Cognitive science* - Faculty of Arts
Offered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social Sciences
Cognitive science is a multidisciplinary field focusing primarily on the study of thinking in people and machines. The units in the cognitive science sequence focus on the scientific study of higher mental activities - those involving the acquisition, storage, retrieval and application of knowledge. Put more simply, we investigate how the senses work and how our perceptions of the works are built out of these, how we learn and memorise information, how these processes change as we grow, how the cells of the brain change during these processes, what language tells us about thought processes, and how we can replace human parts with others created artificially or borrowed from nature.
Students wishing to undertake the full major in cognitive science can do so only in the Bachelor of Cognitive Science degree. The units are available as electives to students enrolled in other degrees.
Relevant courses
- Bachelor of Arts (and associated double degrees)
- Bachelor of Cognitive Science
Contact details
Inquiries (Gippsland): Room 283, building 2W; Telephone +61 3 9902 6339; Email humcass.info@arts.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/humcass.
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