Cognitive Science, full-time, second cycle
In power from: 30 Apr 2019
Registration criteria
Admission rules for candidates with Polish diplomas
You can apply for studies if you have a bachelor's degree, master's degree, engineer's degree or equivalent.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence that their command of the English language is sufficient (at least B2 level, documented by one of the certificates from this list: http://rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/files/pdf/Documents-knowledge_of_English_EN.pdf
The applicant is qualified on the basis of a written entrance examination in English. The exam covers the content of the readings listed below.
The maximum score of the entrance examination is 100. Within the current admission limit applicants will be qualified on the basis of their exam score, which shall not be lower than 60%.
List of readings:
The entrance exam measures the basic knowledge of cognitive science and formal logic, as well as the ability of critical reading of scientific papers. It will be a single-choice test based on the following readings:
Bermúdez, J. L. (2014). Cognitive science: an introduction to the science of the mind Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chpts 1.1. - 2.3., pp. 5-55
Chpts 4.1. - 4.3., pp. 87-98
Chpt 8, pp. 209-235
Chpts 11.1. - 11.3., 11.5, pp. 315-336, 343-346
Chpts 12.2-12.6, pp. 361-395
Chpt 13.1., 13.3, pp. 404-411, 420-429
Fabbri, M., Guarini, A. (2016). Finger counting habit and spatial–numerical association in children and adults. Consciousness and Cognition, 40, 45-53.
Fodor, J. A. (1981). The mind-body probem. Scientific American, 244 (1), 114-123.
Partee, B. H., ter Meulen, A., Wall, R. E. (1990). Mathematical methods in linguistics. Dordrecht: Kluver Academic.
Chpt 6, pp. 99-130
Chpt 7.1. – 7.4, 7.6 – 7.8, pp. 137-165, 170-175
Tenenbaum, J. B., Kemp, C., Griffiths, T. L., Goodman, N. D. (2011). How to Grow a Mind: Statistics, Structure, and Abstraction. Science, 331, 1279-1285.
Admission procedure for candidates with foreign diplomas
Candidates are qualified on the same rules as applicable to candidates with Polish diplomas.
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Deadlines
Date of the exam: 11th of July, 2019, 11 a.m.
If you are abroad, you can take a distance entrance exam. To do so, please, download the request form (you can find it here), print it out, sign it and send the scan back to cogsci@psych.uw.edu.pl by July 5th.
The distance exam will take place at the same time as the standard entrance exam, i.e. 11 July at 11.00 CET.
Announcement of results: 19th of July, 2019
Reception of documents:
- I round: 22nd of July, 2019, (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), 23rd of July, 2019, (1 p.m.-5 p.m.), 24th of July, 2019, (12-4 p.m.)
- II round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during I round): 25th of July, 2019, (10 a.m.-1 p.m.), 26th of July, 2019, (1 p.m.-4 p.m.)
- III round (in case of not fulfilling the limit during II round): 29th of July, 2019, (1 p.m.-4 p.m.)
Payments
Required documents
List of required documents submitted by candidates qualified for studies
Additional information
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