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Subject: Administered by the School of Computing in cooperation with the Departments of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Philosophy, and Psychology.
Plan: Consists of 93.00 units as described below.
Plan Code: COGS-S
Plan Code (with Professional internship): COGS-I
Program:聽The Plan, alone, or in combination with a Minor in another subject, and with sufficient electives to total 120.00 units, will lead to a聽Bachelor of Computing (Honours) Degree.
Note:聽Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2024-2025听Calendar聽for the previous requirements.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Core | ||
| A. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁滨厂颁听102 | Discrete Structures I | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听121 | Introduction to Computing Science I | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听124 | Introduction to Computing Science II | 3.00 |
| B. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Linear Algebra | ||
| Introduction to Linear Algebra | ||
| C. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁翱骋厂听100 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3.00 |
| D. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁翱骋厂听201 | Cognition and Computation | 3.00 |
| E. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁滨厂颁听203 | Discrete Structures II | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听204 | Logic for Computing Science | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听221 | Computer Architecture | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听235 | Data Structures | 3.00 |
| F. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Computational Probability and Statistics | ||
| Introduction to Statistics | ||
| Statistics and Probability I | ||
STAT_Options | ||
| G. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁滨厂颁听360 | Programming Paradigms | 3.00 |
| H. Complete 9.00 units from the following: | 9.00 | |
| Artificial Intelligence | ||
CISC_Artificial_Intelligence | ||
| I. Complete the following: | ||
| 颁滨厂颁听497 | Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computing | 3.00 |
| 2. Option | ||
| A. Complete 30.00 units from two of the following option lists: | 30.00 | |
i. Linguistics | ||
ii. Philosophy | ||
iii. Psychology | ||
| B. Complete 9.00 units from the following course list: | 9.00 | |
COGS_Computing | ||
| C. Complete 6.00 units from the following course lists: | 6.00 | |
COGS_Computing | ||
COGS_Linguistics | ||
COGS_Philosophy | ||
COGS_Psychology | ||
NSCI_Options | ||
| Electives and/or Other Plan Requirements | 27.00 | |
| Total Units | 120.00 | |
Option Lists
i. Linguistics
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| a. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| or | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics: Words, Sentences, and Meaning and Introduction to Linguistics: Sounds, Signs, and Perception | ||
| b. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Phonetics | ||
| Phonology | ||
| Morphology | ||
| c. Complete the following: | ||
| 尝滨狈骋听340 | Syntax | 3.00 |
| d. Complete the following: | ||
| 尝滨狈骋听415 | Semantics | 3.00 |
| Total Units | 15.00 | |
ii. Philosophy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| a. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
PHIL at the 100-level or above | ||
| b. Complete 6.00 units from the following: | 6.00 | |
| Epistemology and Metaphysics | ||
| or | ||
| Metaphysics and Epistemology | ||
| c. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Philosophy of Mathematics | ||
| Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic | ||
| Minds and Machines | ||
| Philosophy of Psychology | ||
| Philosophy of Mind | ||
| Philosophy of Language | ||
| Philosophy of the Natural Sciences | ||
| Total Units | 15.00 | |
iii. Psychology
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| a. Complete the following: | ||
| 笔厂驰颁听100 | Principles of Psychology | 6.00 |
| b. Complete the following: | ||
| 笔厂驰颁听221 | Cognitive Psychology | 3.00 |
| c. Complete 3.00 units from the following: | 3.00 | |
| Research Methods in Psychology | ||
| Brain and Behaviour I | ||
| d. Complete 3.00 units from the following course list: | 3.00 | |
COGS_Psychology at the 300-level or above | ||
| Total Units | 15.00 | |
3. Notes
A. Students with no programming experience should review the聽Introductory Courses聽paragraph included on the School of Computing overview page in the聽颁补濒别苍诲补谤.听
B. As COGS is a multi-disciplinary subject, several first-year courses are required. With the exception of 颁滨厂颁听102/3.0 and 颁滨厂颁听121/3.0, 100-level courses may be deferred to later years depending upon the planned progression of subsequent courses. With approval of an advisor, 颁翱骋厂听100/3.0 may be taken in Year 2 of the Plan.
C. Many upper-year courses in CISC, LING, PHIL, and PSYC have prerequisites outside the courses required for COGS, and students should take this into account in planning for their optional and elective units. Not all upper-year courses are offered every year.
D. The Plan allows 27.00 units for elective courses. Many disciplines are narrowly focused, and electives are essential to allow students to broaden their education. In the case of COGS, the Plan is already very broad, and students are encouraged to use their electives to further pursue the area(s) of Cognitive Science in which they are most interested.
E.聽With the approval of the Undergraduate Chair, students who take聽颁滨厂颁听500/6.0 working on a project directly related to Cognitive Science may count 3.00 units towards COGS_Computing.
