脑与认知科学哲学博士

根据美国国家研究委员会（National Research Council）的最新排名，罗切斯特大学（University of Rochester）的脑与认知科学（BCS）研究生课程在236项认知科学与心理学博士学位课程中排名全国第四（基于S范围和R-range度量）。由于学生具有广泛的背景知识来学习大脑和认知科学（BCS）学科，因此该博士课程旨在向学生介绍他们以前可能没有学过的领域，并为他们进行高级工作做好准备。该核心课程涵盖了有关感知，行动，认知，语言，学习和发展的一系列主题，每个主题都从行为，计算
According to the most recent National Research Council rankings, the graduate program in brain and cognitive sciences (BCS) at the University of Rochester is ranked as high as fourth nationally among 236 PhD programs in cognitive science and psychology (based on both the S-range and R-range measures). The BCS faculty ranked as high as third nationally for research according to the Faculty Research Activity measure The essence of our graduate program is training for research in the disciplines that constitute the brain and cognitive sciences. Initially a student's research is likely to be undertaken with close guidance from a member of the faculty, but we expect and encourage students to develop rapidly into independent researchers, and to become major contributors to the intellectual life of the department. The continued growth in the field of brain and cognitive sciences results in large part from the capacity to draw on techniques and inspiration from a range of disciplines. Our doctoral program emphasizes training in the range of interdisciplinary research methods that drive the field. While our focus is on behavior and the brain activity that underlies it, we encourage students to undertake projects in several laboratories that use different research methods, and we provide courses that introduce students to the range of methods we use. At the same time, we do not expect students to master all domains. Knowing that disciplinary specialization is necessary and desirable, we try to ensure that each student develops real expertise in their chosen field of specialization.<br><br>Because students come to the brain and cognitive sciences (BCS) discipline with a wide range of backgrounds, the PhD program is designed to introduce students to parts of the field they might not previously have studied, and to prepare them for advanced work. This core curriculum covers a range of topics in perception, action, cognition, language, learning, and development, each examined from the perspectives of behavioral, computational, and neural science. The methods students master for approaching their own research may vary. However, as preparation for entering a highly interdisciplinary field, all students must acquire some expertise in at least two approaches. Students also take advanced courses and seminars in one or more areas of specialization. At all stages of their graduate careers, students are heavily engaged in research.