Overview

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We human beings take it for granted that we are possessed of minds. You know that you have a mind and you assume that other people do too. But what, exactly, are we referring to when we talk about the mind? Is a mind just a brain? What endows your mind with the property of being conscious? How does your mind allow you to extract music from sound waves, or relish the taste of chocolate, or daydream, or feel happy and sad, or reach for your cup when you want a sip of coffee? Are minds directly aware of the world out there? Or, when you think that you are perceiving reality, are you just consulting some representation of the world that your mind has built? How similar is your mind to the minds of other people? Do you have to be a human being to have a mind? Could other entities have minds so long as they were built the right way? Does your computer have a mind?

These are the kinds of questions that cognitive scientists want to address. The hallmark of the field is a genuinely multidisciplinary outlook in which the perspectives and methods of all of the component disciplines are simultaneously brought to bear upon a particular question.

In 1982, the Cognitive Science program from Vassar College became the first program of its kind in the world.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Science and Fiction of Mind

Perception and Action

Language

Knowledge and Cognition

Research Methods in Cognitive Science

Autonomous Robotics Design Competition

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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100

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Poughkeepsie, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application
$65 application fee or a fee waiver
School Report with the Counselor Recommendation and High School Transcript: To be completed and sent by your school counselor.
A Teacher Evaluation
Mid-year Report: Your school counselor or another school official must submit your mid-year grades to us. Early Decision applicants must submit a fall progress report and will be asked to provide their first-term grades as soon as they become available.
If English is neither your first language nor the primary language of instruction in secondary schools you have attended for the last three years.

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73275 USD / year

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73275 USD / year

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73275 USD / year

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Living costs

Poughkeepsie

United States

1138 - 2480 USD / month

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