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Degree Programme Table: Cognitive Science (MA) (UTCOGSC)


Year 1, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Cognitive Science is one of two "Group Honours" degrees linking the four subject areas Informatics, Language Sciences, Philosophy, and Psychology. The central feature of these degrees is that they involve a "breadth requirement" (a minimum of 80 credit points at Level 8 in each of three subject areas) and a "depth requirement" (a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 9/10(/11) in two of those subjects). Although the specific Level 8 requirements for Cognitive Science are listed here under Years 1 and 2, note that up to 60 credits of required courses in Years 1 and 2 may be postponed to Years 2 or 3, in order to enable students to take other Level 7/8 courses from Schedules A-Q and to permit changes of degree programme.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 5 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U04323 (INFR08012) Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic As available 10
    U04324 (INFR08013) Informatics 1 - Functional Programming As available 10
    U04325 (INFR08014) Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming As available 10
    U04326 (INFR08015) Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis As available 10
    PS0001 (PSYL08001) Psychology 1 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Multiple UG Courses- Level 8' (ROU_I_UGINFO1_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    PP9976    (PHIL08004)    Logic 1   20  
    PP9977    (PHIL08005)    Philosophy of Science 1   20  

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Courses from School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences- Cognitive Science (MA)- Level 8' (ROU_I_UTCOGSC2_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U00555    (LASC08004)    Linguistics 1A   20  
    U03859    (INFR08011)    Computational Foundations of Cognitive Science 1   20  

     



    Year 2, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Before selecting your outside courses, please ensure you have met your Director of Studies.

    In addition to passing all compulsory courses, entry to Honours requires either the permission of the relevant Heads of School or a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in one of the Informatics 2 courses listed, and one out of three of the following: a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Linguistics 2A; a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Mind, Matter & Language and Knowledge & Reality; a pass at 50% or above at the first attempt in Psychology 2 and a pass in the combined mark of the statistics components of the Psychology 2 degree exams. Honours courses must be selected from the subjects passed at these levels, unless with special permission of the relevant Heads of School.


    • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U02599 (INFR08008) Informatics 2A: Processing Formal and Natural Languages As available 20
    PS0002 (PSYL08002) Psychology 2 As available 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 8 Courses' (ROU_O_UTCOGSC_8) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U02600    (INFR08009)    Informatics 2B: Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning   20  
    U02602    (INFR08010)    Informatics 2D: Reasoning & Agents   20  

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04638     (PHIL08017)     Knowledge and Reality     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U04593     (PHIL08014)     Mind, Matter and Language     (20 credits)

     

    OR   


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following course level 08, as available.
    U00578     (LASC08006)     Linguistics 2A     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 20 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q, T and W level 8' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_8) , as available.

     



    Year 3, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 1 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    U01970 (INFR09022) Introduction to Cognitive Science As available 10




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Select exactly 20 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 9 Courses' (ROU_O_CGSC_9) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01913    (INFR09019)    Introduction to Vision and Robotics   10  
    U04179    (INFR09028)    Foundations of Natural Language Processing   10  
    U04180    (INFR09029)    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    U02494    (INFR09031)    Logic Programming   10  
    U02497    (INFR09023)    Agent Based Systems   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I level 9 or 10' (SCH_I_9/10) , as available.

    Notes:Documentation giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, will be available for students entering the year to facilitate advance planning.
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following School Collection: 'School Collection schedule A to Q and T and W 9 or 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_9/10) , as available.

     
    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 50 credits from these collections:  


    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 50 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I level 8 to 10' (SCH_I_8-10) , as available.

