PhD in Cognitive Science

     Cognitive Science is broadly concerned with integrating contemporary approaches to the study of mind/brain, and with the systems and processes underlying the acquisition and use of knowledge. Given the inherently interdisciplinary nature of cognitive science, our Ph.D. program is structured to allow students the flexibility to pursue a wide variety of research topics and to integrate methodologies and perspectives from different disciplines.

The coherence of the program lies in its intellectual focus on cognition. This program spans cellular, behavioral and psychological levels of scientific analysis in the study of cognition in a single unified graduate program. The program integrates the diverse content, methods, and perspectives of a number of different disciplines (e.g. anthropology, biology, artificial intelligence, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology) which are concerned with or in some sense inform our understanding of cognition, but all of which as individual disciplines involve concerns that are not specifically cognitive.

http://www.cogsciphd.umn.edu/index.html

 Minor Degree in Cognitive Science

      An interdisciplinary minor in cognitive science was established by the Graduate School at the University of Minnesota in 1989. The impetus for this minor program was the recognition of the need for a formal organizational structure to facilitate graduate academic activities in this rapidly advancing domain. The formal minor is administered through the Graduate School and is available at both the Master's and Doctoral levels. It provides integrated courses that emphasize theory and methods in cognitive science. This program works to enhance the interactions among graduate students and faculty involved in cognitive science.

http://www.cogsci.umn.edu/minor/minor.htm