Cognitive Science, B.S.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - INTO

A truly interdisciplinary approach to cognitive science education – at the intersection of psychology, computer science, and philosophy – with important links to neuroscience, linguistics, anthropology, mathematics, biology, and education.In addition to having a strong computational emphasis, the B.S. in Cognitive Science at Rensselaer combines psychology and philosophy with disciplines such as neuroscience and linguistics to equip students with the reasoning, communication, and analytical skills needed to succeed in a diverse field.The B.S. in Cognitive Science at Rensselaer studies cognitive phenomena such as reasoning, decision-making, memory, learning, language, perception, and action. The field of cognitive science is used to understand the human mind, one of the most complex entities in the known universe, as well as animal and artificial minds.With applications such as the creation of intelligent machines or the design of speech recognition systems, cognitive science has the potential to transform lives.