Cognitive Science is the scientific study of the mind and its processes. It seeks to understand how the mind works through interdisciplinary studies in psychology, computer science, and philosophy.
Cognitive Science investigates how information is represented, processed, and transformed in both humans and machines.

The Cognitive Science program at Mount Allison is one-of-a-kind in Atlantic Canada — incorporating perspectives from a variety of fields.

Within the Department of Psychology, the Cognitive Science program incorporates perspectives from a variety of fields.
In first and second year you'll take introductory courses, plus courses such as:

cognitive processes
biopsychology
systems programming
philosophy of science
In third and fourth year you'll add courses in linguistics, while pursuing courses such as:

sensation and perception
behavioural neuroscience
philosophy of mind
artificial intelligence
medical physics
You'll also be encouraged to pursue independent summer research projects, directed studies projects, or to contribute to faculty research projects as a research assistant.

Whether you're entering the job market or continuing your education, your Mount Allison degree will stand out.
Mount Allison has been recognized by Maclean's as the top primarily undergraduate university in Canada more times than any other university.

With experiential learning and career development opportunities available in every degree, you'll also graduate with hands-on learning and on-the-job experience.

Our graduates also boast extraordinarily high acceptance rates to top graduate programs and professional schools such as law and medicine.

Popular career paths for Cognitive Science graduates include:

artificial intelligence/robotics specialist
human-computer interface specialist
software developer
speech pathologist
marketing representative
web application developer
product usability tester
business analyst
training development
language processing specialist/linguistics adviser
cognitive neuroscientist
occupational therapist