This is not a concentration or minor plan. It is a list of recommended courses for students interested in this field of study.

Pre-requisites: Many of these courses have pre- requisites. Please refer to the current LS&A Bulletin or course guide for information regarding which courses are required. It is important that pre-requisites are taken early in a student’s academic career so that they will be completed in time to take the desired course.

This guide is helpful for students with a focus on the scientific study of language and cognition. These courses represent contributions to this study from several different disciplines, including psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, philosophy of language and mind, and theoretical linguistics. Students should create a plan that includes a strong research focus, and take the core courses in cognitive and developmental psychology and linguistics early in their program. Students who wish to pursue graduate studies are particularly encouraged to complete an honors thesis based on empirical work conducted in one of the local labs in the Departments of Psychology or Linguistics.

Breadth Courses:
These courses are recommended to be taken early in the student’s concentration plan as they serve as prerequisites to many upper division courses.

240 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
250 Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Lab Courses:
The following courses may be used to satisfy a concentration lab requirement.

341 Advanced Laboratory in Cognitive Psychology
351 Advanced Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

Upper Division (300-499) Psychology Courses:
Students are advised to take as many upper-division courses as possible to fulfill concentration credit hours. Most students wishing to specialize in this area are advised to take more than the minimum 34 credits required.

345 Introduction to Human Neuropsychology
346 Learning and Memory
348 Psychology of Thinking
349 Talking Minds (LING 347)
352 Development of Language and Thought (LING 352)
355 Cognitive Development
386 Attitudes and Social Behavior (SOC 386)
445 Psychology of Language (LING 447)
447 Current Topics in Cognition and Perception
457 Current Topics in Developmental Psychology

Interdisciplinary Courses:
These courses found across the university are recommended to give students a broad, interdisciplinary background in the area of language, thought, and society. Students should consider how these courses may be used to satisfy other degree requirements (e.g. Area Distribution credit, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Reasoning, and Upper Level Writing Requirements).

ANTHRCUL 330 Culture, Thought, and Meaning
ENGLISH 407 Topics in Language and Literature
LING 210 Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
LING 211 Introduction to Language
LING 272/ ANTHRCUL 272 Language in Society
LING 313 Sound Patterns
LING 315 Sentence Analysis
LING 316 (314) Aspects of Meaning
LING 317 Language and History
LING 339/ CAAS 339 African American Languages and Dialects
LING 340 Introduction to Sociolinguistics
LING 342 Perspectives on Bilingualism
LING 350 Perspectives on Second Language Learning and Instruction
LING 370/ ANTHRCUL 370 Language and Discrimination: Language as Social Statement
LING 374/ ANTHRCUL 374 Language and Culture
LING 461/ ANTHRCUL 461/ AMCULT 461 Language, Culture, and Society in Native North America
PHIL 340 Mind, Matter, and Machines
PHIL 345 Language and Mind
PHIL 383 Knowledge and Reality
PHIL 450 Philosophy of Cognition
PHIL 477 Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 482 Philosophy of Mind