This certificate recognizes interdisciplinary study encompassing linguistics, computer science, philosophy, and psychology. Cognitive science encompasses human cognitive processes, such as knowledge representation, inference, memory, planning, problem solving, language, vision, as well as the modeling of these processes on computers. The premise is that comparison of machine models and analogues of cognitive processes with human and animal behavior, together with a study of the philosophical implications, will lead to deeper understanding as well as more useful applications in the component fields.

The program is open to students admitted to any graduate program at Florida State University, although the certificate itself is not a degree and is not a requirement in any degree program.

A student wishing to enter the program should select appropriate courses from those listed below, with the advice and consent of the student's major professor or degree adviser. This list, signed by the student's major professor or adviser, is submitted to the director of the Institute for Cognitive Sciences, together with a letter of application briefly outlining the student's background and interest in the cognitive science certificate. The course of study then needs the approval of the director.

One course must be taken from each of the five areas below. A "B" average must be maintained, and no grade below 2.0 will be accepted. No course can be used to satisfy more than one area. For courses marked with an asterisk (*), consent of the instructor may substitute for stated prerequisites.

It should be noted that the required course work may vary from eleven (11) to more than seventeen (17) semester hours outside of the student's degree program, depending on the specific courses chosen and on overlaps in requirements. A course required for a degree may also be used to satisfy the certificate requirements. Descriptions of the courses listed below can be found in the departmental listings.

For more information contact the Institute for Cognitive Sciences at (850)644-9363, or at Department of Psychology, 1107 W. Call St. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4301; e-mail: kaschak@psy.fsu.edu.

PHI 4134 Modern Logic I (3)

PHI 5135 Modern Logic I (3)

COT 5540 Logic for Computer Science (3)

PHI 5934r Topics in Philosophy (when approved) (3)

PHI 6935r Seminar in Philosophical Topics (when approved) (3)

CIS 5930r Selected Topics in Computer Science (when approved) (1–3)

*COT 4420 Theory of Computation (3)

*COT 5310 Theory of Automata and Formal Languages (3)

*DEP 5165 Developmental Psychology (3)

*EXP 5508 Cognition and Perception (3)

CAP 5615 Artificial Neural Networks (3)

CAP 6616 Autonomous Behavior in Artificial Neural Systems (3) (S/U grade only.)

LIN 4040 Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics (3)

LIN 4512 Introduction to Transformational Grammar (3)

LIN 5045 Descriptive Linguistics (3)

LIN 5510 Transformational Grammar (3)

LIN 5772 Computational Linguistics (3)

*COT 4420 Theory of Computation (3)

CAP 5605 Artificial Intelligence (3)

CIS 5930r Selected Topics in Computer Science [when approved] (1–3)

PHI 6225r Philosophy of Language (3)

PHI 6306r Epistemology (3)

PHI 6325r Philosophy of Mind (3)

PHI 6935r Seminar in Philosophical Topics [when approved] (3)