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Degree Programme Table: Cognitive Science (Humanities) (MA) (UTCOSCS)


Year 1, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: In year 1, students who intend to take courses from within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS) for all four years of the programme, must take Philosophy of Science 1. Philosophy of Science 1 is not compulsory for students who intend to take courses from PPLS and the Schools of Informatics and Mathematics, but in year 1 such students who choose not to take Philosophy of Science 1 must take 20 credits of courses from the Schools of Informatics or Mathematics instead.

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


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    INFR08020 Informatics 1 - Cognitive Science As available 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 4 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 100 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL08005    Philosophy of Science 1   20  
    PHIL08016    Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment   20  
    PHIL08015    Morality, Rationality and Value   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR08012    Informatics 1 - Computation and Logic   10  
    INFR08013    Informatics 1 - Functional Programming   10  
    INFR08014    Informatics 1 - Object-Oriented Programming   10  
    INFR08015    Informatics 1 - Data and Analysis   10  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC08015    Linguistics & English Language 1   40  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL08001    Psychology 1   40  

     


    Year 2, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Courses in 2nd Year must follow on from 1st year.

    In year 2, students who intend to take courses from within PPLS for all four years of the programme, must take Mind, Matter and Language, Knowledge and Reality, Linguistics 2A & 2B and Psychology 2. Students who intend to take courses from PPLS and the Schools of Informatics and Mathematics have the choice of taking Mathematics for Informatics 1A & 2A, only if these were not taken in Year 1.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL08014    Mind, Matter and Language   20  
    PHIL08017    Knowledge and Reality   20  

    Notes:If selecting from this Programme Collection, both Courses must be taken.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR08008    Informatics 2A - Processing Formal and Natural Languages   20  
    INFR08009    Informatics 2B - Algorithms, Data Structures, Learning   20  

    Notes:If selecting from this Programme Collection, both Courses must be taken.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    INFR08008    Informatics 2A - Processing Formal and Natural Languages   20  
    INFR08010    Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents   20  

    Notes:If selecting from this Programme Collection, both Courses must be taken.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC08006    Linguistics 2A   20  
    LASC08013    Linguistics 2B   20  

    Notes:If selecting from this Programme Collection, both Courses must be taken.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL08002    Psychology 2   40  

     


    Year 3, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September

  • Notes: Criteria for entry to Level 9/10 courses: Normally, a pass at the first attempt in Linguistics 2A and Linguistics 2B, with an average across these courses of 50% or above, a pass of 50% or above at the first attempt in Mind Matter and Language & Knowledge and Reality, Psychology 2 or two Informatics 2 courses.

    In year 3, students must take Level 10 courses in three different subject areas with the aim of ensuring that, by the end of year 4, they have accrued a minimum of 40 credits of passes at Honours level in each of these three subjects.

    Exceptionally, in year 3, students who intend to take courses from PPLS and the Schools of Informatics and Mathematics may take Informatics and Mathematics courses at level 8 in order to gain the pre-requisites for further Honours level courses in Informatics.


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10080    Paradoxes of decision   20  
    PHIL10085    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10092    Theories of Truth   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10052    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10009    Differential Psychology   10  
    PSYL10010    Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10002    Biological Psychology   10  
    PSYL10011    Psychology of Thinking and Language   10  
    PSYL10013    Memory and Perception   10  
    PSYL10012    Developmental Psychology   10  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10005    Modern English Phonology 1   20  
    LASC10007    English Word-Formation   20  
    LASC10009    Middle English   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10045    English grammar: a cognitive account   20  
    LASC10049    Reading Old English   20  
    LASC10056    Global Englishes   20  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10062    Speech Synthesis   20  
    LASC10065    Syntactic Theory and English Syntax   20  
    LASC10075    Principles and Applications of Medieval Dialectology   20  
    LASC10029    First Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10041    Honours Foundation: Phonology & Phonetics   20  
    LASC10072    Scots and Scottish English   20  
    LASC10002    Sociolinguistics   20  
    LASC10058    Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)   20  
    LASC10070    Current Issues in Morphology   20  
    LASC10066    Figurative Language   20  
    LASC10046    Historical Phonology   20  
    LASC10047    Northern Englishes   20  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Level 9 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select exactly 0 credits course level 10, as available
    PHIL10109     Philosophy Dissertation - Part 1: Preparation     (0 credits)

    Notes:Students who plan to take the philosophy dissertation in the fourth year must take the (not-for-credit) dissertation preparation class in the third year. Where the dissertation is taken in Philosophy, students have two options: (i) to take two further option courses in philosophy and be examined on 5000 word essays for each course, or (ii) to register for the dissertation completion course and write one 8000 word essay on a topic to be arranged with the department.
     


