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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Minor in Cognitive Studies (18-19)


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Coordinators: Giovanni Bennardo, Department of Anthropology; Betty Birner, Department of English; and Katja Wiemer, Department of Psychology 

Cognitive Studies is the study of the mind. A minor in cognitive studies indicates that a student has studied issues such as knowledge acquisition, language, reasoning, and artificial intelligence from an interdisciplinary perspective and using a variety of methods. This degree may be particularly beneficial to students who seek a career in interdisciplinary fields such as cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, artificial intelligence, human factors engineering, educational technology, or related areas within the participating departments.

The departments participating in this minor are Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Communicative Disorders, Computer Science, English, Philosophy, and Psychology.

The Cognitive Studies Minor is open to students of any major area leading to a baccalaureate degree. Students should have at least sophomore standing and hold a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher. Students who wish to enroll in the minor need to register with one of the program coordinators.

Requirements (18-19)


Six or more semester hours in the minor must be taken at NIU.

Core course (3)


At least five of the following, from at least three departments (15-16)


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