Cognitive Science Honours (B.A. & Sc.)
60 credits · Bachelor of Arts and Science · 2026-2027 catalogue
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Required Courses (9 credits)
Core Complementary Courses: (18 credits)
Complementary Courses (33 credits)
33 credits are selected as follows: 18 credits from one of the following lists: Computer Science, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Philosophy, or Psychology. 15 credits from any of the five lists. Of the 33 credits Complementary Course credits, 15 credits taken must be at the 400 level or higher.
Computer Science
- COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 251 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 280 History and Philosophy of Computing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 302 Programming Languages and Paradigms (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 330 Theory of Computation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 345 From Natural Language to Data Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 360 Algorithm Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 400 Project in Computer Science (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- COMP 409 Concurrent Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 417 Introduction Robotics and Intelligent Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 421 Database Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 424 Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- COMP 445 Computational Linguistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- COMP 451 Fundamentals of Machine Learning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 523 Language-based Security (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 527 Logic and Computation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 531 Advanced Theory of Computation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 545 Natural Language Understanding with Deep Learning (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 546 Computational Perception (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 549 Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 550 Natural Language Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- COMP 551 Applied Machine Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- COMP 558 Fundamentals of Computer Vision (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
- COMP 562 Theory of Machine Learning (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- COMP 579 Reinforcement Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MATH 222 Calculus 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- MATH 223 Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- MATH 240 Discrete Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
Linguistics
Any course at the 300, 400 or 500 level from the department of Linguistics, or from the following list:
Philosophy
- NSCI 300 Neuroethics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHIL 306 Philosophy of Mind (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHIL 310 Intermediate Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 311 Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 341 Philosophy of Science 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHIL 354 Plato (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 355 Aristotle (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 360 17th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHIL 361 18th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 367 19th Century Philosophy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 411 Topics in Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHIL 415 Philosophy of Language (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHIL 419 Epistemology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 421 Metaphysics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHIL 441 Philosophy of Science 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 474 Phenomenology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Psychology
- ANTH 440 Cognitive Anthropology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- MUMT 250 Music Perception and Cognition (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 204 Introduction to Psychological Statistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 303 Introduction to Human Memory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 304 Child Development (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
- PSYC 305 Statistics for Experimental Design (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
- PSYC 306 Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 315 Computational Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 340 Psychology of Language (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 341 The Psychology of Bilingualism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 342 Hormones and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 352 Research Methods and Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 353 Research Methods and Laboratory in Human Perception (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 354 Research Methods and Laboratory in Psycholinguistics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 403 Modern Psychology in Historical Perspective (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 406 Psychological Tests (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 410 Special Topics in Neuropsychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 413 Cognitive Development (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 427 Sensorimotor Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 433 Cognitive Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 439 Correlational Techniques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 443 Affective Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 506 Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 513 Human Decision-Making (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 529 Music Cognition (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 531 Structural Equation Models (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 538 Categorization, Communication and Consciousness (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 541 Multilevel Modelling (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
- PSYC 560 Machine Learning Tools in Psychology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
Neuroscience
- ANAT 321 Circuitry of the Human Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 200 Molecular Biology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 216 Biology of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 306 Neural Basis of Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 307 Behavioural Ecology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 320 Evolution of Brain and Behaviour (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 389 Laboratory in Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 414 Invertebrate Brain Circuits and Behaviours (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- BIOL 506 Neurobiology of Learning (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 507 Animal Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 517 Cognitive Ecology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 530 Advances in Neuroethology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 532 Developmental Neurobiology Seminar (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- BIOL 580 Genetic Approaches to Neural Systems (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- BIOL 588 Advances in Molecular/Cellular Neurobiology (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- CHEM 212 Introductory Organic Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- NEUR 310 Cellular Neurobiology (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NEUR 503 Computational Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NEUR 507 Topics in Radionuclide Imaging (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- NSCI 201 Introduction to Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- NSCI 300 Neuroethics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHGY 311 Channels, Synapses and Hormones (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 314 Integrative Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHGY 556 Topics in Systems Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 302 Pain (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 303 Introduction to Human Memory (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 306 Research Methods in Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
- PSYC 311 Human Cognition and the Brain (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 318 Behavioural Neuroscience 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYC 342 Hormones and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 410 Special Topics in Neuropsychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 427 Sensorimotor Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 433 Cognitive Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 443 Affective Neuroscience (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYC 444 Sleep Mechanisms and Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
- PSYC 502 Psychoneuroendocrinology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYC 506 Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PSYT 301 Issues in Drug Dependence (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PSYT 500 Advances: Neurobiology of Mental Disorders (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PSYT 515 Advanced Studies in Addiction (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
Research Course
- COGS 401 Research Cognitive Science 1 (6 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
3 credits from the following logic courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following logic courses:
3 credits from the following statistics courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following statistics courses:
3 credits from the following computer science courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following computer science courses:
3 credits from the following linguistics courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following linguistics courses:
3 credits from the following philosophy courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following philosophy courses:
- PHIL 200 Introduction to Philosophy 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
- PHIL 201 Introduction to Philosophy 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
- PHIL 203 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Ethics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
- PHIL 221 Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
3 credits from the following neuroscience courses: (3 credits)
3 credits from the following neuroscience courses:
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