Cognitive Science

University of California, Berkeley

Overview

The Cognitive Science Program at UC Berkeley offers undergraduates the opportunity to explore the mind from an interdisciplinary perspective. Courses in the program draw on psychology, linguistics, computer science, philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology, among other fields, to illuminate how the human mind works and why it works the way it does.

Many influential ideas within cognitive science originated at Berkeley. The program draws on over 40 affiliated faculty from a variety of departments and is closely integrated with cognitive science research efforts across the campus.

The cognitive science research community at Berkeley is centered around the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Students interested in cognitive science graduate study can receive graduate training in programs in affiliated disciplines, e.g. psychologylinguisticsneuroscience. There is presently no separate graduate program specifically for cognitive science. 

Undergraduate Program

Cognitive Science: BA

Graduate Program

Cognitive Science: DE

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Courses

Cognitive Science

Contact Information

Cognitive Science Program

140 Stephens Hall

Phone: 510-642-2628

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Professor and Program Director

David Whitney (he/him)

2121 Berkeley Way, Room 3129

dwhitney@berkeley.edu

Student Services Lead

MacKenzie Moore, PhD (she/her)

140 Stephens Hall

mackenziemoore@berkeley.edu

Student Academic Advisor

Catherine Byrne, MA (she/her)

140 Stephens Hall

clbyrne@berkeley.edu

Student Academic Advisor

Meagan Mason, MA (she/her)

140 Stephens Hall

meaganmason@berkeley.edu

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