Cognitive Science
Psychology, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Cognitive Science Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS - 34 Hours Required | ||
| Minimum of “C-“required | ||
| Fundamental Skills | 15 | |
Writing – 6 hrs. | ||
| ENGLISH COMPOSITION I | ||
| COLLEGE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LITERACY | ||
Oral Communication – 3 hrs. | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS | ||
or CMST 2120 | ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE | |
Quantitative Literacy – 3 hrs. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING | ||
or MATH 1130 | QUANTITATIVE LITERACY | |
or MATH 1140 | QUANTITATIVE REASONING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS | |
or MATH 1300 | COLLEGE ALGEBRA WITH SUPPORT | |
Data Literacy – 3 hrs. | ||
Select one from the following: | ||
| DATA LITERACY AND VISUALIZATION | ||
| ELEMENTARY STATISTICS | ||
Until Fall 2028, students can satisfy this requirement with an approved data literacy course, or any approved natural or social science general education course. | ||
| Breadth of Knowledge | 13 | |
Social Science – 3 hrs. | ||
Humanities – 3 hrs. | ||
Natural & Physical Science (must complete a lab) – 4 hrs. | ||
Arts – 3 hrs. | ||
| Individual and Social Responsibility | 6 | |
Cultural Knowledge – 3 hrs. | ||
Civic Knowledge and Engagement – 3 hrs. | ||
| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
| **Course will satisfy UNO's General Education requirement | ||
| ^Course requires pre-requisite(s) | ||
| Psychology Major with a Concentration in Cognitive Science - 38+ Hours Required | ||
| Required Coursework | 20 | |
| The first six courses should be taken early in the student’s degree program. Concepts learned in these courses will benefit the student in upper-level Psychology classes. | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II (^) | ||
| CAREER PATHS IN PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| EXPLORATIONS IN THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (^) | ||
or STAT 3000 | STATISTICAL METHODS I | |
| RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
or PSYC 4090 | COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE | |
| SENIOR ASSESSMENT IN PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| Select three 3-credit (PSYC) Psychology courses from Cognitive Science Concentration | 9 | |
| PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (^) | ||
| SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (^) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (^) | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (^) | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS (** ^) | ||
| Select four 3-credit (PSYC) Psychology courses from four of the five areas below; Courses taken for this concentration can be used to help satisfy this requirement. See an advisor to plan accordingly. | 12 | |
| Applied Psychology | ||
| EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| LEARNING (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TESTING (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS (^) | ||
| FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| Social/Personality/Developmental Psychology | ||
| SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| CHILD PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| PERSONALITY THEORIES (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING (^) | ||
| Mental Health | ||
| CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| PERSONALITY AND ADJUSTMENT (^) | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| MENTAL HEALTH AND AGING (^) | ||
| BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND INTERVENTIONS (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN (^) | ||
| LAW & PSYCHOLOGY: ETHICS, RESEARCH & SERVICE (^) | ||
| Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (^) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| HORMONES & BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (^) | ||
| Additional Perspectives | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (^) | ||
| HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| LIMITS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (^) | ||
| POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, HEALTH, & WELL-BEING (^) | ||
| INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| SENIOR THESIS (^) | ||
| Select one 3-credit (PSYC) Psychology Laboratory course at the 4000 Level | 3 | |
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: LEARNING (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: COGNITION, SENSATION AND PERCEPTION (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (^) | ||
| ANIMAL BEHAVIOR LABORATORY (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (^) | ||
| LABORATORY IN PSYCHOLOGY: SOCIAL/INDUSTRIAL-ORGANIZATIONAL (^) | ||
| SENIOR THESIS (^) | ||
| Select two 3-credit (PSYC) Psychology courses at the 3000-4000 level. Courses taken for the selected concentration can also be applied toward this requirement. See an advisor to plan accordingly. | 6 | |
| College Breadth (choose one option) | 15-30+ | |
| Option 1: Complete any UNO minor or undergraduate certificate - 15+ hours | ||
| Option 2: Additional General Education Requirements - 18+ hours | ||
Additional quantitative literacy - 3 hours | ||
Additional Social Science Gen. Ed. from another Discipline - 3 hours | ||
Additional Humanities Gen. Ed. from another Discipline - 3 hours | ||
Additional Nat. and Physical Science w/ or without Lab - 3-5 hours | ||
| Option 3: CAS comprehensive major (50+ hours) OR any second UNO major (30+ hours) | ||
| Bachelor Science Cognate Requirement | 15 | |
| Students pursuing a BS in psychology must complete 15 credit hours of a cognate set of courses. Students will select one of the five cognate sets below. Course selection must include at least two different departments or programs. No more than 6 hours of courses may be at the 1000 level, with the remaining 9 hours taken at the 2000 level or above. Students may take a minor in place of the cognate under the following circumstances: 1) Students pursuing Option 1 College Requirements, which requires a minor, must take a second minor to satisfy the cognate requirement; OR 2) Students pursuing Option 2 College Requirements, which require additional general education courses, may add a minor to satisfy the cognate requirement. | ||
