Program:Cognitive Science
Program | Cognitive Science | Faculty | Liberal Arts & Professional Studies |
Credential | BA | Duration | 4 Years |
Starting Month | Fall, Winter and Summer | Available for | Full-Time and Part-Time |
Program Description:
Cognitive science majors will examine the nature of thought, memory, perception and language from a variety of different perspectives in order to acquire a rich knowledge of the mind. You will have the chance to study the different ways in which infants and non-human animals may be able to think and reason without language, how computers may be programmed to demonstrate intelligence and the nature of the relationship between social interaction and cognition.
Our professors are conducting research in such diverse areas as:
· infant social cognition
· human-computer interaction
· cognitive ethology
· moral psychology
To gain an expansive knowledge of the cognitive processes we might find in humans, animals and machines, you can combine courses from:
· computer science
· information technology
· linguistics
· philosophy
· psychology
Admission Requirements:
Chinese High School
BA
Senior Secondary School Graduation Certificate
Successful completion of the final year of Senior 3/Grade 12 level of student
Careers:
Neuroscientist
Speech pathologist
Animal care taker]behaviourist
Therapist
Educator
Link to York University Official Website
http://futurestudents.yorku.ca/program/cognitive-science