Course Offerings for Spring 2026 and Special Topics Courses
12 units, including:
3 units-Core
Course
|
Course Title
|
| PSYC100 |
Introduction to Psychological Science |
| PSYC200 |
Methods and Analyses |
| CGSC299 |
Cognitive Science |
4 units-Breadth Requirement: One course from each of these four areas:
Computer Science
| CMSC101 |
AI & The Human Mind |
| CMSC150 |
Introduction to Computing |
Linguistics
| LING203 |
Introductory Linguistics |
| PSYC343 |
Psycholinguistics |
Neuroscience
| PSYC341 |
Cognitive Neuroscience |
Philosophy
| PHIL251 |
Elementary Symbolic Logic |
5 additional units of electives, chosen from the courses below. At least 3 must be at the 300 level or above. Courses taken for breadth requirement do not count toward the requirement to take 3 courses at the 300 level.
| ANTH101 |
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
| CMSC101 |
AI & The Human Mind |
| CMSC150 |
Introduction to Computing |
| CMSC221 |
Data Structures |
| CMSC301 |
Computer Organization w/lab |
| CMSC324 |
Artificial Intelligence |
| DSST289 |
Introduction to Data Science |
| DSST389 |
Advanced Data Science |
| LAIS397 |
Language In the Mind |
| LING203 |
Introductory Linguistics |
| PHIL251 |
Elementary Symbolic Logic |
| PSYC299 |
Music and the Mind |
| PSYC341 |
Cognitive Neuroscience |
| PSYC343 |
Psycholinguistics |
| PSYC359 |
Data Visualization & Analysis |
| PSYC449-04 |
Molecules and the Mind |
The courses listed below may also count as elective credit toward the major, but all cases must be approved by the Cognitive Science coordinator to ensure the topic of research is relevant to the Cognitive Science curriculum. No more than two units of research-related coursework may be applied to the major. These courses typically do not satisfy the requirement that at least three electives must be at the 300 level or above. However, the Cognitive Science coordinator may in rare circumstances approve up to two of these courses as satisfying this requirement, provided that the scope of the project is sufficiently rigorous.
| LING390 |
Independent Research |
| PHIL390 |
Independent Research |
| PSYC300 |
Methods and Analyses Core Project |
| PSYC361 |
Independent Research |
| PSYC461-PSYC462 |
Senior Research |
| PSYC491-PSYC492 |
Honors Research |