| Advocacy, Ethics, Social Justice & Law | ||
| BUSINESS ETHICS (^) | ||
| PUBLIC SPEAKING FUNDS (**) | ||
| ARGUMENTATION AND DEBATE (**) | ||
| CRIME TO COURTROOM: THE JUSTICE JOURNEY (**) | ||
| CRIMINAL LAW (^) | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (** ^) | ||
| WOMEN, CRIME AND JUSTICE (** ^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & REGULATIONS (^) | ||
| U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY SINCE 1860 (^) | ||
| CRITICAL REASONING (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (**) | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LAW (**) | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL RIGHTS | ||
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: CIVIL LIBERTIES (^) | ||
| REAL ESTATE LAW (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ STUDIES (**) | ||
| SOCIAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL CHANGE (^) | ||
| Artistic and Literary Perspectives | ||
| ART APPRECIATION (** ^) | ||
| HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1850 (^) | ||
| GENDER & SEXUALITY IN MODERN ART (^) | ||
| MUSIC AND THE BLACK EXPERIENCE (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE (** ^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE I (** ^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE II (** ^) | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE I (** ^) | ||
| AMERICAN LITERATURE II (^) | ||
| AMERICAN NONFICTION (** ^) | ||
| VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE (** ^) | ||
| VALUES AND VIRTUES | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF ART (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO DANCE | ||
| RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD (**) | ||
| RELIGION AND CRITICAL THOUGHT | ||
| FILM HISTORY AND APPRECIATION (**) | ||
| THEATRE HISTORY AND LITERATURE:MODERN / 1850-2000 (^) | ||
| CREATIVE WRITING FOR THE ARTS (** ^) | ||
| Global Culture and Diverse Populations | ||
| GLOBAL INDIGENOUS ART (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BLACK STUDIES (**) | ||
| AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II: 1865-1954 (**) | ||
| AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY III: 1954-PRESENT DAY (** ^) | ||
| INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE (** ^) | ||
| COMMUNICATING RACE, ETHNICITY & IDENTITY (** ^) | ||
| RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (** ^) | ||
| INTERNATIONAL CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (** ^) | ||
| SOCIO-CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS IN LITERATURE (** ^) | ||
| BLACK SHORT STORY (** ^) | ||
| SURVEY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE (** ^) | ||
| LATINO/A LITERATURE (^) | ||
| IRISH LITERATURE I (** ^) | ||
| IRISH LITERATURE II (** ^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO TRIBAL MANAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (** ) | ||
| LATIN AMERICA: AN INTRODUCTION (**) | ||
| MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE:THE WORLD (**) | ||
| GLOBAL HEALTH (**) | ||
| RELIGION AND HUMAN RIGHTS (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ STUDIES (** ^) | ||
| RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE U.S. (** ^) | ||
| RACE, CLASS AND GENDER IN THE UNITED STATES (**) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION (** ^) | ||
| Health and Science Explorations | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL CAREERS & ETHICS | ||
| BIOLOGY I (** ^) | ||
| BIOLOGY II (^) | ||
| ART AND SCIENCE OF MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING (^) | ||
| GENETICS (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY (^) | ||
| GENES, BRAIN, AND BEHAVIOR (^) | ||
| GENDER AND COMMUNICATION (** ^) | ||
| HEALTH COMMUNICATION (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY (**) | ||
| BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF AGING (^) | ||
| HEALTH ASPECTS OF AGING | ||
| FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH (**) | ||
| HEALTHFUL LIVING | ||
| WOMEN'S HEALTH AND ISSUES OF DIVERSITY (**) | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY (^) | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE I (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE II (^) | ||
| BIOMEDICAL ETHICS | ||
| PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCE (^) | ||
| NEUROETHICS (^) | ||
| SPIRITUALITY AND WELLNESS (^) | ||
| May choose only 1 of the following MATH courses: | ||
| CALCULUS FOR THE MANAGERIAL, LIFE, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (^) | ||
| CALCULUS FOR BIOMEDICINE (^) | ||
| CALCULUS I (^) | ||
Work Technology & Communication | ||
| INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (**) | ||
| HEALTH COMMUNICATION | ||
| COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES (** ^) | ||
| USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN (^) | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICRO) (** ^) | ||
| PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACRO) (** ^) | ||
| ECONOMICS OF TECHNOLOGY (^) | ||
| WRITING FOR THE WORKPLACE (^) | ||
| TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS (**) | ||
| MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (^) | ||
| MANAGING COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT (^) | ||
| BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (^) | ||
| SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING (^) | ||
| INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY (** ^) | ||
| APPLIED ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIOLOGY (^) | ||
| WORK AND SOCIETY (^) | ||
| ELECTIVES | ||
| Elective hours as required to reach a total of 120 hours | ||
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Senior Thesis Part I: Thesis Proposal (first 3 of 6 credit hours). Requires special permission from a faculty member and the student must meet the Psychology Senior Thesis criteria.
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Senior Thesis Part II: Data Analysis, Interpretations and Conclusions (second 3 of 6 credit hours). Requires special permission from a faculty member and the student must meet the Psychology Senior Thesis criteria.