on Pre-reqs
REQUIRED FOR MINOR:
PSYC 290 	Introduction to		ANTH 100 or CMPT 183 or 
		Cognitive Science	LNGN 210 or PHIL 100 or PSYC 101
				
PSYC 220	Quantitative Meth	PSYC 101 or PSYC 290
						
PSYC 301	Experimental Psych	PSYC 220 AND PSYC 203 or PSYC 290
						
	
ELECTIVES FOR MINOR: (select 3 from at least 2 departments outside major,
no more than 1 from Psychology)

CMPT 183	Fdnts of Comp Sci I	MATH 112 or high school pre-calc

CMPT 184	Fdnts of Comp Sci II	CMPT 183			Precalculus

CMPT 280 	Assm Lang & Cmptr Arc	CMPT 184 & MATH 221		MATH 122		

CMPT 285	Disc Math Structures	CMPT 183			Precalculus
										
CMPT 287 	Data Structures & Alg	CMPT 184 & CMPT 285		CMPT 183

CMPT 384	Systems Software 	CMPT 280 & CMPT 287		CMPT 184, MATH 221,
CMPT 285

CMPT 388	Fdtns of Artif Intell	CMPT 384			CMPT 280 & CMPT 287

CS&D 410 	Neuro Bases of Comm	senior standing	

CS&D 500 	Speech & Lang Acq	senior standing

LNGN 300	Syntax 			LNGN 210 or *perm dept

LNGN 301 	Semantics 		LNGN 300			LNGN 210 or *perm dept

LNGN 302	Pragmatics		LNGN 300			LNGN 210 or *perm dept

LNGN 380	Natural Lang Process	none

LNGN 420	Language and Mind 	LNGN 210 or PSYC290

PHIL 266	Philosophy of Science 	none

PHIL 270	Philosophy of Mind	none

PSYC 305 	Physiological Psych	PSYC 301			PSYC 220 & PSYC 290

PSYC 308 	Perception		PSYC 301			PSYC 220 & PSYC 290

PSYC 313	Cognition 		PSYC 301			PSYC 220 & PSYC 290

PSYC 340 	Human Learn & Memory 	PSYC 301			PSYC 220 & PSYC 290

PSYC 348 	Psycholinguistics 	PSYC 301 			PSYC 220 & PSYC 290		

PSYC 490	Sem in Cogn Science 	PSYC 290, PSYC 301, 		PSYC 220 & PSYC 290
					& PSYC 313 or LNGN 300, 
					or LNGN 380 or LNGN 420

All Montclair State students can complete the six courses for the Minor in Cognitive Science in four semesters. To show this, we provide some sample four-semester programs of study depending on the student's major. The method of fulfilling pre-requisites for each course is in parentheses. These sample programs of study are for illustration only; other programs are possible.

Cognitive Science Minors must fulfill a distributional requirement of three Cognitive Science courses outside their major: these courses must be from at least two departments. In addition, no more than one advanced elective from Psychology may count toward the minor. Since there are four departments that offer courses in the program, there are several "tracks" depending on the student's interest and major. In the tables below we identify tracks by placing the "two-course" department in capitals and the "one-course" department in lower case. For example, a student who majors in Psychology and completes the distributional requirement by taking two courses in Computer Science and one in Communication Sciences is in the "CMP,csd" track. Note that programs of study may include Cognitive Science electives from three departments; for example, a Philosophy major may use PSYC 348, LNGN 380, and CS&D 410 to fulfill the distributional requirement.

Sample Programs for Psychology Majors 

			Year 1				Year 2		
Track		Fall		Spring		Fall			Spring

CMP,csd: 	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			CSD520
		(PSY101)	(PSY101)	(PSY220 & PSY203)	(senior)

	
		CMP183		CMP184		-			-
		(Precalculus)	(CMP183)

CSD,lng:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			CSD500
		(PSY101)	(PSY101)	(Psy220 & PSY203)	(senior)

		-		LNG380		CSD410			-
						(senior)

LNG,cmp:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			-
		(PSY101)	(PSY101)	(PSY220 & PSY203)

	 	CMP183		-		LNG300			LNG301
	 	(Precalculus)			(PSY290)		(LNG300)

