Cognitive Science

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Local:$ 4.65 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 22.5 k / Year(s) Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
200 place StudyQA ranking:6426 Duration:4 years

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Every day, computing innovations are transforming the way we learn, work and live. Powerful computer applications expand the limits of human abilities in every sphere of academic and professional life, from the arts and social sciences to technology and medicine. Queen's has secured a leading educational role in this ever-changing field by fostering interaction across disciplines and creating one-of-a-kind programs.

The School of Computing offers an exciting learning experience that can prepare you for countless careers and graduate degrees. Our outstanding professors are both internationally recognized experts in a wide variety of computing subjects, and committed educators who take pride in giving you the practical skills and theoretical knowledge you'll need to excel in the industry. Add to this Queen's state-of-the-art facilities, and you have a world-class educational environment.

The most significant unanswered question in science today is how human beings are able to be intelligent and aware. Many different scientific disciplines address this question from quite different perspectives. Over the past 25 years, Cognitive Science has emerged as a new scientific discipline which has the goal of integrating the results and efforts in the study of human cognition.

  • In Cognitive Psychology we ask questions about human memory, learning, perception, and problem solving.
  • In Neuroscience we ask questions about the structure and function of the human brain, and how it enables intelligent behaviour.
  • In Linguistics we ask questions about how to characterize language, and how language use relates to human intelligence.
  • In Artificial Intelligence we ask questions about how to model cognition with computers, and how to develop intelligent computer systems and robots.
  • In Philosophy we ask questions about what it means to possess knowledge, to be conscious, and whether a machine might ever possess consciousness.
  • Cognitive Science addresses the common aspects of these questions, and seeks to integrate the approaches and results.

The Cognitive Science Program is an Honours Subject of Specialization degree program, which specifies courses from a variety of disciplines including School of Computing, Psychology, Linguistics, and Philosophy. Over 60% of the graduates from the Queen's Cognitive Science Program have gone on to Ph.D. studies.

  • Introduction to Computing Science I
  • Introduction to Computing Science II
  • Introduction to Cognitive Science
  • Discrete Math I
  • Linear Algebra
  • Cognition and Computation
  • Discrete Mathematics for Computing Science
  • Logic for Computing Science
  • Computer Architecture
  • Information Structures
  • Programming Paradigms
  • Statistics in Psychology
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Programming Cognitive Models
  • Neural and Genetic Cognitive Models
  • Topics in Artificial Intelligence
  • Social, Ethical and Legal Issues in Computing
  • Advanced Undergraduate Project

Two of the following three streams in Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology

Linguistics

  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics

Philosophy

  • Great Works
  • Fundamental Questions
  • Epistomology and Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Minds and Machines
  • Philosophy of Psychology
  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Philosophy of Language

Psychology

  • Principles of Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Research Methods
  • Perception
  • Brain and Behaviour I

One from the following list of PSYC options

  • Research Methods in Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology: Learning
  • Experimental Psychology: Perception
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Brain and Behaviour I
  • Advanced Experimental Psychology
  • Human Memory
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Attention
  • Laboratory in Attention
  • Cognitive and Language Development
  • Comparative Cognition
  • Psychology of Reading
  • Brain and Behaviour II
  • Advanced Perception
  • Advanced Topics in Cognitive Psychology
  • Selected Topics in Attention
  • Selected Topics in Real-World Scene Perception
  • Developmental Psycholinguistics
  • Atypical Development

6.0 units from the following list or from the PSYC option list just above

  • System-Level Programming
  • Software Specifications
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Digital Systems
  • Algorithms I
  • Advanced User Interface Design
  • Computer Graphics
  • Foundations of Programming Languages
  • Syntax Systems for Natural Language
  • Introduction to Linguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Phonology
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Semantics
  • Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Fundamental Questions
  • Philosophy of Mathematics
  • Minds and Machines
  • Philosophy of Psychology
  • Philosophy of Language

Requirements

  • Six 4U and 4M courses, including a minimum of three 4U courses and three additional 4U or 4M courses, one of which must be ENG4U (or EAE4U, EAL4U, EAC4U, FRA4U or FLO4U);
  • A Personal Statement of Experience (PSE).
  • To be considered, students must offer a minimum overall average of 85% on six 4U and 4M courses, including ENG4U (or equivalent) and no more than three 4M courses and the appropriate prerequisite courses. Recently, the minimum average for acceptance into Computing programs has been 87%.
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT (Internet Based TOEFL)/88 overall: 24 Writing, 22 Speaking, 22 Reading, 20 Listening (Paper Based TOEFL (PBT)/580) 
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Score of 6.5 on Academic Module
  • Attestat o srednem (polnom) obshchem obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education).
  • Grades required for admission will vary by program but, based on the Russian grading scale, the minimum average needed to fall within the competitive range is approximately 4 out of 5
  • High School transcript
  • Students apply through the OUAC (Ontario University Application Centre) website.

Scholarships

  • International Admission Scholarship
  • General bursaries
  • Queen's Work Study Program
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