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MASTER COGNITIVE SCIENCE FIRST YEAR INTRODUCTION

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Prof. Albert Newen

Director of the [email protected] 3/152

Office Hours:on appointment

Dr. Pascale Willemsen

Managing Director of the Program& Student [email protected] 3/140

Office Hours:Tuesday, 11-1 and on appointment

Tetiana Adler

[email protected] 3/151

Websites to consult

Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution (MBC):https://dbs-lin.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/mbc/?q=members

Announcement of conferences, workshops, talks, and summer schools

Members and follows teaching for the Center

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Websites to consult

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Websites to consult

Master Cognitive Science:https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/mcs/index.php

Who is teaching?

Handbook with courses

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How to get information

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1. Think

2. Check the relevant websites

3. Check your emails

4. Ask other students

5. Think again

6. Contact Ms Willemsen or MsAdler

How to write an email

Use your RUB email address – people don‘t like to communicate [email protected]

Use a meaningful reference, such as• „Cognitive Science, module completion,

appointment needed“ • „Seminar Moral Psychology, participation“

Make sure your response is above the original email, not below

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Studying Cognitive Science

4 semester with 30 CP each

• Semester 1 to 3: 90 CP for course work

• Semester 4: 30 CP for master thesis

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After the first semester• Think about what topic you‘d be interested in for your thesis

• Choose your second-semester courses accordingly

• Have written at least one essay as a final exam

After the second semester• Fill our your module completion form and make an

appointment with Pascale Willemsen

• Determine the supervisor of your thesis and a rough topic

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8 modules1. A: Introduction2. BM: Basic Methods3. C: Topic Selection4. AM: Advanced Methods5. D1: Free Selection6. I: Interdisciplinary Research Area7. P: Proposal Master Thesis8. M: Master Thesis

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Studying Cognitive Science – First Semester


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Seminar and lecture obligatory for all students

Depending on your study background

Studying Cognitive Science – Second Semester 8 modules

1. A: Introduction2. BM: Basic Methods3. C: Topic Selection4. AM: Advanced Methods5. D1: Free Selection6. I: Interdisciplinary Research Area7. P: Proposal Master Thesis8. M: Master Thesis

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Studying Cognitive Science – Third Semester


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If you take more than therequired number of CP in onemodule, we can move those CPto another module

Talk to Pascale Willemsen!

Talks and Workshops

First-year students should participate in talks, workshops, or summer/spring schools during their first year

They are announced at the MBC page

You should participate in 7 talks

One workshop counts as two talks

Summer/spring schools count as threetalks

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Summer/Spring Schools

Spring School in Cognitive Science in Günne„Out of your senses – from data to insight“

• 12 – 19 March 2019

• https://www.interdisciplinary-college.de/

Summer/Spring Schools

Summer School of theResearch Training Group in Situated Cognition at RUB

• 24 – 27 September 2019

• http://situated-cognition.com/

Active Conference Participation

Consider presenting your own research at conferencesand workshops

Do so espcially if you‘re thinking about a PhD

There is financial support from the MBC

You can apply for 50% of your travel expenses, but onlyup to € 300

Contact Pascale Willemsen or Albert Newen if youintend to do so

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Internships We strongly recomment internships and lab visits The count for the Free Selection module You can acquire up to 10 CP we recommend 6 CP Internships can be done at

• RUB• a German or foreign university• a company

1 week (full-time) gives you 1 CP There is a contract that you can get

from Pascale Willemsen or Tetiana Adler

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PROMOS Travel stipend with the DAAD Supports:

• German citizens• People who are on par with German citizens

For:• Internships abroad (6 weeks to 3 months)• Thesis abroad (1 to 6 months)

Monthly scholarship (€ 300-500) and travel allowance (€ 125 -1950) Tuition fees are not covered! Deadline and additional info:

http://international.rub.de/ausland/finanzierung/promos/index.html.en

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LabExchange

Travel stipend by Ruhr-University Bochum Supports: all master students at RUB For: research stays (2 weeks to 4 months) Attending classes is only acceptable up to 4 hours/week The host university should already stand in contact with RUB Accomodation allowance (€ 300-500/month) and travel

allowance (€ 125 -3475) Deadlines and additional info: http://www.ruhr-uni-

bochum.de/instudies/labexchange_en.html

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Erasmus: Internship

Supports: all students

Internships (2 to 12 months)

Monthly scholarship (€ 400-425)

Acceptance letter from hosting institution ismandatory

Deadline: always one month before intended start

Info: https://erasmusintern.org/

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Center for Mind, Brain, and Cognitive Evolution

Additional funding at the Center

Supports: Students in Cognitive Science

Please apply for other funding first

Info: Albert Newen or Pascale Willemsen

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Destination 1 Month 2 Months

Germany € 300 € 440

Europe € 600 € 900

Non-Europe € 900 € 1350

Combination of Scholarships

PROMOS and LabExchange cannot becombined

LabExchange and Erasmus cannot be combined

PROMOS and Erasmus cannot be combined

But: you can apply to more than onescholarship at once!

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Additional Information

Facebook group: **for the name, please contact Pascale Willemsen** Infos about

• Vacant PhD positions• Funding opportunities• Graduate conferences, workshops with calls for papers• Summer schools• Paper awards• Other things you might be interested in

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