Sample Programs for Linguistics Majors 

			  Year 1			 Year 2		
Track		Fall		Spring		Fall			Spring

CMP,csd:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			CSD500
		(LNG210)	(PSYC 290)	(PSY220)		(senior)

		CMP183		CMP184		-			-
		(Precalculus)	(CMP183)


CSD,psy:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			PSY313
		(LNG210)	(PSYC 290)	(PSY220 & PSYC 290)	(PSY301)

	  	-		-		CSD410			CSD500	
						(senior)		(senior)

CSD,cmp:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			CSD500
		(LNG210)	(PSY290)	(PSY220)

		CMP183		-		CSD410
		(Precalculus)			(senior)

Sample Programs for Computer Science Majors 

			  Year 1			Year 2		
Track		Fall		Spring		Fall			Spring

CSD,psy:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			PSY313 
		(CMP183)	(PSY 290)	(PSY220 & PSY 290)	(PSY301)	

		-		-		CSD410			CSD500
						(senior)		(senior)


CSD,lng:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			LNG380
		(CMP183)	(PSY 290)	(PSY220 & PSY 290)	-

	  	-		-		CSD410			CSD500
						(senior)		(senior)	     	


LNG,psy:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			PSY313
		(CMP183)	(PSY290)	(PSY220 & PSY 290)	(PSY301)

		-		-		LNG300			LNG301
						(PSY290)		(LNG300)

Sample Programs for Philosophy/Anthropology Majors 

			Year 1				Year 2
Track		Fall		Spring		Fall			Spring

CSD,psy:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			PSY313 
		(PHL/ANT100)	(PSY290)	(PSY220 & PSY290)	(PSY301)	

		-		-		CSD410			CSD500
						(senior)		(senior)


CMP,lng:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			LNG380 
		(PHL/ANT100)	(PSY290)	(PSY220 & PSY290)	-

		CMP183		CMP184		-			-	
		(Precalculus)	(CMP183)
	

LNG,psy:	PSY290		PSY220		PSY301			PSY313
		(PHL/ANT100)	(PSY290)	(PSY220 & *PSY290)	(PSY301)

	   	-		-		LNG300			LNG301
			    			(PSY290)		(LNG300)

Sample Programs for All Other Majors 

			Year 1				Year 2		
Track		Fall		Spring		Fall			Spring               


LNG,csd:	LNG210		PSY290		PSY220			PSY301	  
		-		(LNG210)	(PSY290)		(PSY220 & PSY290)

		-		-		LNG300			LNG301
						(LNG210)		(LNG300)

		-		-		-			CSD500
									(senior)

CMP,lng:	LNG210		PSY290		PSY220			PSY301
(No Precalculus -		(LNG210)	(PSY290)		(PSY220 & PSY290)
in high school)
		MTH112		CMP183	  	CMP184			-
		  		(MTH112)	(CMP183)

		-		-		LNG300			-
						(PSY290)

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Appendix 5. Public, Undergraduate Cognitive Science/Studies Programs in New Jersey

Currently, the only undergraduate Cognitive Science Program at a Public University in New Jersey is the Cognitive Science minor at Rutgers, New Brunswick.

This seems like a program that allows a student to add a "cognitive science" attribute to his program. The principal statement of the program focuses on research. However, this research component is strongly tied to experimental psychology, since the one, non-required, research course has a co-requisite of an experimental psychology laboratory. This program thus seems most like a device to allow a psychology student to add a statement that the student has advanced analytical (very desirable) skills.

Montclair Cognitive Science minor (this proposal)

This is a program that has a strong core of courses in experimental psychology, with electives in communications sciences, Computer Science, Linguistics, and Psychology. The focus, more than any other, is on the analytical skills which will be required in Cognitive Science and Linguistics courses, and which will be a strong preparation for graduate work in Linguistics, Philosophy, English, speech pathology, or Psychology as well as readily usable in a variety of job settings which do not demand high level computer skills, but include a variety of analytic and modeling activities.

Rutgers Cognitive Science minor

Source: Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science
(June 24,1999 b).

