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Cognitive Science Minor

Director:  David J. Hardy, Ph.D. | Department of Psychological Science | Office: UNH 4745 | david.hardy@lmu.edu | 310-338-5294

Purpose and Key Features of the Program:  Cognitive Science is the study of thinking in all its forms. A Cognitive Science Minor will help students to understand mind, intelligence, and cognition holistically and from multiple perspectives by bringing together and integrating diverse academic disciplines, especially Psychological Science, Philosophy, Computer Science, Modern Languages and Literatures (Linguistics), and Biology.

Interaction with Existing Programs:  The Minor in Cognitive Science will complement students' majors in a variety of existing disciplines. The minor's coursework will be drawn primarily (although not necessarily exclusively) from Psychological Science, Philosophy, Computer Science, Modern Languages and Literatures (Linguistics), and Biology. The hope is to attract students from different colleges and schools across campus with diverse majors. 

Difference from Other Programs at LMU:  Cognitive Science is an area of academic inquiry that overlaps to some extent with Psychological Science but differs from it in at least two key respects: (a) It is an explicitly multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary inquiry that draws from a range of departmental offerings, and (b) It focuses on the mind, thinking, and intelligence -- in short, on cognition.