Cognitive Science
The Cognitive Science track is characterised by its strong interdisciplinary focus on cognition and by its emphasis on a broad overview of mind/brain theories and knowledge. It provides courses and research opportunities into vision and perception, learning and memory, thinking and problem-solving, knowledge representation, action control and language. The track focuses on the processes involved in human cognitive behaviour, in particular memory, language and action control. The aim is to better understand the architecture and evolution of the cognitive system and its role in reasoning and communication.
The Cognitive Science track cuts across traditional boundaries between disciplines contributing to an understanding of cognition and the brain. The programme is at the nexus of disciplines asking how the human mind deals with acquiring, storing, using, and expressing knowledge of the world that surrounds us, and how these faculties are mediated by the brain.
Contact:
Programme information:
Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Sarphatistraat 104, 1018 GV, Amsterdam
tel. +31 (0)20 525 5190, email: info-mcs@uva.nl
Programme
Curriculum Cognitive Science:
- 18-24 EC Research Project 1
- 38-44 EC, Research Project 2 (minimum credits for both research projects is 56)
- 10 EC, Literature Thesis
- 6 EC, Mind Matters
- 4 EC, Cognition, Language and Communication
- 12 EC, Specialised courses
- 9 EC, Current Issues and CSCA Lectures
- 4 EC, Summer School
- 9-19 EC Electives
Structure Cognitive Science track:
Specialised courses
Next to the track specific courses, the track Cognitive Science offers five specialised courses of which the students need to choose at least two as obligatory modules in their master programme. Students can choose more than two if they want to. The specialised courses are offered in semester 1, period 2 and in semester 2, period 1.
Semester 1, period 2:
Brain Development, Plasticity and Repair
Advanced Topics in Language and Memory
Introduction to neuroscientifc methods and Brain Anatomy
Semester 2, period 1:
Hot Topics in Linguistics and Cognition
Cognitive Models of Language and Beyond