Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the mind. Its constituent fields are Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Neuroscience and Linguistics. The Cognitive Science Group consists of faculty representatives from the constituent disciplines. Students pursuing work in this area will find Alma's program appropriate preparation for specialization in either interdisciplinary study or a constituent field.
Cognitive Science
Since 2003, twenty-seven Alma College students have won prestigious national fellowships, scholarships and awards, including 15 Fulbright fellowships and multiple Truman, Udall, and Gates-Cambridge scholarships.
Faculty Profile
Joe Beckmann
Departments: Biochemistry
Biochemistry professor Joe Beckmann could not resist the opportunity to work for Alma College.
Working at the University of Nebraska Medical Center for nine years, Beckmann remembers telling his wife, “There’s more to academics than this.”