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Cognitive Science Major Requirements Form

Please submit this form TWICE in your senior year:

1. Please submit the form in the first semester of your senior year so that we can check that you're on track to complete the major requirements.  

2. Please submit the form a SECOND TIME in the second semester of your senior year, after your registration is finalized.  You may have taken multiple courses which could count towards the same requirement and we’ll need to know exactly which course you want to count for which requirement when we certify you for graduation.  Please note that the courses that you list on the form to count towards your major are the courses we will include when we calculate your major GPA (which is taken into consideration for recommendations on Departmental Honors).
 

Form Link: https://forms.gle/mqkRVWAbpyfenGVu6

Cognitive Science Specialization and Electives Approval Form

Your Cognitive Science area of specialization and choice of electives must be approved by the program director. The program director will consult with a faculty member who has expertise in your area of specialization before approving your specialization and electives. (Unfortunately, if there is no faculty member at Barnard or Columbia who has expertise in your chosen area, then you must choose another area.)

Please submit this form after you have taken COGS UN1001 Introduction to Cognitive Science and have declared your major.  You may need to submit this form several times as your interests solidify and you find out which courses are offered each semester: that's fine! Just please re-submit the form if and when your plans change.

Please keep in mind that many advanced courses have prerequisites.  If you’re considering a course as a possible elective you should check whether it has prerequisites and take that into account as you plan your courses.
 
IMPORTANT: after you submit the form, your response will be emailed to you.  Please forward that email to the program director for your school, and copy Maia Bernstein at mbernste@barnard.edu.  The program director will reply and let you know if your specialization and electives are approved or if they have questions or suggestions; they will copy Maia, who will note the decision. If you are including a transfer, study abroad, or summer course at another institution among your electives, you must attach a PDF of the syllabus for the course to your email to the program director and Maia.
 

Form Link: https://forms.gle/rdaxeCTNeXAStRzx5

Cognitive Science Transfer and Study Abroad Credit Approval Form

Please fill out this form for each transfer, study abroad, or summer course at another institution for each course which you would like to count towards your Cognitive Science major requirements.

After you have completed this form, your response will be emailed to you.  Please forward that email to Maia Bernstein at mbernste@barnard.edu; please attach a PDF of the syllabus for the course to the email.

We'll have decisions on requests submitted by the first of each month by the first of the following month (so, for instance, if you submit the form and the syllabus by October 1, we'll have a decision for you by November 1).  Please note that your submission is not complete until we have received the syllabus.

Please only use this form for courses which you wish to count for the five area requirements (psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, and mathematical and computational methods).  If you wish to count a course from another institution as an elective, then please include it among your other electives on the  Cognitive Science Specialization and Electives Approval Form and attach the syllabus as a PDF when you email that form to the program director. 
 

Please note that the course must have already been approved by your school (BC, CC, or GS) to count towards your degree requirements before it can be considered for your Cognitive Science major requirements. 

Please note that a maximum of four transfer courses may be counted towards the Cognitive Science major.

Form Link: https://forms.gle/cuR5Yn8K9inuhoKJ7

Cognitive Science Capstone Requirement Form

Please submit this form in March of your junior year, regardless of which capstone option you are choosing.  If you're doing a senior project, please use the form to tell us about your senior project.  If you're taking two additional advanced courses, please use the form to tell us which courses you're planning to take and how they relate to your specialization.  
 
IMPORTANT: after you submit this form, your response will be emailed to you. Please forward that email to the program director for your school, and copy Maia Bernstein at mbernste@barnard.edu.  The program director will reply and let you know if your plan is approved, and copy Maia so she can make a note of the decision.  
 

Form Link: https://forms.gle/KBnJ3qaXSMpHQGFZ8

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