IS and Psycholgy

B.S. Combined Major for Information Science and Cognitive Psychology

For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later

Summer 2013

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The College of Computer and Information Science and the Department of Psychology reserve the right to modify the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses as necessary in the future.

The 2009 version of these requirements may be found at 2009 Requirements

Change History

Computer Science (32 or 33 SH: 7 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)

Required Computer Science Courses (32 or 33 SH)

Students will take CS 1200 during their first semester.

Students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.

CS 1200 CS/IS Overview 1 1

CS 1210 CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation 1

Freshman level courses with labs or recitations

CS 1800 Discrete Structures 4

CS 1801 Recitation for CS 1800 0

CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 4

CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500 1

CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 4

CS 2511 Lab for CS 2510 1

CS 2800 Logic and Computation 4

CS 2801 Lab for CS 2800 1

Upper level courses

CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design 4

CS 4100 Artificial Intelligence 4

CS 4800 Algorithms and Data 4

Information Science (21 SH: 4 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)

Required Information Science Courses (21 SH)

Courses in Information Science

IS 2000 Principles of Information Science 4

IS 3500 Information System Design & Development 4

IS 4300 Human Computer Interaction 4

IS 4800 Empirical Research Methods 4

IS 4900 Information Science Senior Project 5

IS 4900 satisfies the Capstone Requirement.

English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)

ENGW 1111 (ENGL 1111) College Writing 4

ENGW 3302 (ENGL 3302) Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 4

With permission, you may substitute ENGW 3301 for ENGW 3302.

ENGW 3301 (ENGL 3301) Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 4

Mathematics (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)

MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4

Psychology (36 SH: 9 @ 4 SH)

Required Psychology Courses (16 SH)

PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology 4

PSYC 2320 Statistics in Psychological Research 4

PSYC 3464 Psychology of Language 4

PSYC 3466 Cognition 4

Psychology Elective Requirements (20 SH)

Choose one of the following (4 SH)

PSYC 3452 Sensation & Perception 4

PSYC 3458 Psychobiology 4

Choose one of the following laboratory courses (4 SH)

PSYC 4610 Laboratory in Psycholinguistics 4

PSYC 4612 Laboratory in Cognition 4

PSYC 4622 Laboratory in Sensation & Perception 4

Choose one of the following seminar courses (4 SH)

A seminar course satisfies the Capstone Requirement.

PSYC 4658 Seminar in Psycholinguistics 4

PSYC 4660 Seminar in Cognition 4

PSYC 4668 Seminar in Sensation & Perception 4

Choose 2 Psychology electives from the following options (8 SH):

Any additional course taken from the above 3 lists may be used as a Psychology elective.

Further options:

PSYC 3402 Social Psychology 4

PSYC 3450 Learning and Motivation 4

PSYC 4520 Language and the Brain 4

PSYC 4522 Psychology of Reading 4

PSYC 4524 Cognitive Development 4

PSYC 4526 Categorization and Reasoning 4

PSYC 4652 Seminar in Ethics in Psychology 4

If you are an Honors student, the following pair of courses will also count for the 2 Psychology electives:

PSYC 4970 Junior/Senior Project 1 4

PSYC 4971 Junior/Senior Project 2 4

Computing and Social Issues (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)

Students learn how computing and social issues intersect.

Choose one.

SOCL 4528 Computers & Society 4

SOCL 3485 Environment, Technology, and Society 4

ANTH 3418 Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics 4

POLS 3308 Governance and Society in the Cyberage 4

IA 5240 Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights 4

General Electives (28 SH: 7 @ 4 SH)

Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core 4

Elective 2 4

Elective 3 4

Elective 4 4

Elective 5 4

Elective 6 4

Elective 7 4

The general electives must be consistent with the policy on general electives articulated by the College of Computer and Information Science on the college web site.

NU Core

1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:

Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core

Comparative Cultures Requirement

The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done by taking a course then this course must be one of the general electives that is taken in addition to the NU Core Level 1 electives.

Integrative Courses

See CS 4100 Artificial Intelligence.

See IS 4300 Human Computer Interaction.

See IS 4900 Information Science Senior Project.