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MSC Cognitive Science 2

The MSc Cognitive Science programme provides students with interdisciplinary breadth across fields like philosophy, computer science, and psychology. It aims to add critical thinking skills to students' existing specializations. The programme prepares students for PhD research or careers in research through diverse teaching methods and assessments. Students synthesize insights from different disciplines to understand topics in human experience and behavior.

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MSC Cognitive Science 2

The MSc Cognitive Science programme provides students with interdisciplinary breadth across fields like philosophy, computer science, and psychology. It aims to add critical thinking skills to students' existing specializations. The programme prepares students for PhD research or careers in research through diverse teaching methods and assessments. Students synthesize insights from different disciplines to understand topics in human experience and behavior.

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2/24/23, 7:06 PM MSc Cognitive Science - Programme Details

(i) Purpose
This programme assumes the incoming student has a particular specialisation in one or more fields.  To this initial specialisation, the programme seeks to
add interdisciplinary breadth, providing insights and concepts from many different fields. This sensitivity to interdisciplinary concerns is suitable
as preparation for critical engagement with research at a postgraduate level.  It is thus intended to be an ideal preparation for those who wish to progress
to PhD studies or to a career in research.  It will also suit those who harbour a personal interest in critical approaches to human experience and
behaviour. It is not a vocational programme, in that it is not tailored for any specific employment target. 
(ii) Education and subject description, professional values
We encourage students to adopt rich, pluralist views of the topics covered, which combine insights and expertise from several disciplines, including
philosophy, computer science, psychology and more.
(iii) Learning outcomes
Taught modules cover a broad range of disciplines, which will challenge and encourage students to develop critical skills that transcend disciplinary
boundaries.
(iv) Approaches to teaching learning and assessment
Students will thus encounter many different ways of understanding and investigating focussed topics, and will be encouraged to learn to synthesise and
integrate insights from disparate fields.  Because of the breadth of subject matter, students will encounter evaluation in many forms, including
continuous assessment by exercises, essays, reports, portfolio assembly, and end of module examination.

Programme Outcomes 

 Articulate research questions within the field and display an awareness of the empirical methods that can potentially be brought to bear on them
 Bring insights from diverse disciplines to bear on focussed topics within the field
 Communicate research questions and findings to audiences in diverse disciplines, including the general public
 Critique theoretical and empirical claims made in the primary literature
 Identify and describe major topics arising within the domain of cognitive science
 Inform discussions that demand the integration of skills and insights from diverse disciplines in addressing topics related to human experience and
behaviour
 Present their research in public and communicate clearly in writing
 Recognize and manage the theoretical diversity found within contributing disciplines
 Situate contemporary research in cognitive science in a theoretical and practical context

What modules can I take? 

 View All Modules Here (./!W_HU_MENU.P_PUBLISH?p_tag=MODULES&MAJR=T023)

Fees, Funding and Scholarships 

MSc Cognitive Science (T023) Full Time


EU          fee per year - € 7960
nonEU    fee per year - € 21520

MSc Cognitive Science (T084) Part Time


EU          fee per year - € 4770
nonEU    fee per year - € 10760

***Fees are subject to change


Tuition fee information is available on the UCD Fees website (http://www.ucd.ie/fees). Please note that UCD offers a number of graduate scholarships for
full-time, self-funding international students, holding an offer of a place on a UCD graduate degree programme. For further information please see
International Scholarships (http://www.ucd.ie/registry/adminservices/fees/int-fees.html).

Entry Requirements 

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