Cognitive Science Program
at the University of Virginia

Approved Courses

The following are some of the courses that have been approved for cognitive science majors. This should not be thought of as an exhaustive list. These courses may or may not be offered each semester. Please check the Current Approved Courses page to see which courses are approved for the current or upcoming semester. These approved courses change each semester and are posted as soon as we are notified by each area department.

 

Cognitive Psychology

PSYC 210 Introduction to Learning
PSYC 215 Introduction to Cognition
PSYC 230 Introduction to Perception
PSYC 305 Research Methods
PSYC 306 Research Methods
PSYC 312 Pleasures of the Mind
PSYC 402 Memory
PSYC 411 Psycholinguistics
PSYC 418 Invention & Design*
PSYC 430 Theories of Perception
PSYC 468 Psychology & Law
PSYC 515 Advanced Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 555 Developmental Psycholinguistics
PSYC 581 Emotion & Cognition
PSYC 583 Cognitive Science
PSYC 584 Cognitive Aging
NESC 533 Neural Network Models
TCC 315 Invention & Design*

* PSYC 418 and TCC 315 are the same course

Computer Science

All CS courses EXCEPT 110, 120, or 182
EE200 counts for credit, but does not fill area requirement.

Courses typically taken include:

CS 101: Introduction to Computer Science
CS150: From Ada and Euclid to Quantum Computing and the World Wide Web
(Previously CS 200: Foundations of Computer Science, http://www.cs.virginia.edu/cs150/ )
CS 202: Discrete Mathematics

In addition to CS course listings, there are some courses in Systems Engineering (SYS) that will satisfy this portion of the major. For example:

SYS 482: Human Computer Interaction

Linguistics

AMEL 365 Intro to Linguistic Topology
AMEL 765 Intro to Linguistic Topology
ANTH 243 Languages of the World
ANTH 340 Structure of English
ANTH 348 Language and Prehistory
ANTH 349 Language & Thought
ANTH 504 Linguistic Field Methods
ANTH 540 Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 541 Phonology
ANTH 544 Phonology & Morphology
ANTH 549 Discourse Analysis
LNGS 325 Intro to Linguistics Theory
PHIL 350 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 550 Philosophy of Language
PSYC 555 Developmental Psycholinguistics

Neuroscience

PSYC 220 Psychobiology*
PSYC 321 Psychobiology Lab
PSYC 420 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior**
PSYC 526 Psychobiology & Memory
PSYC 529 Advanced Psychobiology Lab
PSYC 580 Behavioral Neuroscience
PSYC 581 Mind-Body Interactions
PSYC 582 Neuropsychopharmacology
PSYC 721 Neural Mechanisms of Behavior
BIOL 317 Intro to Neurobiology*
BIOL 408 Neuronal Organization of Behavior**
BIOL 417 Cellular Neurobiology***
NESC 533 Neural Network Models

* Students may count PSYC 220 OR BIOL 317 towards the major, but NOT both.
** Students may count PSYC 420 OR BIOL 408 towards the major, but NOT both.
*** Students may count PSYC 420 OR BIOL 417 towards the major, but NOT both.

Philosophy

PHIL 233 Computers, Minds & Brains
PHIL 242 Intro to Symbolic Logic
PHIL 332 Epistemology
PHIL 334 Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 350 Philosophy of Language
PHIL 403 Philosophy of Logic
PHIL 441 Philosophical Logic
PHIL 542 Advanced Logic
PHIL 547 Philosophy of Mathematics
PHIL 550 Philosophy of Language

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