
Courses
Note: The following is a list of the principal modules within the cognitive science programme. Course offerings may vary somewhat from year to year, and not all courses listed here may be on offer in any given year. Additional modules may be made available as resources permit. Each of these courses is equivalent to 7.5 credits under the European Credit Transfer System.
Students enrolled in the taught masters programme will take a total of 8 modules. In some cases, substitution may be warranted based on the student’s past experience. All course choices will be agreed between the student and the course directors.
Research students also take 8 taught modules (60 credits) selected from these cognitive science offerings, and may include some modules in generic and transferrable research skills (max. 15 credits).
Principal Modules
- COMP 47230 Introduction to Cognitive Science (Graduate) (Course web page) (7.5 cr)
- PHIL 40010 Consciousness, Agency, and the Self (7.5 cr)
- COMP 40250 Cognitive Psychology (7.5 cr)
- PSY 40020 Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuropsychology (7.5 cr)
- COMP 40260 Connectionism and Dynamical Systems (Course web page) (7.5 cr)
- COMP 40270 Cognitive Modelling (7.5 cr)
- PSY 40550 Readings in Visual and Social Cognition (7.5 cr)
- COMP 40280 Topics in Cognitive Science: Post-cognitive approaches (7.5 cr)
- COMP 47410 Computational Creativity (5 cr)
- COMP 47680 Human-Computer Interaction (5 cr)
- PHIL 40960 The Cultural Mind (10 cr)