{"id":9309,"date":"2017-11-21T09:48:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?page_id=9309"},"modified":"2020-11-13T01:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:07:48","slug":"choose-institute-cognitive-science-carleton-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/choose-institute-cognitive-science-carleton-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you should choose the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University!"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The degree is a <strong>Bachelor\/Master of Cognitive Science (B.Cog.Sc.\/M.Cog.Sc.) not a B.A or MA<\/strong>. This is a novel degree designation.It represents the fact that, in Cognitive Science, students take courses from Science (Neuroscience, Computer Science), Humanities\/Arts (Philosophy, Linguistics) and Social Science (Psychology).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The Department is separate, fully functioning administrative unit (the Department of Cognitive Science, or DCS), that offers three degrees (B.Cog.Sc. (Hons), M.Cog. Sc., Ph.D.). <strong>It is the only fully independent cognitive Science program in Canada<\/strong> &#8211; most are collections of courses with only a few dedicated to cognitive science.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"><strong>There is a co-op option<\/strong>. Past co-ops have included (a) working with a company that designs web sites to ensure that they user friendly, (b) working on campus as a research assistant in various <\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">facilities, include at the ACE lab. in WSIM (flight simulation), or in Engineering or Psychology labs, (c) Working at high-tech firms (e.g., IBM), and (d) working at a government agency (e.g., STATS CAN).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: black; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">Most of the Cognitive Science courses are taught by one of the 14 fully or cross-appointed faculty. There are faculty who are: (a) appointed to Cognitive Science only (7), (b) 50-50 in cognitive science and one of those other departments (7)<\/span><br \/>\nDr.\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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UMEbP6lfTR0?feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\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\u2019s 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\u2019s, Master\u2019s, and Doctoral degrees in Cognitive Science.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/undergraduate-programs\/\">Undergraduate Studies in Cognitive Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/graduate-programs\/\">Graduate Studies in Cognitive Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/prospective-students\/undergraduate-studies-faq\/\">FAQ: Majoring in Cognitive Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>DCS program Flyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The degree is a Bachelor\/Master of Cognitive Science (B.Cog.Sc.\/M.Cog.Sc.) not a B.A or MA. 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