Overview

Program outline

Students may concentrate on applied methods and skills useful to careers in data science, careers at the interface of humans and technology, and other nonacademic career paths that stem from cognitive science training. The Cognitive and Information Sciences program at University of California, Merced also allows students to concentrate their studies on basic research in preparation for continued study at the doctoral level.

Cognitive science is a growing interdisciplinary field that combines knowledge and techniques from the social, natural, and computational sciences and philosophy to address problems related to mind, brain, and behavior. Due to the intrinsic interdisciplinarity of cognitive science, researchers often need training in multiple disciplines for advanced study, beyond what is typically covered in most undergraduate degree programs. The M.S. program addresses this growing need. Students may choose either a thesis track or a capstone track; both tracks are designed so that coursework may be completed over a single year in two full-load semesters — the capstone or thesis may then be completed by the end of summer.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Statistics for Cognitive Science

Neural Networks in Cognitive Science

Complex Adaptive Systems

Methods of Data Science

Modeling Social Behavior

Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Merced, United States

Disciplines

Information Technology (IT) Neuroscience Cognitive Science View 482 other Masters in Information Technology (IT) in United States

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Other requirements

General requirements

Hold a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution with a major appropriate to the proposed graduate program. This degree must represent the completion of a program equivalent both in the distribution of academic subject matter and scholarship achievement comparable to that offered at the University of California.

Have a satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) is required.

Provide TOEFL or IELTS test scores (international students only).

Upload a scanned copy of all college level academic work including community college, summer session and study abroad, onto your application.

Three letters of recommendation.

A statement of purpose is required to help determine whether your academic objectives can reasonably be satisfied in the graduate program to which you seek admission.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

15265 USD / year

≈ 15265 USD / year
Out-of-State

15265 USD / year

≈ 15265 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

7714 USD / year

≈ 7714 USD / year

Living costs

Merced

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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