New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science 14 courses 72 total credits
The Program in Cognition and Perception spans multiple subareas of psychology, such as perception, attention, memory, categorization, language, emotion, decision-making, development, motor control, and cognitive neuroscience. How do we identify the letter "a"? How do we perceive depth and shape? What representational resources are innate? How do human cultures, and individual children, go beyond innate representational capacities? How do toddlers make decisions about their world? How are explicit and implicit memories coded in the brain? How do we inhibit inappropriate responses? How are sentences understood? How are new concepts acquired? How does attention affect perception? The Program in Cognition and Perception spans two campuses: NYU in New York and in Abu Dhabi. Our Cognition and Perception faculty page lists the faculty associated with each campus. A PhD student for NYU in New York typically spends five years in New York taking courses and carrying out research. A PhD student for NYU in Abu Dhabi will typically spend two years primarily in New York with multiple visits to Abu Dhabi. During those two years, students complete all or most of their coursework as well as carrying out research in collaboration with an NYU Abu Dhabi advisor and a co-mentor in New York. The subsequent three years are spent in Abu Dhabi completing the dissertation research and any remaining course requirements. For more information on the Global PhD program, click here. In the Program in Cognition and Perception, students and faculty investigate how people perceive, think, and act. Research is central in our graduate training. Students are exposed to a broad range of knowledge in cognition and perception and they are trained to think creatively and to develop independent research careers. Students and faculty work closely with researchers in other departments and research centers: (Neural Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Linguistics, and Philosophy). Every week there are journal club discussions and talks by leading researchers that take place within the Psychology Department, in other NYU departments, and at other nearby schools in New York City (see Events link). Ready access to researchers at several great universities and to incredible cultural resources makes New York City a great place to study perception and cognition.
| General Electives | 17-18 credits |
Major Requirements
Quantitative Methods Requirement
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYCH-GA 2211 or PSYCH-GA 2228 | Math Tools for Cognitive Science and Neuroscience or Interm Stat Methods | 3-4 |
Major Requirements
Development
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYCH-GA 2209 | Cognitive Development | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 2220 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 |
Major Requirements
Cognitive Neuroscience
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYCH-GA 2221 | Cognitive Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSYCH-GA 2220 | Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience | 3 |
Major Requirements
Cognition
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYCH-GA 2207 | Categories and Concepts | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 2212 | Neuroeconomics and Decision Making | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 2225 | Learning and Memory | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 2226 | Psycholinguistics | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 2710 | Neurolinguistics | 4 |
Major Requirements
Required Paper and Lab Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSYCH-GA 3100 | Doctoral Psychology Project I | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 3200 | Doctoral Psychology Project II | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 3000 | Doctoral Research Laboratory | 3 |
| PSYCH-GA 3000 | Doctoral Research Laboratory | 21 |
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