认知科学是一个跨学科的学术领域，旨在了解生物或人工系统中感知，语言，推理，计划，问题解决以及相关技能的性质和发展。认知科学最近获得了新泽西州理事会的认可，因为它是它自己的主要课程。主要（1）认知神经科学，（2）决策，（3）语言，（4）思维，机器与计算以及（5）感知有五种可能的途径。如果您喜欢计算机科学，语言学，哲学，心理学，人类学，生物科学，数学，统计学，生物数学，通信或工程，那么跨学科的认知科学专业可能会引起您的兴趣。
Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary area of scholarship concerned with understanding the nature and development of perception, language, reasoning, planning, problem-solving, and related skills in biological or artificial systems. Cognitive Science was recently approved by the NJ Board of Governors as it's own major program. There are five possible tracks for the major (1) Cognitive Neuroscience, (2) Decision Making, (3) Language, (4) Mind, Machines & Computation, and (5) Perception. The interdisciplinary Cognitive Science major may be of interest to you if you like computer science, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, biological sciences, mathematics, statistics, biomathematics, communication, or engineering.