F. Students completing the internship (COGS-I) will be required to complete 117.00 units towards their Bachelor of Computing degree and 9.00 units in COMP internship courses for a total of 126.00 units.
G.聽This Plan may not be combined with a Computing Minor (COMP-Y, COMP-Z), a Linguistics Minor (LING-Y), a Philosophy Minor (PHIL-Y), or a Psychology Minor (PSYC-Y). Please refer to Academic Program Regulation 3 for further information.聽
H. A maximum of 6.00 units from courses offered by other Faculties and Schools may be counted toward the program and/or Plan requirements. This includes courses in BMED, COMM, GLPH, HSCI, LAW, NURS, and courses offered by Smith Engineering.
Cognitive Science Course Lists
The following lists may contain courses offered through other Departments. In accordance with Academic Regulation聽2.6听(Access to Classes), students do not have enrolment priority in all of these courses. Access to these courses may only be made available during the Open Enrolment period, and then only if space permits.
CISC_Artificial_Intelligence
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 颁滨厂颁听453 | Topics in Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听455 | Evolutionary Optimization and Learning | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听473 | Deep Learning | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听474 | Reinforcement Learning | 3.00 |
COGS_Computing
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 颁滨厂颁听220 | System-Level Programming | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听223 | Software Specifications | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听226 | Game Design | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听271 | Linear Methods for Artificial Intelligence | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听325 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听332 | Database Management Systems | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听340 | Digital Systems | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听365 | Algorithms I | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听454 | Computer Graphics | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听457 | Image Processing and Computer Vision | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听465 | Semantics of Programming Languages | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听486 | Game Development | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听496 | Game Development Project | 3.00 |
| 颁滨厂颁听500 | Undergraduate Thesis | 6.00 |
COGS_Linguistics
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 尝滨狈骋听100 | Introduction to Linguistics | 6.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听101 | Introduction to Linguistics: Words, Sentences, and Meaning | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听102 | Introduction to Linguistics: Sounds, Signs, and Perception | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听310 | Phonetics | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听320 | Phonology | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听330 | Morphology | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听340 | Syntax | 3.00 |
| 尝滨狈骋听415 | Semantics | 3.00 |
COGS_Philosophy
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 笔贬滨尝听111 | What is Philosophy? | 6.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听115 | Fundamental Questions | 6.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听250 | Epistemology and Metaphysics | 6.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听251 | Metaphysics | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听252 | Epistemology | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听261 | Philosophy of Mathematics | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听270 | Minds and Machines | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听311 | Philosophy of Psychology | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听351 | Philosophy of Mind | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听359 | Philosophy of Language | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听381 | Philosophy of the Natural Sciences | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听451 | Current Issues in Epistemology | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听452 | Current Issues in Metaphysics I | 3.00 |
| 笔贬滨尝听464 | Topics in Philosophy of Mind | 3.00 |
COGS_Psychology
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 笔厂驰颁听100 | Principles of Psychology | 6.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听203 | Research Methods in Psychology | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听251 | Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听271 | Brain and Behaviour I | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听305 | Introduction to Comparative Cognition | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听320 | Selected Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听321 | Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听323 | Laboratory in Attention | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听350 | Selected Topics in Developmental Psychology | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听352 | Cognitive and Language Development | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听353 | Atypical Development | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听355 | Comparative Cognition: Cognitive Origins Laboratory | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听365 | Selected Topics in Behavioural Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听370 | Brain and Behaviour II | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听420 | Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听422 | Advanced Topics in Attention | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听423 | Driving, Deepfakes, and Disinformation: Applications of Visual Cognition | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听442 | Culture and Cognition | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听452 | Developmental Psycholinguistics | 3.00 |
NSCI_Options
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 狈厂颁滨听323 | Foundational Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| 狈厂颁滨听324 | Systems Neuroscience | 3.00 |
| 狈厂颁滨听401 | Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience | 3.00 |
STAT_Options
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| 叠滨翱尝听243 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 颁贬贰贰听209 | Analysis of Process Data 1 | 3.50 |
| 颁滨厂颁听171 | Computational Probability and Statistics | 3.00 |
| 颁翱惭惭听162 | Managerial Statistics | 3.00 |
| 贰颁翱狈听250 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 骋笔贬驰听247 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 碍狈笔贰听251 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 狈鲍搁厂听323 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 笔翱尝厂听285 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 笔厂驰颁听202 | Statistics in Psychology | 3.00 |
| 厂翱颁驰听211 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 厂罢础惭听200 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
| 厂罢础罢听161 | Introduction to Data Science | 3.00 |
| 厂罢础罢听263 | Introduction to Statistics | 3.00 |
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Note that the unit weighting system in Smith Engineering differs from that in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Therefore, upon acceptance of any course from Smith Engineering, the unit weighting towards Arts and Science degree requirements shall be at the discretion of the Associate Dean (Academic). Usually, a one-term course shall count as 3.00 units and a two-term course as 6.00 units.