Master program in Cognitive Science

During your study in the programme, you will be challenged to figure out, which phenomenon relevant for cognitive science is most interesting to you and which you would like to focus on. This will also affect your choice of optional and elective courses. You will be assisted by the garant, tutor, as well as involved teachers, so please do not hesitate to contact them and talk to them. Along with the courses, you will choose the topics for your individual activities:

Semester project (summer, 1. year, 2-IKV-122), whose outcome you will present at the Mei:CogSci student conference (in the form of a poster). The semester project can, but does not have to, to continue in the extended form within the master thesis. For the project, you can form couples and work together on the same topic, e.g. looking at the same phenomenon from two different angles. appropriately sharing the work load. You need to discuss this with potential mentor (supervisor) and the tutor.

Master thesis: according to the curriculum, the student is supposed to intensively work on it during the 4th semetra, but the topic and the intended work have to be specified earlier - before the registration for the second year. The topic for master thesis may be inspired by the semester project proektom, ako aj mobilitou počas 3. semestra. V súvislosti s DP je nutné mať na pamäti prvok interdisciplinarity, t.j. že na študovaný fenomén je nutné pozrieť sa z pohľadu aspoň dvoch disciplín.

Mobility: Keep in mind that is is obligatory to spend one semester (by default, the third) at a foreign university within consortium, ktorá je súčasťou konzorcia! Niektorí študenti dokonca v rámci výmenného programu urobia väčšinu svojej diplomovej práce pod vedením expertov v laboratóriu, ktoré navštívia.

This page gives you a couple of important hints to remember when selecting the courses of your study program.

Selecting diploma thesis: Please find the time and the efforts to talk with the different teachers about the theses topics they offer. Often, the thesis are published long time before you need to select your topic, and learning early about your options will help you in selecting the right thesis. Same as with the bachelor thesis: your adviser is the most important person of the project after you.
Please remember that it is your duty to spend a semester at a foreign institution through Erasmus programme. Some students even manage to make most of their thesis in some excellent laboratory of a foreign institution under supervision and with hints of the local experts.