    Notes:Documentation giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, will be available for students entering the year to facilitate advance planning.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 50 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 8 / 9 / 10 Courses' (ROU_O_CGSC_8-10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01913    (INFR09019)    Introduction to Vision and Robotics   10  
    U01942    (INFR10001)    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    U01943    (INFR10004)    Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U01956    (INFR10010)    Computer Graphics (Level 10)   10  
    U02227    (INFR10019)    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    U04177    (INFR10034)    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    U04178    (INFR10035)    Natural Language Understanding (Level 10)   10  
    U04322    (INFR10039)    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    U04176    (INFR10033)    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    U02938    (INFR10025)    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    U01948    (INFR10006)    Theories of Mind (Level 10)   10  
    U02497    (INFR09023)    Agent Based Systems   10  
    U02493    (INFR10041)    Automated Reasoning (Level 10)   10  
    U04179    (INFR09028)    Foundations of Natural Language Processing   10  
    U01972    (INFR10018)    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    U04180    (INFR09029)    Introductory Applied Machine Learning   10  
    U02494    (INFR09031)    Logic Programming   10  
    U04181    (INFR10036)    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 10)   10  
    U02496    (INFR10020)    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  
    U04716    (INFR10045)    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  

    Notes:Documentation giving details, as well as restrictions on choice of courses in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, will be available for students entering the year to facilitate advance planning.
     



    Year 4, Academic year 2009/10, Starting month: September


    COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 0 compulsory course(s).


    Code  EUCLID code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 10 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U01973     (INFR10044)     Honours Project (Informatics)     (40 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 10 Courses' (ROU_O_CGSC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01942    (INFR10001)    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    U01943    (INFR10004)    Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U01956    (INFR10010)    Computer Graphics (Level 10)   10  
    U02227    (INFR10019)    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    U04177    (INFR10034)    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    U04178    (INFR10035)    Natural Language Understanding (Level 10)   10  
    U04322    (INFR10039)    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    U04716    (INFR10045)    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  
    U01972    (INFR10018)    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    U04181    (INFR10036)    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 10)   10  
    U04176    (INFR10033)    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    U02938    (INFR10025)    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    U01948    (INFR10006)    Theories of Mind (Level 10)   10  
    U02496    (INFR10020)    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I level 10' (SCH_I_10) , as available.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_10) , as available.

     



    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 120 credits from these collections:  


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U00931     (PHIL10026)     Dissertation in Philosophy     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U00542     (PSYL10004)     Dissertation in Psychology     (40 credits)

     
    OR   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following course level 10, as available.
    U00532     (LASC10024)     Dissertation in Language Sciences     (40 credits)

     


    AND   

    Overarching rule collection group: C  
    Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 30 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule I level 10' (SCH_I_10) , as available.

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses for the Programme Collection: 'Schedule O - Cognitive Science - Level 10 Courses' (ROU_O_CGSC_10) , as available.
    Code   EUCLID code   Course Name   Credits
    U01942    (INFR10001)    Advanced Vision (Level 10)   10  
    U01943    (INFR10004)    Cognitive Modelling (Level 10)   10  
    U01956    (INFR10010)    Computer Graphics (Level 10)   10  
    U02227    (INFR10019)    Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10)   10  
    U04177    (INFR10034)    Natural Language Generation (Level 10)   10  
    U04178    (INFR10035)    Natural Language Understanding (Level 10)   10  
    U04322    (INFR10039)    Computer Animation & Visualisation (Level 10)   10  
    U04716    (INFR10045)    Automated Planning (Level 10)   10  
    U01972    (INFR10018)    Human-Computer Interaction (Level 10)   10  
    U04181    (INFR10036)    Machine Learning & Pattern Recognition (Level 10)   10  
    U04176    (INFR10033)    Machine Translation (Level 10)   10  
    U02938    (INFR10025)    Text Technologies (Level 10)   10  
    U01948    (INFR10006)    Theories of Mind (Level 10)   10  
    U02496    (INFR10020)    Knowledge Modelling and Management (Level 10)   10  

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 10 credits from the following School Collection: 'School collection schedule A to Q and T and W level 10' (SCH_A-Q/T/W_10) , as available.

     


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