General Description of the Minor Program

Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship concerned with understanding the nature and development of such intelligent capacities as perception, language, reasoning, planning, problem-solving, and related skills, whether these capacities are instantiated in biological or artificial systems. The goal of the Cognitive Science minor is to provide a structured way for undergraduates to study and carry out research in cognitive science with guidance from faculty members affiliated with the Program in Cognitive Science. Any undergraduate may pursue a minor in cognitive science, regardless of his or her major. The interdisciplinary Cognitive Science minor is likely to be of particular interest to undergraduates majoring in fields that are directly related to cognitive science (e.g., computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, biological sciences, mathematics, statistics, biomathematics, communication, and engineering).

Minor Program Requirements

The interdisciplinary minor in Cognitive Science consists of six courses, distributed as follows:

1. 01:185:201: Cognitive Science: A Multi-disciplinary Introduction (3)
Note: This course is currently scheduled to be Spring semester only.

2. One course devoted to formal or analytic methods used in cognitive science (3 or 4 credits).

The following courses automatically count towards the formal/analytic requirement:

01:198:111: Introduction to Computer Science (4)
01:198:112: Data structures (4)
01:198:205: Introduction to Discrete Structures I (4)
01:198:206: Introduction to Discrete Structures II (4)
01:615:305: Syntax (3)
01:615:315: Phonology (3)
01:615:325: Semantics (3)
01:615:411: Morphology (3)
01:640:300: Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning (3)
01:730:201: Introduction to Logic (3)
01:730:315: Applied Symbolic Logic (3)
01:730:407: Intermediate Logic I (3)
01:730:408: Intermediate Logic II (3)
01:830:472: Artificial Intelligence & Psychology (3)
01:960:379: Basic Probability and Statistics (3)
01:960:381: Introduction to the Theory of Statistics (3)
01:960:382: Introduction to the Theory of Statistics (3)

3. Four additional elective courses. Any of the computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology courses listed as approved "formal/analytic" courses may be counted as elective courses.

The following additional courses automatically count towards the elective requirement:

01:119:255: Fundamentals of Neurobiology (3)
01:119:302: Computers in Biology (3)
01:119:440: Neuroanatomy and Anthropogenesis (4)
01:119:447: Advanced Neuroscience (3)
01:185:495: Research in Cognitive Science (3)
01:198:314: Principles of Programming Languages (4)
01:198:344: Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms (4)
01:198:415: Compilers (4)
01:198:440: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (4)
01:198:452: Formal Languages and Automata (3)
01:615:201: Introduction to Linguistic Theory (3)
01:615:330: Historical Linguistics (3)
01:615:340: Romance Linguistics (3)
01:615:350: Language and Context (3)
01:615:360: Theories of Language (3)
01:615:421: Language Typology (3)
01:615:441: Linguistics and Cognitive Science (3)
01:730:328: Philosophy of Psychology (3)
01:730:329: Minds, Machines and Persons (3)
01:730:360: Philosophical Aspects of Cognitive Science (3)
01:730:418: Philosophy of Mind (3)
01:730:420: Philosophy of Language (3)
01:730:422: Philosophy of Logic (3)
01:730:424: The Logic of Decision (3)
01:730:428: Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology (3)
01:830:201: Principles of Cognitive Science (3)
01:830:301: Sensation and Perception (3)
01:830:303: Memory and Attention (3)
01:830:305: Cognition (3) (Course formerly titled "Thinking")
01:830:307: Perception in Cognitive Science (3)
01:830:311: Conditioning and Learning (3)
01:830:313: Physiological Psychology (3)
01:830:351: Psychology of Language I (3)
01:830:352: Computational Psycholinguistics (3)
01:830:353: Language Acquisition (3)
This course list will be updated periodically as appropriate.

Additional requirements:

1. Grades of C or better must be earned in all courses counted toward the minor.
2. No more than 1 course at the 100-level may be counted towards the minor.
3. At least 3 of the 6 courses counted towards the minor must be at the 300-level or above.
4. No more than 3 elective courses may be taken from any one department.
5. The same course cannot be used to fulfill both the formal/analytic and elective requirements.
6. Courses taken within a student's major field of study cannot be used to fulfill the elective requirement unless special permission is granted by the Undergraduate Program Director in Cognitive Science.

Program Director: Ernest Lepore
For more information about the Undergraduate Minor in Cognitive Science contact: admin@ruccs.rutgers.edu

Cognitive Science Minor Program - Course Offerings

The courses below are offered in the subject area of Cognitive Science. Other courses satisfying the requirements of the minor are offered in areas such as Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology and others. Click here for the current semester's course offerings.

