{"id":3188,"date":"2012-02-14T11:09:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?page_id=3188"},"modified":"2020-11-13T01:04:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:04:27","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospective Applicants for Cognitive Science Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why you should choose the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University!<\/h2>\n<p>Carleton University offers you one of the few fully integrated programs in Cognitive Science in Canada. At Carleton,\u00a0you will develop a solid foundation in the different elements that make up this field of study, and will also be able to specialize in an area of particular interest.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Cognitive Science (ICS), in co-operation with the departments of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/psychology\/\">Psychology<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/philosophy\/\">Philosophy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/slals\/\">Linguistics<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scs.carleton.ca\/\">Computer Science<\/a>, offers the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/current-students\/undergraduate\/\">B.Cog.Sc. Hons<\/a> in Cognitive Science \u2013 Undergraduate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/post-baccalaureate-diploma-cognitive-science\/\">Post-Baccalaureate Diploma<\/a> in Cognitive Science &#8211;\u00a0Undergraduate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/current-students\/graduates\/m-cog-sc\/m-cog-sc-program-information\/\">M.Cog.Sc.<\/a>, in Cognitive Science \u2013 Graduate<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/current-students\/graduates\/ph-d-program\/ph-d-program\/\">Ph.D.<\/a> in Cognitive Science \u2013 Graduate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/graduate-profiles\/ph-d-alumni\/\">Elizabeth Christie<\/a>, an Alumni of the Ph.D. program, discusses why she chose to study Cognitive Science at Carleton.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why I Chose Carleton Cognitive Science\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UMEbP6lfTR0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>What do Cognitive Scientists Study?<\/h2>\n<p>Cognitive scientists are involved in the application of cognitive science research to real world problems. With researchers in a variety of disciplines, areas of research is varied.\u00a0 Here is a sampling of the types of research you could explore, learn and join:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>logical foundations of language, computational logic<\/li>\n<li>attention, spatial navigation, categorization<\/li>\n<li>language acquisition, neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics<\/li>\n<li>pragmatics, field linguistics, language change, cross-linguistic variation,<\/li>\n<li>mathematics education, gaming, visualization, team-oriented technology,<\/li>\n<li>modelling platforms, some examples are:\u00a0Visuo, ACT-R, and NetLogo<\/li>\n<li>development of language and literacy, theory of mind and executive function.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read\u00a0more information about our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/research\/\">research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Learn more about the degree that&#8217;s right for you!<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University is one of the few institutions in North America to offer all three Bachelor&#8217;s, Master&#8217;s, and Doctoral degrees in Cognitive Science.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/current-students\/undergraduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prospective Undergraduate Studies in Cognitive Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/academic-programs-2\/graduate-programs\/graduate\/\">Prospective Graduate Studies in Cognitive Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why you should choose the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University! 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