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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
76408
Information & Library resources for science students
0
3
2
541
77101
Mechanics and Special relativity
7
3
1
541
77102
Electricity and Magnetism
6
2
1
541
77114
PHYSICS LAB A1
2
1
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
77159
Physics Lab 1 (Partial)
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
3
1
541
Total Compulsory Points: 38
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6115
Cognitive Processes for Cognitive Sciences
3
2
1
143
6130
Python the Practical Aspect
2
2
0
143
6141
Object Oriented Programming for Cognitive Scie.
2
1
3
143
6164
From Molecules to Neurons
3
1
0
143
6166
From Nerve Cell to Behavior - for First Year Students
4
2
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 14
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
The Philos. Foundations of Cognitive Science
3
1
2
143
6112
Introduction to The Study of Language
3
1
2
143
Total Compulsory Points: 6
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
80312
PROBABILITY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
4
1
143
80420
PROBABILITY THEORY (1)
5
1
143
Elective studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
77153
Basic Ideas of Modern Physics
2
2
541
80053
Active learning workshop to course Linear algebra for engineering and science students 1
0
1
541
80077
Active learning workshop to course Calculus for Engineering and science students
0
2
541
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
76408
Information & Library resources for science students
0
3
2
541
77152
Thermal Physics
4
2
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
6119
Computation and Cognition
6
1
0
143
6120
B.A Seminar
2
1
2
143
6168
Neurobiology of Development and Learning
2
1
0
143
Total Compulsory Points: 10
Compulsory studies
.
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Until year
Basic course
Teaching program
6110
The Philos. Foundations of Cognitive Science
3
1
2
143
6112
Introduction to The Study of Language
3
1
2
143
Total Compulsory Points: 6
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
80312
PROBABILITY THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
4
1
143
80420
PROBABILITY THEORY (1)
5
1
143
or
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6170
Cognition and Computation in Animals
3
2
143
6171
Computational Models of Cognition
3
2
143
6172
Awareness and perception
3
2
143
6173
Logics
3
2
143
6174
Topics and Methods in Human Brain Researc
4
2
143
6177
Research Methods for Cognitive Sciences
4
2
143
6828
Neuropsychiatry: Cognition of Mental Disorders
3
2
143
6175
Language and Cognition
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
143
or
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6180
Laboratory Experience in Research Methods
4
2
143
6181
Dynamics and Coding in Neurons
4
2
143
6183
Perception to Senses
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
143
6184
The Neurophysiological Basis for Decision-Making Processes
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
143
6184
The Neurophysiological Basis for Decision-Making Processes
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
143
6185
Motor Control
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
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
6134
The Highest Cognition: Brain Mechanisms for Language and Arithmetic
2
2
541
6134
The Highest Cognition: Brain Mechanisms for Language and Arithmetic
2
2
541
6170
Cognition and Computation in Animals
3
2
541
6171
Computational Models of Cognition
3
2
541
6172
Awareness and perception
3
2
541
6173
Logics
3
2
541
6174
Topics and Methods in Human Brain Researc
4
2
541
6177
Research Methods for Cognitive Sciences
4
2
541
6180
Laboratory Experience in Research Methods
4
2
541
6181
Dynamics and Coding in Neurons
4
2
541
6828
Neuropsychiatry: Cognition of Mental Disorders
3
2
541
6859
Advanced Logic
3
1
541
6859
Advanced Logic
3
1
541
6861
Main Topics of Biological Psychiatry
2
1
541
6861
Main Topics of Biological Psychiatry
2
1
541
6862
Artificial Intelligence
2
1
541
6862
Artificial Intelligence
2
1
541
6863
Brain basis for language and speech
2
1
541
6865
Deep learning, Cognition and Brain
2
2
541
15141
Logic, cognition, computation
2
2
541
15998
On Pain
2
1
541
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
143
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
143
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
6111
Meaning and Computation
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
6160
The computations that make us who we are.
