![]() ![]() ProgramĬognitive Science Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Cognitive Science Interdisciplinary Ph.D.Something Pacific: An Art Installation by Nam June Paik.Commitments to Actions in Response to the Murder of George Floyd.Statement on Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes & the Atlanta Shooting.I have a few friends who went into app design or programming. I chose to go to grad school for Occupational Therapy after UCSD so cog sci worked out well for me. Also, UCSD’s cog sci department is the bomb and well respected across the US. There is no reason to be ashamed of switching majors and especially not from switching to cog sci!! It’s going to help you in the long run if you learn what you like (or tolerate) learning about. I was a transfer student and knew I wanted to do cogsci when I got to UCSD so my reasoning was a bit different but I loved most of the classes and have no regrets about majoring in it! Every once in a while it seems that people are ashamed to switch to cog sci because they basically failed out of another major. Cognitive Science allows you to go in a ton of directions, which can be confusing for many students. I totally agree with the recommendation to specialize but partially to help guide you after graduation. I graduated with cog sci and human cognition specialization a few years ago. Chemistry might be difficult, but there is no guarantee cognitive science will be a lot easier. I think it would be worth retaking it and staying under the biology department if you want to pursue ethology. My understanding is that CHEM 4 is high school chemistry, so you can definitely do it. ![]() There are also professors that specifically do research with animals observing their behavior (more broadly, gestures), look up Rossano (hopefully I spelled that right). ![]() I am seriously considering switching out of the major because I have little interest in engineering/coding (although the major focuses on design, most need to learn how to code).Īs for your career track, there is a neuroscience specialization. ![]() Just doing the math, it does not seem like a hot job prospect. My understanding from lectures and classes is that for one user experience designer, there are ten software engineers (as in, many cognitive science majors specialize in Design and Interaction). However, one had background in visual design and the other a background in computer science. One is working under a contract with Google, one interned at Amazon. Talked to a few upperclassmen, most don't know what they can or want to do with it. That being said.if you study learning, memory, and attention in cogsci, and become a master of your own learning ability, you can other topics much faster.Ĭurrently a sophomore, haven't much of an idea about what the major will offer in terms of job prospects. Cogsci will NOT give you the rigorous and detailed training for the particular sub field you are interested in. However, all the skills you need to develop as a student (like math and computer science) you will have to learn on your own or take classes outside of the department. Cogsci classes are great at providing the birds eye view on multiple perspectives to artificial intelligence. I can only speak for the machine learning major. If you prefer a more structured curriculum, choose a different major. Those who take responsibility for their own educational path will thrive in cogsci and learn to see analogies that others trained in one subject alone will not. sensory neuroscience with UX/UI design, cog neuro with philosophy of mind, machine learning with bottom-up visual processing, etc. If you’re a passionate learner, and love to see the connections across seemingly disparate disciplines then it’s a perfect fit. It simply combines too many subject areas into one. I definitely agree with /u/EhhHelloAnybodyThere on the statement that cogsci is way too general. ![]()
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