

Courses taken outside the department require the approval of the adviser. Department recommends completion by the end of the second year. At least two of the courses should be taken within the department. Upper-division undergraduate courses are acceptable by petition. Students complete a study plan recommendedīy their adviser. Some or all courses for students who already have the required knowledge. StudentsĬomplete foundations courses in the areas of brain, behavior,Īnd computation by the end of the second year.

The admissions committee reviews each applicant’s statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, GRE scores, previous education and work experience, and grade point averages, then recommends candidates for admission to the entire faculty, who make the final decision. Throughout the program, there are frequent faculty-student interactions, including special lectures by the faculty or invited speakers and the weekly informal research discussions and cognitive science seminar. Future years are spent completing the advancement to candidacy requirements and doing the thesis research. The first year is devoted to familiarizing the student with the findings and current problems in cognitive science through courses in foundations and issues.īy the second year, basic courses and laboratory rotations are completed, with the major emphasis on the completion of a year-long research project. This program provides broad training in neurological processes and phenomena the experimental methods, results, and theories from the study of psychology, language, and social and cultural issues and the studies of computational mechanisms. Students are admitted to UC San Diego through the homeĭepartment and fulfill the requirements of both the interdisciplinary Science offers a joint PhD in cognitive science and a homeĭepartment (anthropology, communication, computer science andĮngineering, linguistics, neurosciences, philosophy, psychology,

The Interdisciplinary Program in Cognitive To UC San Diego directly into the department and fulfill degree There are two PhD programs, each with different admissionsĪnd graduation requirements. All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
