Stanford Psychology Department - Undergraduate Program

Ideal for students interested in the workings of the mind and the brain, as well as artificial intelligence; design of objects, environments, interfaces, and information; human computer interaction; language; and eyewitness testimony. The track includes courses in perception, language, cognition, and neuroscience in the Psychology Department with recommendations for courses in the Computer Science, Philosophy, and Linguistics Departments.

Faculty Advisors: Professors Lera Boroditsky and Michael Ramscar

Required Courses
PSYCH 55---Introduction to Cognition and the Brain

Elective Psychology Courses (students must take at least 4 courses)
PSYCH 30---Introduction to Perception
PSYCH 45---Introduction to Learning and Memory
PSYCH 120---Cellular Neuroscience: Cell Signaling and Behavior
PSYCH 122---Human Behavioral Biology (also called BIOSCI 150/250)
PSYCH 130---Introduction to Cognitive Sciences
PSYCH 131---Language and Thought
PSYCH 137---Birds to Words: Cognition, Communication, and Language
PSYCH 141---Cognitive Development

Approved Outside Courses (students must take at least 3 courses)
CS 103A---Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
CS 103B---Discrete Structures
CS 103X---Discrete Structures (Accelerated)
CS 106B---Programming Abstractions
CS 109---Introduction to Computer Science (not currently offered)
CS 121---Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
LINGUIST 120---Introduction to Syntax
LINGUIST 130A---Introduction to Linguistic Meaning
PHIL 57-------Introductory Logic
PHIL 80-------Mind, Matter, and Meaning
PHIL150/250--- Basic Concepts in Mathematical Logic (same as LINGUIST 135)
PHIL 151/251--- First-Order Logic
PHIL 152/252--- Computability and Logic
PHIL 181/281---Philosophy of Language
PHIL 184/284---Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 186/286---Philosophy of Mind

At Least 4 Units of Pre-professional or Research Experience
Prior approval of a faculty track advisor is required.

At Least 1 Advanced Seminar
Prior approval of a faculty track advisor is required.

Note: The list of outside courses is by no means exhaustive. Students who feel a course falls within the domain of the Cognitive Sciences Track should consult a faculty track advisor for approval.