Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary effort to understand and explain the mind. It draws on knowledge from psychology, computer science, philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, and biology.Currently, four departments are associated with this exciting interdisciplinary program: Psychology, Computer Science, Child Study and Human Development and Education. Students apply to and enroll in the joint Cognitive Science Ph.D. program through one of these departments (referred to as the 'home departments'), either as a prospective graduate student or as a current graduate student after they have been accepted by one of the departments (e.g., after they have already started their Ph.D.)A graduate student in the Cognitive Science Program is required to meet the requirements of their home department (Psychology, Child Study and Human Development, Computer Science or Education) as well as the requirements for the Cognitive Science Program, see below. Note, however, that some of these requirements will overlap with one another.Because the cognitive science Ph.D. will require more preparatory course work of students than other disciplinary Ph.D. degrees, the typical duration of the program will likely be five years. Indicate Cognitive Science on application.