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Cognitive Science and Language – (M.A.)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Faculty of Language, Literature and Translation| Application Deadline: | March 2; June 15 | ||
| Location: | Barcelona / Spain / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 120 | ||
| Languages: | English Spanish Catalan | ||
Location of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
This master'sdegree is designed to introduce students to interdisciplinary research on language and cognition. As an inter-university programme, it consists of a wide academic platform formed by lecturers and researchers in cognitivescience from five Catalan universities.The work carried out by the researchers focuses on a variety of aspects related to natural language, such as its computational processing, its psychological and neurological bases, and its grammar and philosophy.
The master'sdegree is divided into three fields corresponding to three branches of language research: Linguistics, Philosophy and Psychology. All of the researchers specialise in issues related to these fields and within the framework of cognitivescience. The first-year course for each of the fields aims at providing you with deeper knowledge of each of its sections. The second-year course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary research on language and cognition, and will prepare you for research in the field of cognitivescience.
Training objectives
The programme provides an introduction to research into lanuguage and cognition from three scientific perspectives: linguistics, cognitivepsychology and analytic philosophy. This means you receive interdisciplinary training so that during your research in one perspective you are able to monitor contributions from the other two perspectives, which is a vital element to your research. The programme provides the possibility to obtain interdisciplinary advanced academic training in these three fields.
Skills acquired
* Understand the principles that shape cognitivescience as an interdisciplinary field combining the interactions found in linguistic, psycholinguistic and philosophical perspectives.
* Analyse and reflect on each of the levels and components that make up the structure and functions of natural language.
* Critical expertise of the main theories in the study of the mind.
* Critical expertise of the problems raised in analytic philosophy.
* Knowledge of the basic principles of natural language processing and practical skills to work in this field.
* Ability to develop basic or applied research skills in one of the fields of cognitivescience.
Type of master's degree
Inter-University
Others participant universities
University of Barcelona (coordinator)
Pompeu Fabra University
Rovira i Virgili University
University of Girona
Contents
1st year: adaptation of second-cycle modules (60 ECTS credits).
2nd year: 60 ECTS credits.
Logic and Philosophy
Core units
* Mental Architecture and Basic Processes (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Foundations and Principles of Language (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Multisensory Integration Processes (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* The Nature of Language (UB) 5 ECTS credits
Compulsory modules
* Introduction to Research in Philosophy 20 ECTS credits
Optional modules
* Cognitive Science and Philosophy (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Science and Psychology (UB/URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Philosophy and Neurosciences 5 ECTS credits
* Foundations of Philosophy of Science: probability (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Introduction to Classical Logic (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Theories of Knowledge (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Topics in Ontology (UdG) 5 ECTS credits
* Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics (UB-ICREA) 5 ECTS credits
* Philosophical Logic (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Rationality and Action (UB-UNAM) 5 ECTS credits
Cognitive Models of Language Processing
Core units
* Mental Architecture and Basic Processes (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Foundations and Principles of Language (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Multisensory Integration Processes (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* The Nature of Language (UB) 5 ECTS credits
Compulsory modules
* Introduction to Research in Psychology 20 ECTS credits
Optional modules
* Cognitive Science and Philosophy (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Science and Psychology (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Implicit and Explicit Knowledge of Action Control (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Statistical Methods and Techniques for Researchers (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Communication and Language Pathologies (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Speech Perception and Production in Language Learning (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Language Processing in the Bilingual (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* A Comparative Approach to Speech Acquisition (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Models of Speech Perception and Production 5 ECTS credits
* Psychophysical Methods in Perception and Motor Control (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Models of Syntactic Processing (URV) 5 ECTS credits
Grammatical Theory and Language Processing Core units
* Mental Architecture and Basic Processes (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Foundations and Principles of Language (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Multisensory Integration Processes (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* The Nature of Language (UB) 5 ECTS credits
Conditional compulsory modules
* Introduction to Research in Computational Linguistics 20 ECTS credits
* Introduction to Research in Linguistics Theory 20 ECTS credits
Optional modules
* Acquisition and Variation (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Applications of Natural Language Processing (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Science and Philosophy (UB) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Science and Psychology (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Cognitive Sciences and Linguistics (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Computational Treatment of Linguistic Data 5 ECTS credits
* Computational Morphosyntax (UPF) 5 ECTS credits
* Semantics and Interfaces (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Pragmatic and Computational Semantics (UPF) 5 ECTS credits
* Syntax and Language Universals (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Phonology and Interfaces (UAB) 5 ECTS credits
* Descriptive Linguistics and Typology (UPF) 5 ECTS credits
* Lexical Semantics (URV) 5 ECTS credits
* Machine Translation (UPF) 5 ECTS credits
* Corpus Linguistics (UB) 5 ECTS credits
IELTS
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Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Priority is given to those with a degree in Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Translation and Interpreting, or Language Studies. If you hold a degree in another field of study, you can access this master'sdegree with the prior approval of one of the course's tutors.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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