Program: Cognitive Science Minor - University of Kentucky

Apr 03, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

The undergraduate minor in Cognitive Science is aimed to provide undergraduates with an introduction to cognitive science as a theory of the mind as an intelligent (information-processing) system. Our objectives are to ensure that each student (a) be able to articulate, at least in broad terms, some of the assumptions that have been thought to unify the various subfields within the domain of cognitive science; (b) explore more than one discipline’s approach to matters pertaining to cognitive science; and (c) explore in some detail at least one of the five main disciplines contributing to cognitive science (biology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology).

Minor Requirements

To receive an undergraduate minor in Cognitive Science, the student must successfully complete 18 credit hours to be distributed as follows:

PHI 375 - PHILOSOPHY OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE Credit(s): 3

plus 15 credits from among the following:

ANT 382 - DIGITAL ARCHAEOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 450 - SYMBOLS AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
BIO 302 - INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE Credit(s): 3
BIO 375 - BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
BIO 535 - COMPARATIVE NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3
BIO 550 - ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
COM 350 - LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION Credit(s): 3
CS 263 - AI IN THE WORLD Credit(s): 3
CS 375 - LOGIC AND THEORY OF COMPUTING Credit(s): 3 (may not be combined with PHI 520 )
CS 460G - MACHINE LEARNING Credit(s): 3
CS 463G - INTRODUCTION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Credit(s): 3
CS 465 - INTRODUCTION TO GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES Credit(s): 3
CS 575 - MODELS OF COMPUTATION Credit(s): 3 (may not be combined with PHI 520 )
LIN 221 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 509 - FORMAL SEMANTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 510 - CORPUS LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 511 - COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS Credit(s): 3
LIN 512 - SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
LIN 515 - PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
PHI 320 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC I Credit(s): 3
PHI 520 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC II Credit(s): 3 (may not be combined with CS 375 or CS 575
PHI 560 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD Credit(s): 3
PHI 565 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
PHI 575 - PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Credit(s): 3
PSY 311 - LEARNING AND COGNITION Credit(s): 3
PSY 312 - BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR Credit(s): 3
PSY 323 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Credit(s): 3 *
PSY 427 - COGNITIVE PROCESSES Credit(s): 4
PSY 456 - BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE Credit(s): 4
PSY 562 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
PSY 564 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN LEARNING (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
PSY 565 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN NEUROSCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
PSY 566 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3 *

Note:

Of the 15 credit hours from this list, (a) at least 6 credit hours must have the same prefix; and (b) no more than 6 credit hours with the same prefix will count towards this requirement.

*Only by approval of the Director of Cognitive Science. The main criterion for approval will be the extent to which the course, as taught during the semester for which the student seeks cognitive science credit, contains a sufficient amount of materials relevant to cognitive science. The Director will make this determination by consultation with relevant faculty from the department teaching the course (including the instructor of the course), in conjunction with the criteria for course inclusion outlined on the Cognitive Science webpage.

For more information, contact: Ruth Beattie, rebeat1@uky.edu

http://idp.as.uky.edu/cognitive-science