{"id":86,"date":"2025-09-24T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T17:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:42:32","slug":"bachelor-of-cognitive-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/bachelor-of-cognitive-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Cognitive Science"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Bachelor of Cognitive Science\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"browse-your-degree-your-future\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Browse Your Degree, Your Future:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/know-your-skills\/\">Know Your Skills<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/get-experience\/\">Get Experience<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ydyf\/next-steps\/\">Next Steps<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"specializations\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specializations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biological Foundations of Cognition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cognition and Computation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cognition and Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language and Linguistics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Philosophical and Conceptual Issues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-cognitive-science\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Cognitive Science\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-cognitive-science\">\n            \n\n<p><strong>Skills and&nbsp;knowledge you may gain from your program:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> An understanding of the mind and of mental abilities; 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