School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Cognitive Science (BS)
Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)
Four-Year Degree Plan (Example)
This is an example only. Please see advisor to develop an individual four-year plan.
| Freshman Year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 2 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| CGS 2301 | 2, 3 | 3090 | 3 | CS 1337 | 3 | |||||
| 060 Core | 060 | 3 | 060 Core | 060 | 3 | |||||
| MATH 2413 | 2, 3 | 2090 | 4 | MATH 2414 | 2, 3 | 2090 | 4 | |||
| PSY 2301 | 2, 3 | 8090 | 3 | 070 Core | 070 | 3 | ||||
| BBSU 1100 | 1 | 1 | 010 Core | 010 | 3 | |||||
| UNIV 1010 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 14 | Total | 16 | |||||||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 3 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 4 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| 050 Core | 050 | 3 | 030 Core | 030 | 3 | |||||
| MATH 2418 | 4 | 040 Core | 040 | 3 | ||||||
| 010 Core | 010 | 3 | 070 Core | 070 | 3 | |||||
| CS 2336 | 5 | 3 | CS 2305 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | or Elective | ||||||||
| Elective | 2 | |||||||||
| Total | 16 | Total | 14 | |||||||
| Junior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 5 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 6 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| NSC 3361 | 3 | CGS 3361 | 3 | |||||||
| PSY 2317 | 2, 6 | 2090 | 3 | PSY 3490 | 3-4 | |||||
| or CS 3341 | 4, 5 | or PSY 3392 | ||||||||
| CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | |||||||
| Elective | 2-3 | CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | |||||||
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 | |||||||
| UNIV 2020 | 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 14-15 | Total | 15-16 | |||||||
| Senior Year | ||||||||||
| Semester 7 - Fall | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | Semester 8 - Spring | Notes | Preferred | Core | SCH | |
| CGS 3340 | 3 | CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | |||||||
| or PSY 3393 | CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | ||||||||
| CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | Upper Level Elective | 3 | |||||||
| CGS Concentration Elective | 3 | Upper Level Elective | 3 | |||||||
| Upper Level Elective | 3 | Upper Level Elective | 3 | |||||||
| Upper Level Elective | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 15 | Total | 15 | |||||||
| NOTES: | |
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| 1 | Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020. |
| 2 | Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from accredited institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas. |
| 3 | A required Preparatory course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Fourteen semester credit hours (14) are counted in Core Curriculum. |
| 4 | Note that either SE 3341 or STAT 3341 may be used as an equivalent course for CS 3341 for all Cognitive Science program requirements as well as all Cognitive Science course prerequisites. |
| 5 | Only for AI area |
| 6 | A.I. concentration students must take CS 3341. |
| Be sure to check prerequisites of 2000-level or higher courses. | |
| 120 semester credit hours required for graduation | |
| This plan is a resource tool only; it does not replace your degree plan or academic advising. | |
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