Five College Certificate in Cognitive Neuroscience

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Hampshire College Approved Courses

1. Overview of Cognitive Science
CS 128 Cognitive Science: An Introduction Through Vision
CS 218 Birth of Mind: Biological Foundations of Psychological Development
CS 230 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience

2. Scientific Foundations
CS 205 Introduction to Computer Science
CS 121 Programming Artificial Life
CS 216 Data Structures and Algorithms
NS 2xx Endocrinology
NS 220 Physiology
NS 234 Molecular Biology
NS 247 Cell Biology
NS 262 Biochemistry

3. Research Methods, Design, and Analysis
CS 246 Cognitive Psychology
CS 313 Electrophysiological Methodologies
CS 212 Brain and Cognition II
And various courses in statistics

4. Philosophy of Mind
CS 132 Minds, Brains, & Machines
CS Consciousness Reconsidered
CS 202 Philosophy of Mind

5. Neuroscience
CS 134 Brain and Cognition I
CS/NS/SS 269 The Plastic Brain: Culture, Experience & Environment in Mind/Brain Development
NS 244 Neuroendocrinology
NS3xx Neurophysiological Mechanisms

6. Advanced Topics
CS 272 Emotions and the Brain
CS/NS/SS 278 Sex on the brain: Gender, Sex & Biology
CS/NS 158/358 Evolution of Behavior
CS 228 Music: Brain and Development
CS 274 Bioacoustics
CS 278 Evolution of Neurally-Controlled Robots
CS 254 Genetic Programming
CS 287 Evolving Artificial Neural Networks
CS 370 Brain, Mind, and Culture
CS 338 Current Issues in Cognitive Science