Transfer Preparation Requirements — Cognitive Science*

Major Preparation Requirements

Required courses

  • One year of calculus
  • One course in introduction to C++

Four or more additional courses from

  • Introductory psychology
  • Introductory biology or biology for the major
  • Introductory physics
  • Introductory chemistry
  • Philosophy (critical reasoning, philosophy of science, or philosophy of the mind)
  • Intermediate C++ programming
  • Additional computer programming course

Note: You must be admitted directly to this major and cannot change into this major after admission to UCLA.

* Students are classified as Pre-Cognitive Science until lower division preparation courses are completed at UCLA.

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