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      • B.A. Cognition and Brain (Arts PSYC stream)
      • B.A. Language (Arts LING stream)
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      • B.Sc. Cognition and Brain (Science PSYC stream)
      • B.Sc. Computational Intelligence and Design (Science CPSC stream)
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  • Deep Thought

    The study of Cognitive Systems is enabling us to write the latest chapters in our centuries-long quest to understand mind, body and world. (Image courtesy of Sidney Padua at 2d googles.) Read More

  • Emerging Minds

    The brains of babies routinely solve many problems that would defeat even the most powerful supercomputers. We’re trying to understand how. Read More

  • Connect

    Cognitive Systems take many forms.  We study the new ones, the old ones, the natural ones, the artificial ones, and even some of the unfashionable ones. Read More

  • 21st Century Skills

    Finding the lessons in big data is crucial for meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century.  In Cognitive Systems we use psychology and computer science to understand how it can be done. Read More

  • New Overlords

    What can robots do? What should they be allowed to do?  COGS students don’t just build robots: we think philosophically about the relationships between robots and humans. Read More

  • Power Tools

    The development of computers has given us new tools for understanding and modelling thought.  Students in the Cognitive Systems programme are trying to gauge their power. Read More

  • The Syntax of Ideas

    Language plays a central role in human thought. We want to understand what language is, and why it is able to play this role. Read More

Cognitive Systems  (COGS) is a multi-disciplinary undergraduate program involving four departments: Computer Science, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Psychology.

The program provides students with a grounding in the principles and techniques used by intelligent systems both natural and artificial.  It emphasizes the study of existing systems (e.g., perception; linguistics), the design of new ones (e.g., machine vision; machine intelligence), and the design of interfaces between different forms of intelligent agents (e.g., human-computer interfaces).

There are five different degree streams with the program; three are offered by the Faculty of Arts and two by the Faculty of Science.  You can read about them here.

 

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2021W TA Applications are OPEN

Interested in becoming a COGS TA for 2021 Winter sessions 1 and 2? Fill out an application here: https://cogs.air.arts.ubc.ca/ta-application-form (log in with your CWL!) The deadline for on-time applications is March 1, 2021.
COGS Applications are OPEN (for the September 2021 entry)

The COGS application is now open for both internal transfer students and students declaring a specialization for the first time. The application is for the 2021 Winter Term 1 (September 2021) entry to the program, and the application deadline is May 15, 2021 12:00pm (Pacific Time). Please note that internal transfer students (students who currently […]
COGS 2020W2 internal transfer applications CLOSED

The deadline for applications for admission to the BA streams & and internal transfers of the COGS program for 2020W Term 2 (January 2021) has now passed. We’ll let those of you who applied know the outcome of your applications as soon as possible (we’re aiming no later than December 21, 2020). Students who plan […]
Attention: All Students Needing to Take 402 in the Spring

An unprecedentedly high number of students need to take COGS 402 in this coming Spring semester (Jan-Apr 2021), in order to be on schedule for a timely graduation.  Many of these students are currently on the waiting list for the course.  At the end of this week we will enrol as many students from the […]
COGS courses in Spring 2020

COGS courses (200, 300, 303, 401, and 402) in the Spring semester of the 2020/21 academic year will also be offered online.
COGS 2020W2 internal transfer applications OPEN

Internal transfer* applications for COGS streams (B.A. & B.Sc. Cognition and Brain, B.A. Language, B.A. Mind, Language and Computation) is open. The deadline is November 30, 2020. For details, please look at “Applying to COGS” located in the main menu and scroll down to “Switching into COGS from a Different Major”. *Students in year 2 […]
COGS courses in Fall 2020

None of the courses offered by the COGS programme in the Fall semester of the 2020/21 academic year will involve any in-person teaching or assessment.  These courses can therefore be completed without you needing to be present on campus.  In each course there will be some times at which you need to be online, in […]
COGS 2020W Term 1 Intake: Applications are Closed

The deadline for applications for admission to the BA streams (and internal transfers) of the COGS program for 2020W Term 1 (September 2020) has now closed. We’ll let those of you who applied know the outcome of your applications as soon as possible (we’re aiming by June 15, 2020). Students who plan to transfer into […]
COGS300 Online Lab Development

The Cognitive Systems program is looking to appoint at least one undergraduate to work, under the supervision of Professor Soskuthy, to design and implement the online group projects that will be offered, in place of face-to-face lab meetings, in COGS 300 in the coming academic year. The work is expected to take a hundred hours, […]
FAQ is revamped with end-of-term grading and COVID-19 Q&A’s

The COGS FAQ page now has Q&A’s regarding the end-of-term grading for 2019 Winter term 2 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and how that affects graduation requirements and admission requirements.
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  • [Online] MURC 2021 on March 20, 2021
For a full list of upcoming events with details click here
Cognitive Systems Program
Vancouver Campus
6000 Iona Drive
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1L4
Website cogsys.ubc.ca
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