Cognitive Science at SWAT?

etselec
Mon, 18 May 2009 12:35:24 +0000

There are certainly cogsci majors from time to time, and several minors per year as well. It’s very interdisciplinary–after the intro course, the only other designated cogsci credit is the thesis. As a cogsci major, you would take lots of courses in disciplines like Linguistics, Psychology, Computer Science, Math, Biology and Philosophy that might have little to do with your interests directly–there is, however, lots of flexibility, as you basically design the major yourself, drawing from the list of eligible courses. Last semester a student-run course on Music and Linguistics was approved to be taught, and the Engineering department occasionally offers Acoustics, but realize that there’s very little in the way of classes that connect to your (rather narrow) area of interest directly, besides your thesis. If you’re okay with that, then I would definitely recommend Swarthmore in general as a place where self-directed people with obscure interests can do quite well for themselves.

Good luck with your decisions!

More information about cogsci is available here:
[Swarthmore College | Academics | Course Catalog 2008-2009](Program: Cognitive Science - Swarthmore College - Acalog ACMS™)