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Structure of the Master's programme in IT and Cognition

Programme structure

Module descriptions

Module 1: IT and Cognition I
The aim of Module 1 is to give the students with different academic backgrounds - in computer science, psychology and the humanities - a general and common introduction to cognitive research and to allow them to develop their knowledge of its various subject areas, so that at the end of the semester, they have reached a common level of knowledge of computer science, linguistics, cognitive psychology and the experimental method.

In the part of the module concerned with computer science, students learn about data structures and programming, and gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills relevant to artificial intelligence and modelling. The Linguistics course aims to enable the students to perform grammatical analyses and understand the cognitive processes linked to the comprehension and production of language. Finally, in Cognitive Psychology I, the students begin to build up an understanding of selected concepts and methods in cognitive psychology and, in Experimental Method, understanding of experimental investigations.

Students choose four of the following courses offered in this module: Cognitive Research I, Introduction to Programming, Data and Algorithms, Linguistics, Human-Machine Interaction I and Experimental Method.

Module 2: IT and Cognition II
The aim of Module 2 is to build on the knowledge the students have gained in Module 1 and to introduce them to more subjects of importance to cognitive research. Again, the module takes the students' different backgrounds into account, and students can therefore opt out of subjects they have already taken in one form or another in their undergraduate programmes. At the end of the second semester, the students will have been introduced to all the subjects that make up the Master's programme and gained wide-ranging theoretical knowledge as well as IT skills on a sufficiently high level to allow them to devote the second year to specialising and writing their theses.

Students choose four of the following courses offered in this module: Language Technology I, Cognitive Psychology I, Formal Linguistics, Statistics and Logic.

Module 3: Advanced IT and Cognition
Module 3 consists of the subject element Cognitive Research II and a specialisation subject. Cognitive Research II explores in depth some of the research problems and methods in the area the students learned about in the first semester, and focuses on contemporary professional or academic issues. Students choose their specialisation subject from Cognitive Psychology II, Adaptive Systems, Human-Machine Interaction II and Language Technology II. There is also the possibility of defining individual projects in subjects relevant to the programme. In all these subject elements, students get to grips with advanced research problems and learn to use and reflect on the subject's methods in a critical and independent way. At the same time, the subject elements provide inspiration for choosing a specialist subject for the final thesis.

Students choose two or three of the following courses depending on the credits associated with each course: Cognitive Research II, Cognitive Psychology II, Project, Adaptive Systems, Human-Machine Interaction II, and Language Technology II.

Module 4: Thesis
The programme's last module is the thesis, which must demonstrate that the students have achieved the programme's aims by using, exploring and communicating specialised knowledge in the field of IT and Cognition. At the same time, the thesis must show that the student has gained the general skills required to complete a larger project independently and creatively and to formulate themselves precisely and correctly, both orally and in writing.