Track: Cognitive Science
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (MSc)
The Cognitive Science track is characterized by its strong interdisciplinary focus on cognition and by its emphasis on a broad overview of mind and brain theories and knowledge. Modern cognitive science investigates, with a wide variety of methods, how the human mind deals with acquiring, storing, using, and expressing knowledge of the world that surrounds us, and how these faculties are mediated by the brain.
The cognitive science track offers a thorough introduction to this field, with courses and research internships on language and music, learning and memory, thinking and problem-solving, knowledge representation and decision making. In the programme, you learn about a variety of methods, ranging from brain scanning to philosophical inquiry, and from behavioral experiments to computational modelling. The programme offers much freedom to focus on particular methods and topics, including optional study paths on computational modelling, decision making, language cognition and music cognition.
Programme
Year 1:
- 2 EC, Milestones, Promises and Pitfalls
- 5 EC, Foundations of Cognitive Science
- 5 EC, Cognition, Language and Communication
- 6 EC, Specialization course
- 6 EC, Special Topic in Cognitive Science
- 4 EC, Summer School
- 26-32 EC Research Project 1
- 6 Elective
Year 2
- 6-12 EC Electives
- 36-42 EC, Research Project 2
- 12 EC, Literature Thesis
Structure of the Cognitive Science Track
Specialised courses
Next to the track specific courses, the track Cognitive Science offers five
specialised courses of which the students need to choose at least two as
obligatory modules in their master programme. Students can choose more than two
if they want to.
The specialised courses are offered in semester 1, period 2 and in semester 2,
period 1.