MA Cognitive Science (Humanities)
Entry requirements
A level: ABB (required: Biology or Human Biology at B, Chemistry at B, Computer Science or equivalent at B, Environmental Science at B, Geography at B, Geology at B, Life and Health Science at B, Mathematics at B, Physics at B, Psychology at B, Statistics at B) IB: 34 points with 655 at HL
About this course
MA (Hons) in Cognitive Science (Humanities), a psychology and computer science and english language and linguistics degree centred on the interdisciplinary study of the human mind. The programme covers foundational material across linguistics, philosophy, psychology, and computer science during the initial stages. The first year covers perception, memory, motor control, language, reasoning, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and informatics. The second year features Knowledge and Reality (Philosophy) and Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories (Linguistics). The third year includes language processing, neural computation, robotics and vision, computational modelling, language evolution, language acquisition, speech processing, ontology of mind, theories of mind, theories of truth, ethics, memory and perception, attention, and development.
Modules
- perception
- memory
- motor control
- language
- reasoning
- psychology
- philosophy
- linguistics
- informatics
- Knowledge and Reality (Philosophy)
- Cross-linguistic Variation: Limits and Theories (Linguistics)
- language processing
- neural computation
- robotics and vision
- computational modelling
- language evolution
- language acquisition
- speech processing
- ontology of mind
- theories of mind
- theories of truth
- ethics
- memory and perception
- attention
- development