B.S. Combined Major for Information Science and Cognitive Psychology
For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later
Summer 2013
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The College of Computer and Information Science
and the Department of Psychology
reserve the right to modify
the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses
as necessary in the future.
Computer Science (32 or 33 SH: 7 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (32 or 33 SH)
Students will take CS 1200 during their first semester.
Students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.
CS 1200
CS/IS Overview 1
1
CS 1210
CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation
1
Freshman level courses with labs or recitations
CS 1800
Discrete Structures
4
CS 1801
Recitation for CS 1800
0
CS 2500
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
4
CS 2501
Lab for CS 2500
1
CS 2510
Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
4
CS 2511
Lab for CS 2510
1
CS 2800
Logic and Computation
4
CS 2801
Lab for CS 2800
1
Upper level courses
CS 3500
Object-Oriented Design
4
CS 4100
Artificial Intelligence
4
CS 4800
Algorithms and Data
4
Information Science (21 SH: 4 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)
Required Information Science Courses (21 SH)
Courses in Information Science
IS 2000
Principles of Information Science
4
IS 3500
Information System Design & Development
4
IS 4300
Human Computer Interaction
4
IS 4800
Empirical Research Methods
4
IS 4900
Information Science Senior Project
5
IS 4900 satisfies the Capstone Requirement.
English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ENGW 1111 (ENGL 1111)
College Writing
4
ENGW 3302 (ENGL 3302)
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
4
With permission, you may substitute ENGW 3301 for ENGW 3302.
ENGW 3301 (ENGL 3301)
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
4
Mathematics (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
MATH 1341
Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
4
Psychology (36 SH: 9 @ 4 SH)
Required Psychology Courses (16 SH)
PSYC 1101
Foundations of Psychology
4
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
4
PSYC 3464
Psychology of Language
4
PSYC 3466
Cognition
4
Psychology Elective Requirements (20 SH)
Choose one of the following (4 SH)
PSYC 3452
Sensation & Perception
4
PSYC 3458
Psychobiology
4
Choose one of the following laboratory courses (4 SH)
PSYC 4610
Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
4
PSYC 4612
Laboratory in Cognition
4
PSYC 4622
Laboratory in Sensation & Perception
4
Choose one of the following seminar courses (4 SH)
A seminar course satisfies the Capstone Requirement.
PSYC 4658
Seminar in Psycholinguistics
4
PSYC 4660
Seminar in Cognition
4
PSYC 4668
Seminar in Sensation & Perception
4
Choose 2 Psychology electives from the following options (8 SH):
Any additional course taken from the above 3 lists may be used
as a Psychology elective.
Further options:
PSYC 3402
Social Psychology
4
PSYC 3450
Learning and Motivation
4
PSYC 4520
Language and the Brain
4
PSYC 4522
Psychology of Reading
4
PSYC 4524
Cognitive Development
4
PSYC 4526
Categorization and Reasoning
4
PSYC 4652
Seminar in Ethics in Psychology
4
If you are an Honors student, the following
pair of courses will also count for the 2 Psychology electives:
PSYC 4970
Junior/Senior Project 1
4
PSYC 4971
Junior/Senior Project 2
4
Computing and Social Issues (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
Students learn how computing and social issues intersect.
Choose one.
SOCL 4528
Computers & Society
4
SOCL 3485
Environment, Technology, and Society
4
ANTH 3418
Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics
4
POLS 3308
Governance and Society in the Cyberage
4
IA 5240
Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
4
General Electives (28 SH: 7 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
4
Elective 2
4
Elective 3
4
Elective 4
4
Elective 5
4
Elective 6
4
Elective 7
4
The general electives must be consistent with the policy
on general electives articulated by the College of
Computer and Information Science on the college web site.
NU Core
1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:
Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
Comparative Cultures Requirement
The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done
by taking a course then this course must be one of the general electives
that is taken in addition to the NU Core Level 1 electives.
Integrative Courses
See CS 4100 Artificial Intelligence.
See IS 4300 Human Computer Interaction.
See IS 4900 Information Science Senior Project.