B.S. Sample Programs

Freshman Year

Fall

  • BCS 110: Neural Foundations of Behavior
  • BIO 110: Principles of Biology I (or BIO 112)
  • Free Elective
  • Primary Writing course

Spring

  • BCS 111: Foundations of Cognitive Science
  • MTH 161: Calculus
  • Symbolic Systems or Computer Programming course
  • 1st of 6 Cluster courses

Sophomore Year

Fall

  • BCS 151: Perception and Action
  • BCS 152: Language and Psycholinguistics
  • Symbolic Systems or Computer Programming course
  • 2nd of 6 Cluster courses

Spring

  • BCS 153: Cognition
  • BCS Allied Field Elective
  • BCS Upper-level Elective
  • 3rd of 6 Cluster courses

Junior Year

Fall

  • BCS 200: Experimental Design and Analysis
  • BCS Allied Field Elective
  • Free Elective or BCS 205: Laboratory in Development and Learning
  • 4th of 6 Cluster courses

Spring

  • BCS 203 or BCS 208: Lab course or Free Elective
  • BCS Elective course
  • Open BCS Elective
  • Free Elective

Senior Year

Fall

  • BCS Elective course
  • Open BCS Elective
  • Free Elective
  • 5th of 6 Cluster courses

Spring

  • BCS Elective course
  • BCS 310: Senior Seminar
  • Free Elective
  • Free Elective
  • 6th of 6 Cluster courses
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