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Department of Physics (541)
Track Physics Cognition- Dual Major track (2025)For Year:
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Study Program
1st Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76222
computer based safety training- 1
0
3
1
541
76412
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR PHYS. STUD.
0
3
2
541
77101
Mechanics and Special relativity
7
3
1
541
77102
Electricity and Magnetism
6
2
1
541
77159
Physics Lab 1 (Partial)
3
2
1
541
80114
Mathematical Methods I
6
1
1
541
80153
Linear algebra for engineering and science students 1
4
1
1
541
80154
Linear algebra for engineering and science students 2
3
2
1
541
80155
Calculus for Physics students
4
2
1
541
80157
Mathematical Methods II
6
2
1
541
Total Compulsory Points: 39
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
THE PHILOS. FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE
3
2
0
143
6115
COGNITIVE PROCESSES FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCES
3
1
1
143
6130
Python the practical aspect
2
2
0
143
6141
OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING FOR COGNITIVE SCIE.
2
1
3
143
6145
PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIOR
3
1
1
143
Total Compulsory Points: 13
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
15420
BRAIN AND MIND: A COGNITIVE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
2
143
Total Compulsory Points: 0
Compulsory elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51102
Statistical Thinking in Psychology A
3
1
143
52220
BASIC PROBABILITY
6
2
143
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
541
80420
PROBABILITY THEORY (1)
4
1
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
77153
Basic Ideas of Modern Physics
2
2
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
2nd Year
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76223
computer based safety training-2
0
3
2
541
76412
INFORMATION & LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR PHYS. STUD.
0
3
2
541
77152
Thermal Physics
4
1
2
541
77303
Analytical Mechanics
6
1
2
541
77305
Waves and Optics
5
1
2
541
77318
Quantum Theory I
6
2
2
541
77335
Physics Lab II-1-Waves, dynamical systems and materials properties
3
1
2
541
77336
Physics Lab II-2-Waves, dynamical systems and materials properties
3
2
2
541
Total Compulsory Points: 27
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6112
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE
4
2
2
143
6120
DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR IN CONGNITION
4
9
2
143
6122
INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCES
6
1
2
143
6125
FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY FOR COGNITION SCIENCES
4
1
2
143
6128
INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
4
2
2
143
6132
RESEARCH METHODS IN COGNITION
5
1
2
143
Total Compulsory Points: 27
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
15420
BRAIN AND MIND: A COGNITIVE
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
2
143
Total Compulsory Points: 0
Compulsory elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51102
Statistical Thinking in Psychology A
3
1
143
52220
BASIC PROBABILITY
6
2
143
72301
Introduction to probability and statistics
4
2
541
80420
PROBABILITY THEORY (1)
4
1
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
77153
Basic Ideas of Modern Physics
2
2
541
77313
Equations of Mathematical Physics
6
1
541
77315
Introduction to Computational Physics
4
2
541
77401
Analytical Electrodynamics
5
2
541
77412
Order of Magnitude in Physics Problems
2
2
541
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6111
Meaning and Computation
2
2
143
6134
The highest cognition: brain mechanisms for language and arithmetic
2
2
541
6821
Arguments for the existence of God
2
2
143
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
2
143
6838
Current issues in philosophy of mind and cognition
2
2
541
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
143
51415
Social Neuroscience
2
1
541
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
143
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
541
36602
PHONOLOGY B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
36603
MEANING AND CONTEXT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
143
36604
SYNTACTIC THEORY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
143
3rd Year
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
76224
computer based safety training- 3
0
3
3
541
77307
Intro. to Statistical Physics
4
1
3
541
77508
Physics Lab III: Advanced experiments in quantum and modern physics
6
3
3
541
Total Compulsory Points: 10
Compulsory studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6119
COMPUTATION AND COGNITION
6
1
3
143
6124
SEMINAR PAPER
4
3
3
143
Total Compulsory Points: 10
Compulsory elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6016
Research Methods in Social Activism
4
9
143
6137
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE LAB.
4
3
143
6147
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE LAB.
4
3
143
51301
Experimental Psychology
4
2
541
72396
GUIDED PROJECT IN BIOL. RESEARCH - HONOR'S PROG.
