Cognitive Science (MBB) Track Courses
Students on the Cognitive Science (MBB) Track must take a set of Mind/Brain/Behavior program-specific courses, in addition to their other required courses.
Advanced Courses
MBB concentrators must fulfill their Advanced Courses requirement by taking three approved courses in other MBB departments (MBB Advanced Courses) and one Departmental Advanced Course in Psychology (two if they are replacing PSY 1 with an AP or IB score).
MBB Advanced Courses
MBB concentrators must take three advanced courses from a Psychology-department approved list of courses offered by other participating MBB departments. These departments include:
- Computer Science
- History and Science
- Human Evolutionary Biology
- Linguistics
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
To count towards the MBB advanced courses requirement, a course from any of these departments must be on the Psychology department's approved list. If you find another course from one of these concentrations that you feel should count towards the MBB Advanced Course requirement based on its significant psychology content, please submit a petition to the Undergraduate Office.
MBB Track Students may choose to petition one non-departmental course towards their Advanced Course requirement. This non-departmental course cannot replace the required departmental Advanced Course(s) and cannot be a Psychology course. Please see this page for more information on petitioning a non-departmental Advanced Course!
Psychology Advanced Course
Students in the MBB Track are required to take at least one departmental Advanced Course in Psychology. See this page for more information about what counts as a departmental Advanced Course!
Students cannot replace their required three MBB Advanced Courses with additional Psychology Advanced Courses.
MBB Junior Seminar
MBB students must take one MBB Junior Seminar. This will generally be an MBB 980-level course. In addition to the MBB 980 courses, some departmental courses are also offered as MBB Junior Seminars by the MBB seminar program. If you wish to take one of these (non-MBB 980-level) courses, you must email psychology@wjh.harvard.edu to request approval.
Thesis and Research Courses
MBB students must write a thesis and must take the associated required thesis courses, including one lab course for credit and the two senior thesis tutorials (PSY 991A and 991B). A thesis application must be submitted and approved in the sixth semester (generally junior spring).