General information
| Name of study programme | University graduate/masters study programme Cognitive Sciences: Cognition and the Mind |
| Type of study programme | University study programme |
| Format of study programme | Full-time |
| Duration | 2 years ( 4 semesters) |
| ECTS | 120 |
| Academic title awarded upon completion | Masters of Cognitive Sciences |
| Name and code of teh qualification in the CROQF Register | |
| Completion of study programme | All courses passed and Master thesis written |
| Vertical mobility | PhD programmes in cognitive sciences or one of its constituent disciplines |
| Job market | Cognitive Sciences graduates often seek careers in consulting, UX design, data science, science communication, as well as other fields that are research-oriented. |
| Web site | https://cogsci.uniri.hr/ |
Course list
| YEAR 1 | |||
| Semester I | Semester II | ||
| Introduction to the Disciplines and Work in Cognitive Sciences | 7 | Interdisciplinary Modules in Cognitive Sciences 2 | 9 |
| Interdisciplinary Modules in Cognitive Sciences 1 | 6 | Ethics | 6 |
| Statistics | 5 | Empirical Research Methods 2 | 7 |
| Empirical Research Methods 1 | 5 | Rotation project 2 | 5 |
| Rotation project 1 | 4 | ||
| YEAR 2 | |||
| Semester III | Semester IV | ||
| Preparation of Masters Thesis 1 | 20 | Preparation of Masters Thesis 2 | 20 |
| Journal Club 1 | 2 | Journal Club 1 | 2 |
| Science Communication 1 | 4 | Science Communication 1 | 4 |
| Professional Development | 2 | ||
| Elective Courses | |
| Elective modules in Cognitive Sciences | 3 |
| Academic Development | 2 |
| Internship | 3 or 6 |
Learning outcomes
- Synthesise extensive scientific literaturea and use them to formulate own arguments
- Effectively search and evaluate scientific literatures from various fields of the cognitive sciences
- Identify and analyse approaches and bariers to interdisciplinary work in the cognitive sciences
- Synthesise and evaluate models and theoretical approaches in the cognitive sciences
- Synthesise and evaluate empirical research methods and their use and planning in own research
- Manage projects
- Visualise and analyse data
- Use and develop digital skills for coding experiments, data management and processing
- Design and implement the dissemination of research for various audiences and with different methods
- Plan, use, and evaluate the tools and approaches to Open Science
- Synthesise and evaluate ethical principles of science and implement them
- Formulate and plan person and professional development
- Evaluate and use advanced skills in writing and reviewing in cognitive sciences
- Analyse and evaluate the role of philosophy in cognitive sciences
- Analyse and evaluate the role of neuroscience in cognitive sciences
- Analyse and evaluate the role of comparative cognition in cognitive sciences
- Analyse and evaluate selected areas of research in the cognitive sciences from the perspective of theory development and philosophy