    Year 4, Academic year 2011/12, Starting month: September


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


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 




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


    Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10119    Philosophy Dissertation - Part 2: Completion   40  
    LASC10024    Dissertation in Language Sciences   40  
    PSYL10004    Dissertation in Psychology   40  
    INFR10044    Honours Project (Informatics)   40  

    Notes:The choice of dissertation topic must be appropriate to Cognitive Science and span at least two of the subject areas of Philosophy, Psychology, Language Sciences or Informatics
     
    AND   

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

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PHIL10080    Paradoxes of decision   20  
    PHIL10085    Language and The Natural Mind   20  
    PHIL10072    Themes in Epistemology   20  
    PHIL10113    Philosophy of Time   20  
    PHIL10092    Theories of Truth   20  
    PHIL10077    Metaphysics of Mind   20  
    PHIL10125    Philosophy of Time Travel   20  
    PHIL10081    Philosophy of Psychology   20  
    PHIL10082    Self, Agency and the Will   20  
    PHIL10052    Philosophy of Mathematics   20  
    PHIL10007    Philosophy of Religion   20  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    PSYL10018    Critical Social Psychology   10  
    PSYL10091    Development of Core Domains of Thought   10  
    PSYL10041    Clinical Neuropsychology: a Cognitive Perspective   10  
    PSYL10025    Mind, Body and Consciousness   10  
    PSYL10006    Human Working Memory   10  
    PSYL10026    Parapsychology   10  
    PSYL10064    Causes and Consequences of Personality   10  
    PSYL10040    Social Judgement and Decision Making   10  
    PSYL10060    Neuropsychology of Perception and Action   10  
    PSYL10014    Children with Language Impairments   10  
    PSYL10078    History of Unorthodox Psychology   10  
    PSYL10092    Marxist Psychology   10  
    PSYL10077    Childhood autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders   10  
    PSYL10033    Psychological Therapies   10  
    PSYL10063    Basic Tendencies of Personality   10  
    PSYL10027    Psycholinguistics of Language Production   10  
    PSYL10094    Human Cognitive Abilities   10  
    PSYL10095    Memory, Ageing and the Brain   10  
    PSYL10096    Eye Movements and Visual Cognition   10  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    LASC10005    Modern English Phonology 1   20  
    LASC10007    English Word-Formation   20  
    LASC10009    Middle English   20  
    LASC10011    Lexical Semantics   20  
    LASC10018    Simulating Language   20  
    LASC10021    Historical Linguistics   20  
    LASC10031    Origins and Evolution of Language (Hons)   20  
    LASC10033    Statistics and Experimental Design   20  
    LASC10035    Psycholinguistics   20  
    LASC10045    English grammar: a cognitive account   20  
    LASC10049    Reading Old English   20  
    LASC10056    Global Englishes   20  
    LASC10061    Speech Processing (Hons)   20  
    LASC10062    Speech Synthesis   20  
    LASC10065    Syntactic Theory and English Syntax   20  
    LASC10075    Principles and Applications of Medieval Dialectology   20  
    LASC10029    First Language Acquisition (Honours)   20  
    LASC10041    Honours Foundation: Phonology & Phonetics   20  
    LASC10072    Scots and Scottish English   20  
    LASC10002    Sociolinguistics   20  
    LASC10058    Advanced Topics in Phonetics: Speech Production and Perception (Honours)   20  
    LASC10070    Current Issues in Morphology   20  
    LASC10066    Figurative Language   20  
    LASC10046    Historical Phonology   20  
    LASC10047    Northern Englishes   20  

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 80 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedule O, as available

    Notes:Students should discuss the coherence of course choices with their Director of Studies
     

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