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Welcome to the field of Psychology!  Montclair State University offers a Minor in Psychology.  The department of Psychology is also home to the inter-disciplinary Minor in Cognitive Science.

Psychology Minor
To add the Psychology Minor, simply stop by DI219 or visit your major adviser for an Add a Major/Minor form.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR IN PSYCHOLOGY

bullet PSYC 101 General Psyc. I: Human Growth and Development [3]
bullet PSYC 203 General Psyc. II: The Experimental Approach [3]
bullet Any four other courses of the 200 level or higher [12]

Total credits for a psychology minor: [18]

Cognitive Science Minor  Please click here for more information on the program!

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE MINOR

bullet A. Required For All Minors in Cognitive Science:
PSYC 290 Introduction to Cognitive Science [3]
Pre-requisite: ANTH 100 or CMPT 183 or LNGN 210 or PHIL 100 or PSYC 101
PSYC 220 Quantitative Methods [4]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 2030.
PSYC 301 Experimental Psychology [4]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 220 AND  PSYC 290.
bullet B. Electives in the Cognitive Science Minor: Students select three courses from outside their major. Electives must be from at least two departments. No more than one Psychology elective course counts toward the minor in Cognitive Science.
CMPT 183 Foundations of Computer Science I [3]
Pre-requisite: MATH 112 or high school pre-calculus
CMPT 184 Foundations of Computer Science II [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 183
CMPT 280 Assembly Language and Computer Architecture [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 184 and MATH 221
CMPT 285 Discrete Mathematical Structures [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 183
CMPT 287 Data Structures and Algorithms [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 184 and CMPT 285
CMPT 384 Systems Software [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 280 and CMPT 287
CMPT 388 Foundations of Artificial Intelligence [3]
Pre-requisite: CMPT 384
LNGN 300 Syntax [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 210 or permission of the department
LNGN 301 Semantics [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 300
LNGN 302 Pragmatics [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 300
LNGN 445 Natural Language Processing [3]
Pre-requisite: none
LNGN 420 Language and Mind [3]
Pre-requisite: LNGN 210 or PSYC 290
PHIL 266 Philosophy of Science [3]
Pre-requisite: none
PHIL 270 Philosophy of the Mind [3]
Pre-requisite: none
PSYC 305 Physiological Psychology [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 308 Perception [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 313 Cognition [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 314 Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 340 Human Learning and Memory [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 348 Psycholinguistics [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 301
PSYC 490 Seminar in Cognitive Science [3]
Pre-requisite: PSYC 290, PSYC 301 and
PSYC 313 or LNGN 300 or LNGN 380 or LNGN 420

CSND 410 Neuro-physiological Bases of Communication [3]
Pre-requisite: senior standing
CSND 500 Speech and Language Acquisition [3]
Pre-requisite: senior standing, 2.67 GPA, approved application to take a graduate course for undergraduate credit

Total credits for a Cognitive Science Minor: [20]
Effective 6/7/00

 

 


Questions regarding the Cognitive Science Minor can be addressed to:


Dr. David Townsend