Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Macquarie University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Undergraduate
CRICOS: 00002J
Understanding cognition, which includes processes such as attention, perception, memory, reading and language, is one of the greatest scientific challenges of our time. As well as deciphering the workings of the healthy mind and brain, cognitive and brain scientists also investigate disorders such as anxiety, autism, dyslexia, post-traumatic stress, and schizophrenia. The Bachelor of Cognitive and Brain Sciences - the only degree of its kind in Australia - will provide you with a strong foundation in the rapidly growing fields of cognitive science, neuroscience and computation, with an emphasis on building your critical-thinking and research skills in areas such as science communication, statistics and programming.
Structure
Total Credit Points 240
Subjects
- COGS1000 Introduction to Neuroscience 1
- COGS1005 Introduction to Neuroscience 2
- COGS1010 Delusions and Disorders of the Mind and Brain
- COMP1000 Introduction to Computer Programming
- PSYU1101 Introduction to Psychology I
- STAT1170 Introductory Statistics
- COGS2000 Cognitive Neuroscience
- COGS2020 Experimental Design and Data Analysis for the Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- COGS2250 Cognitive and Brain Sciences Laboratory
- COGS3999 PACE: Cognitive Science in the Real World
- COGS3050 Core Problems in Cognitive Science
- COGS2010 Memory
- COGS2030 Hearing and Brain
- COGS2040 Attention
- COGS2050 Reading in the Mind and Brain
- ANAT2004 Neuroanatomy
- BIOL2230 Neurophysiology
- MEDI2301 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
- PHIL2026 The Ethics and Moral Psychology of Good and Evil
- PHIL2060 Bioethics and Biotechnology
- PHIL2062 Philosophy of Psychology
- ANTH2024 Mad, Bad, Sad: Anthropological Perspectives
- COMP2400 Intelligent Machines, Ethics and Law
- COGS3020 Computational Neuroscience
- COGS3030 Human Neuroimaging
- COGS3040 Space and Time in the Brain
- COGS3210 Advanced Topics in Cognitive Science 1
- COGS3220 Advanced topics in Cognitive Science 2
- COGS3250 Advanced Research Experience and Training
- MEDI3301 Clinical Neuroscience
- PHIL3063 Consciousness and Self
- ANTH3008 Psychological Anthropology
Standard entry requirements
ATAR 80
