Academic Calendar and Schedules
Calendars downloadable from here:
CEU Academic Calendar (2013/14)
Departmental Academic Calendar (2013/14)
For Students of Academic Year 2013/14
1st yr students: 30 credits to be collected during the academic year (24 for courses, 6 for PhD thesis proposal.)
2nd yr students: 30 credits to be collected during the academic year (8 for courses, 2 for conference presentation, 20 for PhD progress report)
Fall Term Schedule, 2013-14
Winter Term Schedule, 2013-14
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Curriculum, Courses and Syllabi.
The main goal of the coureses in our PhD program is to ensure that the students master the basic notions and theories in cognitive science and can do cutting-edge doctoral research in one area of expertise of program, such as social cognitive sciences and the study of social cognition. The PhD program will provide basic training (taught courses) on at least the following topics:
- Cognitive psychology
- Research methods in cognitive science
- Social cognition
The credit requirements to be fulfilled during the three-year Cognitive Science PhD program are such that the course work is concentrated during the first year, while most of the requirements are research focused.
Fall Term (2013/14) - credit requirements: 14 for 1st yr students, 4 for 2nd and 3rd yr students.
Core Courses:
Experimental Research Methods - Jozsef Fiser (2 credits for Grade)
Research Courses:
Infant Cognition - Gergely Csibra, Gyorgy Gergely and Agnes Kovacs (2 credits for Pass/Fail) [e-learning]
Visual Perception and Learning in the Brain - Jozsef Fiser (2 credits for Pass/Fail)
Joint Action - Natalie Sebanz and Guenther Knoblich (2 credits for Pass/Fail)
Behavioural Game Theory - Christophe Heintz (2 credits for Pass/Fail)
Elective Courses: [2 credits to be elected -by both 1st, 2nd and 3rd yr students]:
Introduction to language and social cognition - Anne Tamm (2 credits for Grade)
Communicative and cultural knowledge transmissions - Gyorgy Gergely (2 credits for grade)
Evolutionary Psychology - Clark Barrett (2 credits for Pass/Fail)
Bayesian data analysis - Jozsef Fiser (2 credits for Grade)
Mandatory to attend for Pass/Fail (both for 1st, 2nd and 3rd yr students):
CDC Seminar - (1 credit for Pass/Fail)
Journal Club - (1 credit for Pass/Fail)
Winter Term (2013/14) - credit requirements: 16 for 1st yr students, 4 for 2nd and 3rd yr students.
Core Courses:
Social Cognition - Christophe Heintz (2 credits for Grade)
Academic Writing for Cognitive Science - Natalie Sebanz (2 credits for Grade)(2nd yr students may register for audit)
Elective Courses (4 credits to be elected for 1st yr students, 2 credits for 2nd and 3rd yr students):
Cognitive and social sciences approaches to religion - Vlad Naumescu and Dan Sperber(2 cr)
Empirical and philosophical issues in the study of human cooperation and communication - Dan Sperber (2 credits)
Cognitive Science and Policy Making - Christophe Heintz and Andres Moles (POLS)(4 credits)
How to design good experiments in Cognitive Science -Guenther Knoblich (2 credits)
What makes us social - Chrsi Frith and Uta Frith (2 credits)
Topics in the Philosophy of Psychology – Hanoch Ben-Yami and gergely Csibra (2credits)
Mandatory to attend for Pass/Fail (both for 1st, 2nd and 3rd yr students):
Departmental Colloquium - (1 credit for Pass/Fail)
Journal Club - (1 credit for Pass/Fail)
Spring Term (2013/14)
PhD Thesis Proposal (6 credits)
Comprehenisve exam (0 credits)
PhD Progress Report (20 credits - for 2nd and 3rd yr students)
Conference presentation (2 credits for 2nd and 3rd yr students)
Detailed course descriptions are available at Courses.
For detailed information on credits and CEU Grading System, please visit the Student Records Office.
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Exam Schedules
Comprehensive Exam for 1st yr students: 13th May, Tuesday, 2014