Cognitive Science Major
If you are interested in a Cognitive Science Major, here are the requirements from the Univeristy Catalog:
The Cognitive Science Minor requires a full 120 units to graduate.
Here is the link to the University Catalog entry:
http://www.csufresno.edu/catoffice/current/specprog.html#anchor539876
The general objectives for the B.S. in Cognitive Science are to develop and provide a thorough foundation in the study of cognitive science, drawing in perspectives from computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology; to provide a foundation in cognitive science with which students will be able to pursue graduate education in cognitive science, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, or related fields; and to provide a foundation for the pursuit of jobs in business and industry where a multidisciplinary background is highly desirable.
The primary instructional objectives of the B.S. in Cognitive Science are to give an education in recent approaches to cognition and cognitive science and to give an overview of current methodologies used within cognitive science, including those methodologies used in the core disciplines of computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.
General Education requirements (51 units)
See the "GE" link to the left for more information (including links to the University Catalog).
Major requirements (50-53 units)
The core consists of the two cognitive science foundational courses, plus a set of courses from each of the primary cognitive science disciplines represented at Fresno State: computer science, communicative disorders, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology.
Core requirements (41 units)
CGSCI 100 - Foundations of Cognitive Science (4) ¹
CGSCI 101 - Cognitive Science Seminar (3; max total 9) ¹
CSCI 40 - Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving (4)
CSCI 41 - Introduction to Data Structures (4)
CSCI 60 - Foundations of Computer Science (4) ²
LING 100 - General Linguistics (3)
PHIL 45 - Introduction to Logic (3)
PSYCH 42 - Introductory Statistics (4)
PSYCH 128 - Cognitive Psychology (4)
PSYCH 144 - Research Designs and Experimental Methods (5)
¹ One of these courses may be changing and an independant study course added.
² or MATH 114 - Discrete Structures (3)
Area Courses (6-8 units) + Electives (3-4 units) = (9-12 units total)
from the following ...
Area A - Cognition and Knowledge (choose two courses from)
PSYCH 121 - Learning and Memory (4)
PSYCH 124 - Sensation and Perception (4) *
PHIL 145 - Symbolic Logic (3)
Area B - Language (choose two courses from)
PHIL 146 - Philosophy of Language (3)
CDDS 172 - Neural Bases of Speech, Language, and Hearing (3)
LING 139 - General Phonetics (3)
LING 142 - Phonology (3) †
LING 143 - Syntax (3) †
LING 165 - Language Acquisition (3) †
Area C - Computer Science and Informatics (choose two courses from)
IS 174 - Decision, Knowledge, and Intelligent Systems (3)
CSCI 119 - Introduction to Finite Automata (4) ‡
CSCI 164 - Artificial Intelligence Programming (3) ‡
CSCI 166 - Principles of Artificial Intelligence (3) ‡
* These courses have the following prerequisites: PSYCH 10, 42, 144.
† These courses have the following prerequisites: LING 100.
‡ These courses have the following prerequisites: CSCI 40, 41, 60.
‡ CSCI 119 is also a prerequisite for CSCI 164 and 166.
Additional requirements (9 units)
(Double counted in G.E.)
PHIL 151 - Cognitive Science: Mind (3)
PSYCH 10 - Introduction to Psychology (3)
PSYCH 126 - Cognitive Neuroscience (3)