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
6169
Animal Cognition
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
15342
Current Topics in Philosophy of Mind: the Interface between Philosophy and Science
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
15902
Perceptual Experience and Valence
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
51415
Social Neuroscience
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
3rd Year
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
9
3
143
Total Compulsory Points: 10
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 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
9
541
51507
Field Work - Research
4
9
541
72396
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
76908
Dynamics of Computation in the Brain
4
2
541
76909
Neural Learning
4
1
541
77082
Computational methods in many body physics
3
1
541
77153
Basic Ideas of Modern Physics
2
2
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
77579
THE PHYSICS OF Machine Learning
3
1
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
77635
Research Project
6
3
541
77693
Physical Optics
3
2
541
77742
Advanced Data Analysis
4
2
541
77812
Non Linear Dynamics And Chaos
3
2
541
77819
Computational Hydrodynamics
2
2
541
77874
Non linear Dynamics in Biological Systems
2
1
541
77891
Quantum Technologies
4
2
541
77891
Quantum Technologies
4
2
541
77909
Relativity and Gravitation
5
1
541
77915
Quantum Field Theory I and Feynman Diagrams
4
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
70150
INTRODUCTION TO EARTH SCIENCES -BASIC
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77611
Plasma Physics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77662
Biophysics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77728
Non-Linear Dynamics of Continuous Media
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
77902
Physics, Brain and Free Will
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
77966
Advanced analytical mechanics
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
84831
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
3
2
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6134
The Highest Cognition: Brain Mechanisms for Language and Arithmetic
2
2
541
6134
The Highest Cognition: Brain Mechanisms for Language and Arithmetic
2
2
541
6170
Cognition and Computation in Animals
3
2
541
6171
Computational Models of Cognition
3
2
541
6172
Awareness and perception
3
2
541
6173
Logics
3
2
541
6174
Topics and Methods in Human Brain Researc
4
2
541
6177
Research Methods for Cognitive Sciences
4
2
541
6180
Laboratory Experience in Research Methods
4
2
541
6181
Dynamics and Coding in Neurons
4
2
541
6828
Neuropsychiatry: Cognition of Mental Disorders
3
2
541
6859
Advanced Logic
3
1
541
6859
Advanced Logic
3
1
541
6861
Main Topics of Biological Psychiatry
2
1
541
6861
Main Topics of Biological Psychiatry
2
1
541
6862
Artificial Intelligence
2
1
541
6862
Artificial Intelligence
2
1
541
6863
Brain basis for language and speech
2
1
541
6865
Deep learning, Cognition and Brain
2
2
541
15141
Logic, cognition, computation
2
2
541
15998
On Pain
2
1
541
51201
Social Psychology
2.5
1
143
51202
Developmental Psychology
2
1
143
51404
Neuropsychology
2
2
143
51631
The Nature and Nurture of the Social Brain
2
1
143
72368
Introduction to Evolutionary Biology
4
2
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
6111
Meaning and Computation
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
143
6160
The computations that make us who we are.
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
6169
Animal Cognition
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
6839
Fine Lines : An Interdisciplinary Seminar in Cognition, Brain and Art
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
15342
Current Topics in Philosophy of Mind: the Interface between Philosophy and Science
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
15902
Perceptual Experience and Valence
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
51415
Social Neuroscience
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
Elective studies
Course id
Course name
Points
Semester
Teaching program
6828
Neuropsychiatry: Cognition of Mental Disorders
3
2
143
34861
Introduction to Language Processing
1
1
143
34940
Read, Part A: A Fundamental Processes of Reading
3
1
143
34995
Reading - Part B: Reading, Disabilities
2
2
143
51601
Mathematical Modeling of Cognition
3
2
541
51983
Simulation Games and Processes of Negotiation
3
1
541
67577
Introduction to Machine Learning
5
2
143
67658
Natural Language Processing
3
1
143
72369
NEUROBIOLOGY AND BRAIN SCIENCES
5
2
143
76900
From Molecules to Circuits
3
2
143
76901
Systems Neuroscience
3
1
143
76903
Neuroscience of Behavior
2
1
541
76908
Dynamics of Computation in the Brain
4
2
143
76915
Information and Coding in the Brain
4
1
143
76915
Information and Coding in the Brain
4
1
541
76920
Colloquium in Brain Sciences
0
9
143
76931
Dynamical Systems and the Neuron
2
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
80428
GAME THEORY (1)
3
2
143
51414
The Neuroscience of Empathy
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
2
541
51577
Fundamentals of Cognitive Electrophysiology
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
51871
Cognitive and Motivational (in) Consistency
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
67548
Introduction to Information and Inference
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
4
1
143
77902
Physics, Brain and Free Will
(NOT TAUGHT THIS YEAR)
2
1
541
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
52
Compulsory Mathematics studies
23
Elective in the teaching program
18
Total in the teaching program
93
Additional teaching program
62
Total for the degree (minimum)
158
years for the degree
3
3
Total percentage of tuition for the degree
300
300
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