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Cognitive Science examines how intelligent entities—such as humans, animals, and machines—perceive, act, learn, and reason. It investigates thought processes and content as seen in individuals, shared across groups, reflected in language structure and meaning, simulated through algorithms, and explored in theories of mind. The field builds models by integrating ideas from psychology, linguistics, logic, communication sciences, computer science, anthropology, and philosophy, validating them through psychological tests, clinical research, fieldwork, computational models, and neurophysiological data.
This program equips students for advanced study in cognitive science or careers in information sciences. Distribution requirements foster an interdisciplinary foundation, while research and formal systems courses establish core experimental and theoretical principles. Majors are also encouraged to explore scientific theory development and validation, with the Bachelor of Science option offering one pathway to achieve this.