01:185:201 Cognitive Science: A Multi-disciplinary Introduction (3)
Note: This course currently scheduled to be Spring semester only.
Pre- or Corequisite: a course in computer science, linguistics, philosophy, or psychology,or permission of the instructor
Introduction to computational, linguistic,philosophical, and psychological approaches taken within cognitive science, through a survey of topics such as reasoning, language, and vision

Research in Cog Sci is listed as: 01:185:495 (more info)
Special Permission Required, contact Trish Anderson at 445-0635 or email: trish@ruccs.rutgers.edu

Declaring a Minor in Cognitive Science

Students who wish to declare a minor in Cognitive Science should do so either at the same time or after they have declared a major field of study. Either before or immediately after declaring the Cognitive Science minor, students must take Cognitive Science 201 (01:185:201) and a formal/analytic methods course. Students should be aware that many of the courses listed have prerequisites and not all of the courses are offered each semester. Students should contact the departments that offer courses to learn about prerequisites and course schedules. The Cognitive Science Program Committee, under the direction of the Undergraduate Program Director, will advise students about selection of courses, mentors and research/independent study projects. Students may petition the Undergraduate Program Director to have additional courses count as formal/analytic or elective courses.

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Appendix 6. Library Holdings and Expenditures in Cognitive Science 

						Last fiscal year expenditure
Discipline		No. of Titles		Books & Media	Periodicals

Artificial           		120		$300 (est.)  With Computer Science
Intelligence

Cognitive Science		260		With Psychology

Communication			250		$500		8,008
Sciences

Computer Science		1,750		$2,000		16,645

Linguistics			7,145		$13,000		7,918

Philosophy			7,620		$5,800		6,224

Psychology			5,335		$14,500		58,508

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Appendix 7. Advising Sheet for the Cognitive Science Minor

Name_________________________Major_________________________Date_________________________

A. Required For All Minors in Cognitive Science:
_____PSYC 290 Introduction to Cognitive Science [3]
Pre-requisite: ANTH 100 or CMPT 183 or LNGN 210 or PHIL 100 or PSYC 101
_____PSYC 220 Quantitative Methods [4]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 101 or PSYC 290.
_____PSYC 301 Experimental Psychology [4]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 220 AND either PSYC 203 or PSYC 290.

B. Electives in the Cognitive Science Minor: Students select three courses from outside their major. Electives must be from at least two departments. No more than one Psychology elective course counts toward the minor in Cognitive Science.
_____CMPT 183 Foundations of Computer Science I [3]
Pre-requiste: MATH 112 or high school pre-calculus
_____CMPT 184 Foundations of Computer Science II [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 183
_____CMPT 280 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 184 and MATH 221
_____CMPT 285 Discrete Mathematical Structures [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 183
_____CMPT 287 Data Structures and Algorithms [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 184 and CMPT 285
_____CMPT 384 Systems Software [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 280 and CMPT 287
_____CMPT 388 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 384
_____CS&D 410 Neuro-physiological Bases of Communication [3]
Pre-requisite: senior standing
_____CS&D 500 Speech and Language Acquisition [3]
Pre-requisite: 112 credits, 2.67 GPA, approved application to take a graduate course for undergraduate credit
_____LNGN 300 Syntax [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 210 or permission of the department
_____LNGN 301 Semantics [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 300
_____LNGN 302 Pragmatics [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 300
_____LNGN 380 Natural Language Processing [3]
Pre-requisite: none
_____LNGN 420 Language and Mind [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 210 or PSYC 290
_____PHIL 270 Philosophy of the Mind [3]
Pre-requisite: none
_____PHIL 266 Philosophy of Science [3]
Pre-requisite: none
_____PSYC 305 Physiological Psychology [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
_____PSYC 308 Perception [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
_____PSYC 313 Cognition [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
_____PSYC 340 Human Learning and Memory [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
_____PSYC 348 Psycholinguistics [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
_____PSYC 490 Seminar in Cognitive Science [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 290, PSYC 301 and PSYC 313 or LNGN 300 or LNGN 380 or LNGN 420

Total Number of Credits: 20

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