Doctor's degree Cognitive Science - Johns Hopkins University

Doctor's degree Cognitive Science from Johns Hopkins University is a Campus Ph.D Cognitive degree that prepares you for a Science career. Goals & Rationale The graduate program in the Department of Cognitive Science has as its primary goal training a generation of cognitive scientists who can meld multiple existing disciplines into a new, genuinely integrated science of the mind/brain. A second goal is to train graduates who are competitive for positions in traditional disciplinary departments at research universities. Because many of the currently most exciting research developments recognized within the related traditional disciplines arise through interdisciplinary research, the training in cognitive science offered by our department can promote a graduate's attractiveness as a candidate for positions in a variety of departments. For example, a student who is studying language processing in normal and brain-damaged subjects, and is trained in the methods of both cognitive neuropsychology and neuroimaging, with a solid foundation in theoretical linguistics and additional coursework in psychology or neuroscience, is potentially employable in a number of departments. A student with in-depth training in theoretical phonology, a solid background in computational and psychological approaches to phonological research, and ancillary training in other branches of linguistics is well-positioned to conduct state-of-the-art research and teaching valuable for both a linguistics department and a cognitive science program. The training we offer in cognitive science is highly interdisciplinary, strongly theoretically oriented, and integrated to an extent only possible within a department of cognitive science. The interdisciplinary training provided to all students includes 1. coursework providing literacy in all the following cognitive sub-literatures: cognitive psychology and neuropsychology, computational approaches to cognition, generative linguistics, philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience; 2. teaching experience in a range of areas within cognitive science; 3. coursework introducing the full range of formal methods used throughout cognitive science; 4. research experience in at least two of the following methodologies of cognitive science: computational analysis, computer modeling, empirical psychology, empirical neuroscience, linguistic analysis, brain imaging (currently available as secondary methodology only) philosophical analysis; 5. in-depth interdisciplinary training in an area of expertise, with ancillary preparation for a faculty position in a traditional discipline. View more details on Johns Hopkins University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Cognitive courses.