The following are the modules most commonly taken by students in the programme. Each student will take between 60 and 65 taught credits. All students are required to take COMP 47230 Introduction to Cognitive Science and COMP 40190 Research Project (Summer).
These are the modules most commonly selected:
Autumn:
- COMP 47230 Introduction to Cognitive Science (7.5 cr., module descriptor, module website)
- COMP 40250 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology (7.5 cr., module descriptor)
- PSY 40020 Fundamentals of Cognitive Neuropsychology (7.5 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 40970 Topics in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition (10 cr., module descriptor)
Spring:
- COMP 40260 Connectionism and Dynamical Systems (7.5 cr., module descriptor)
- COMP 40280 Embodied and Enactive Approaches to Cognitive Science (7.5 cr., module descriptor, module website)
Additional modules available vary from year to year, subject to timetable constraints, but may include:
Autumn Trimester:
- PHIL 41890 Authenticity and Implicit Attitudes (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 40250 Merleau-Ponty (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 41320 Topics in Continental Philosophy (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 41510 Ethics in Public Life (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 31030 Perception and the Senses (10 cr., module descriptor)
Spring Trimester
- PHIL 40960 The Cultural Mind (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 31120 Wittgenstein (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 31110 Applied Epistemology (10 cr., module descriptor)
- PHIL 31170 Philosophy of Language (10 cr., module descriptor)
- COMP 20330 Functional Programming II (5 cr, module descriptor)
- COMP 47980 Generative AI: Language Models (5 cr., module descriptor)
- SOC 41130 AI and Society (10 cr., module descriptor)
Timetable
A timetable for the current year can be found here (pdf file) Care should be taken in selecting modules to avoid timetable clashes. Please discuss with the course directors in case of any uncertainty.
Queries to fred.cummins@ucd.ie.