5
9
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
55772
Using Exact Sciences Modeling Tools to Understand Social Phenomena
3
2
541
67672
COMPUTATION AND PHYSICS LAB
5
3
541
70150
INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCES -BASIC
3
2
541
76908
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE A
4
2
541
76909
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE B
4
1
541
77082
Computational methods in many body physics
3
2
541
77153
Basic Ideas of Modern Physics
2
2
541
77313
Equations of Mathematical Physics
6
1
541
77315
Introduction to Computational Physics
4
2
541
77320
Introduction to Electronics A - Analogical
4
1
541
77331
An Introduction to Observational Astrophysics
3
2
541
77401
Analytical Electrodynamics
5
2
541
77412
Order of Magnitude in Physics Problems
2
2
541
77501
Astrophysics and Cosmology
3
1
541
77532
Introduction to Physics Research
1
1
541
77542
Quantum Theory C
3
2
541
77602
Solid State Physics
4
2
541
77603
Nuclear Physics
3
2
541
77605
Quantum Theory II
7
1
541
77606
Mechanics of Continua
4
2
541
77607
Introduction to Nonlinear Physics
4
1
541
77609
Introduction to Elementary Particles
3
2
541
77611
Plasma Physics
3
2
541
77635
Research Project
6
3
541
77662
Biophysics
3
2
541
77693
Physical Optics
3
2
541
77728
Non-Linear Dynamics of Continuous Media
3
2
541
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
3
1
541
77812
Non Linear Dynamics And Chaos
3
2
541
77874
Non linear Dynamics in Biological Systems
2
1
541
77891
Quantum Technologies
4
2
541
77902
Physics, Brain and Free Will
2
1
541
77909
Relativity and Gravitation
5
1
541
77915
Quantum Field Theory I and Feynman Diagrams
4
1
541
77966
Advanced analytical mechanics
3
2
541
80314
COMPLEX VARIABLES AND APPLICATIONS
4
2
541
80519
COMPLEX VARIABLES
4
1
541
83536
FROM LINEAR ALGEBRA TO THE iPhone:INTRO TO ELECTRICAL AND SYSTEM ENGINEERING FROM BASIC PRINCIPLES
4
1
541
84810
Physical Oceanography
4
1
541
77308
Optical super resolution and applications
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
77317
Mathematica System for Physicists
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77522
Radiation Processes In Astrophysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
77541
Introduction to Open Quantum Systems
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77727
High Energy Astrophysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
77853
Materials Physics - Structuer, Properties & Kinetics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
541
77999
Advanced Quantum Optics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
1
541
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
51537
Psycho-biological Processes
3
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6111
Meaning and Computation
2
2
143
6134
The highest cognition: brain mechanisms for language and arithmetic
2
2
541
6821
Arguments for the existence of God
2
2
143
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
2
143
6838
Current issues in philosophy of mind and cognition
2
2
541
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
143
51415
Social Neuroscience
2
1
541
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
143
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
541
36602
PHONOLOGY B
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
36603
MEANING AND CONTEXT
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
143
36604
SYNTACTIC THEORY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
143
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6828
NEUROPSYCHIATRY: COGNITION OF MENTAL DISORDERS5
4
2
143
34861
INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE PROCESSING
1
2
143
34940
READ. PART A:FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES OF READING
3
2
143
34995
READING - PART B: READING DISABILITIES
2
2
143
51414
The Neuroscience of Empathy
2
2
541
51577
Fundamentals of Cognitive Electrophysiology
2
1
541
51601
Mathematical Modeling of Cognition
3
2
541
51871
Cognitive and Motivational (in) Consistency
2
1
541
51983
SIMULATION GAMES AND PROCESSES OF NEGOTIATIONS
3
3
541
67548
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND INFERENCE
4
1
143
67577
INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING
5
2
143
67658
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING
3
1
143
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
143
76900
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM A
4
2
143
76901
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY - B
4
1
143
76908
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE A
4
2
143
76915
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND LEARNING PROCESS
4
1
143
76915
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND LEARNING PROCESS
4
1
541
76920
COLLOQUIUM IN BRAIN SCIENCES
0
9
143
76931
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND THE NEURON
3
1
541
76937
THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
2
2
143
76949
THE DEGENERATING BRAIN: FROM RESEARCH TO HOPE
2
2
143
76952
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
4
9
143
76956
MODELING NEURONS AND NEURONAL NETWORKS
2
2
143
77902
Physics, Brain and Free Will
2
1
541
80428
GAME THEORY (1)
3
2
143
76903
Physiology of the Nervous System C: Neuroscience of Behavior
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
2
541
76914
BRAIN, MUSIC AND EMOTION
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
1
1
541
76932
THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEURONAL PROCESSING
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
143
Scope of studies in the track
Total Point in program Physics
( 541)
Total Point in program Cognitive and Brain Sciences
( 143)
Compulsory
Compulsory in the teaching program
53
Compulsory Mathematics studies
23
Elective in the teaching program
17
Total in the teaching program
93
Programming studies
4
Additional teaching program
48
Total for the degree (minimum)
145
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
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