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Minor Programs
Minor in Philosophy
For questions about the Minor in Philosophy, please
contact Prof. Susan Russinoff, who
serves as advisor for the program.
The Minor in Philosophy requires the completion of six courses including:
- ONE from:
- Phil. 1: Introduction to Philosophy
- Phil. 3: Language and Mind
- Phil. 6: Reasoning and Critical Thinking
- Phil. 24: Introduction to Ethics
- Phil. 33: Logic
- Phil. 39: Knowing and Being
- Phil. 43: Justice, Equality and Liberty
- Phil. 48: Feminist Philosophy
- TWO courses at the 100-level, and
- THREE other Philosophy courses
All courses used in fulfillment of a disciplinary minor
at Tufts must be taken for a grade. No more than two courses
used to fulfill a foundation, distribution, or concentration
requirement may be counted toward fulfillment of the minor.
Students may not complete both a minor and a concentration
in the same discipline, nor may they enroll in more than one
disciplinary minor.
Minor in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
For questions about the Minor in Cognitive and Brain Sciences,
please contact
Prof. Ray Jackendoff, who serves as advisor for the program.
The minor in Cognitive and Brain Sciences requires 7 courses,
including:
- PSYC 9 Introduction to Cognitive and Brain Sciences
- PHIL 15 Introduction to Linguistics and/or
COMP 14 Computational Concepts in Biological and Cognitive
Sciences
- PSYC 195 Senior Seminar in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
(full year, one course credit). Students minoring in Cognitive
and Brain Sciences will be expected either to present a research
paper or to participate as a Research Assistant in the
presentation of research by a faculty member, a graduate
student, or a senior.
- The remainder of the 7 courses are to be selected from at
least 2 of the following groups:
- Psychology courses:
PSYC 11. Developmental Psychology
PSYC 25 or 103. Physiological Psychology
PSYC 26. Animal learning and cognition
PSYC 27. Perception
PSYC 28. Cognitive Psychology
CD 51. Intellectual Development of Young Children
PSYC 129. Cognitive Neuroscience
PSYC 124. Cognitive Neuroscience of Perception
PSYC 148. Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
PSYC 126. Origins of Cognition
PSYC 140. Mathematical Psychology
PSYC 144. Memory and Retention
PSYC 146. Comparative Cognition and Behavior
PSYC 139. Social Cognition
PSYC 142. Seminar in Affective Neuroscience
PSYC 154. Psychosis
- Philosophy, linguistics and psycholinguistics courses:
PHIL 3. Language and Mind
PHIL 33. Logic
PHIL 38. Rational Choice
PHIL 103. Logic
PHIL 111. Semantics
PHIL 112. Syntactic Theory
PHIL 113/PSYC 132. Cognition of Society and Culture
PHIL 114. Topics in Logic
PHIL 117. Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 126. Theories of Human Nature
PHIL 133. Philosophy of Language
PHIL 134. Philosophy of Social Science
PHIL 186. Phenomenology and Existentialism
PSYC 149. Psychology of Language
CD 155. The young child’s development of language
CD 195. Developmental Disorders in language and reading
ED/ML/GER 114. Linguistic approaches to second language
acquisition
- Computer Science courses:
COMP 80. Programming languages
COMP 131. Artificial intelligence
COMP 135. Machine learning and data mining
COMP 150. Computational learning theory
COMP/PHIL 170. Computation theory
COMP 171. Human computer interaction
Other courses may be admitted for the minor with the approval of
the student’s advisor. PLEASE NOTE: At least 5 of the courses used
to complete the minor must be in departments different from the
student’s major. The selection of courses must be approved by the
student’s advisor.
All courses used in fulfillment of a disciplinary minor at Tufts
must be taken for a grade. No more than two courses used to fulfill
a foundation, distribution, or concentration requirement may be
counted toward fulfillment of the minor. Students may not complete
both a minor and a concentration in the same discipline, nor may
they enroll in more than one disciplinary minor.
Minor in Linguistics
The minor in linguistics has three components. First, it offers
students a grounding in contemporary linguistic theory and its
constituent domains of phonology (sound structure), morphology
(word structure), syntax (grammatical structure), and semantics
(the structure of meaning), with attention to the great variety
found among the languages of the world. Second, the minor addresses
the interaction of the study of language with fields as diverse as
philosophy, literature, child development, neuroscience, and
evolutionary theory. Third, as part of the appreciation of linguistic
diversity, the minor requires students to develop proficiency in one
or more foreign languages.
Six courses are required, of which no more than two may also be used
for credit towards the student’s major. Students may not use the Culture
Option to fulfill Part 2 of the Arts and Sciences Foreign Language
Requirement; they must either complete six semesters (or equivalent)
of one foreign language, or three semesters each (or equivalent) of
two foreign languages. The selection of courses must be approved by the
student's linguistics advisor. Students may petition their advisor to
include other courses in category 3.
Affiliated faculty include:
- Maryanne Wolf, Child Development
- Chip Gidney, Child Development
- Gregory Crane, Classics
- Anne Mahoney, Classics
- John Fyler, English
- Hosea Hirata, GRALL
- Saskia Stoessel, GRALL
- John Julian, Romance Languages
- Ray Jackendoff, Philosophy, Co-Director
- Daniel Dennett, Philosophy
- Ariel Goldberg, Psychology, Co-Director
- Phillip Holcomb, Psychology
- Gina Kuperberg, Psychology
The minor in Linguistics requires 6 courses, including:
- LING 15/PHIL 15/PSY 64 Introduction to Linguistics
- TWO of the following:
LING 65/PSY 65 Phonological Theory
LING 112/PHIL 112/PSY 151 Syntactic Theory
LING 113/PHIL 111/PSY 150 Semantics
- THREE of the following:
A third course from category 2
LING 137/ANTH 137 Language and Culture
LING 155/CD 155 The Young Child's Development of Language
LING 177/CD 177 Bilingual Children in US Schools
LING 195/CD 195 Developmental disorders of language and reading
LING 250/CD 250 Reading, Dyslexia, and the Brain
LING 184/CLS 184 Indo-European Linguistics/Advanced Special Topics in Classical Literature
LING 114/ED/ML/GER 114 Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
LING 101/ENG 101 Old English
LING 92/ML 96 Romance Linguistics
LING 3/PHIL 3 Language and Mind
LING 33 or 103/PHIL 33 or 103 Logic
LING 133/PHIL 133 Philosophy of Language
LING 153/PHIL 110/PSY 153 Biological Foundations of Language
LING 149/PSY 149 Psychology of Language
LING 196/PSY 196 Psychology of Bilingualism/Seminar in Psychology
LING 91/191 Special Topics in Linguistics/Advanced Topics in Linguistics
LING 93 Independent Research in Linguistics
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