Liberal Arts and Professional Studies – Cognitive Science

Department of Philosophy

Specialized Honours BA: 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: students must successfully complete (pass) at least 120 credits which meet the Faculty's degree and program requirements with a cumulative grade point average of at least 5.00.

General education: a minimum of 21 general education credits as follows:

6.00 credits in natural science (NATS)
a 9.00 credit approved general education course in the social science or humanities categories
a 6.00 credit approved general education course in the opposite category to the 9.00 credit course in social science or humanities already taken

Major credits: students must complete 51 credits, as follows:

AP/LING 1000 6.00 or AP/LING 2800 3.00 (cross-listed to AP/COGS 2800 3.00);
HH/PSYC 1010 6.00;
AP/PHIL 2160 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/COGS 2160 3.00);
AP/PHIL 3260 3.00;
HH/PSYC 3260 3.00;
AP/COGS 3750 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/PHIL 3750 3.00);
AP/COGS 4750 6.00 or AP/COGS 4901 6.00;

Six credits chosen from the following:

LE/EECS 1020 3.00;
LE/EECS 1030 3.00;
LE/EECS 2001 3.00;
AP/ITEC 1000 3.00;
AP/ITEC 1010 3.00;
AP/LING 2120 3.00;
AP/LING 2130 6.00;
AP/LING 2140 3.00;
AP/PHIL 2100 3.00;
AP/PHIL 2240 3.00;
HH/PSYC 2020 6.00 or HH/PSYC 2021 3.00 or HH/PSYC 2030 3.00;

Nine credits chosen from the following and including at least two different disciplines (departments):

LE/EECS 2011 3.00;
LE/EECS 3401 3.00;
LE/EECS 3402 3.00;
AP/ITEC 3230 3.00;
AP/LING 3120 3.00;
AP/LING 3140 3.00;
AP/LING 3150 3.00;
AP/LING 3210 3.00;
AP/LING 3220 3.00;
AP/PHIL 3265 3.00;
HH/PSYC 2110 3.00;
HH/PSYC 2120 3.00;
HH/PSYC 2220 3.00;
HH/PSYC 2240 3.00;
HH/PSYC 3250 3.00;
HH/PSYC 3265 3.00;
HH/PSYC 3280 3.00
HH/PSYC 3290 3.00 (cross-listed to: AP/LING 3220 3.00);

At least six credits chosen from the following and including at least two different disciplines (departments):

Upper-level credits: at least 36 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level, including at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Credits outside the major: at least 18 credits. (Note: students who are completing a double major or major/minor are deemed to have fulfilled this requirement.)

Honours Double Major BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Double Major degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary (Linked) BA

The program described above may be linked with any Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA program in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Courses taken to meet cognitive science requirements cannot also be used to meet the requirements of the interdisciplinary program.

Note: in a double major program, a course may count only once toward major credit.

Major credits: students must take at least 36 credits in the interdisciplinary program. Students in these interdisciplinary programs must take a total of at least 18 credits at the 4000 level. For further details of requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours Double Major Interdisciplinary BA programs.

Honours Major/Minor BA

The Honours BA program described above may be pursued jointly with approved Honours Minor degree programs in the Faculties of Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Health, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, Science or the Lassonde School of Engineering. For further details on requirements, refer to the listings for specific Honours programs that may be pursued jointly with other Faculties.

Note: in a major/minor program, a course may count only once toward major credit or minor credit.

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