Undergraduate Certificate in Cognitive Archaeology

The Undergraduate Certificate in Cognitive Archaeology provides students at UCCS and throughout the world the opportunity to study the evolutionary development of cognition in Homo sapiens and other primates through a variety of courses in the UCCS Departments of Psychology, Anthropology, and Philosophy. 

Cognitive archaeology is a relatively new multidisciplinary field that applies and integrates concepts from the more traditional fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive neurosciences, neuropsychology, anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and philosophy. Cognitive archaeology considers the origins and adaptive evolutionary purposes of cognitive processes and capabilities such as concept formation, spatial cognition, social cognition, language, symbolic structures, and working memory.

1. Students shall be currently enrolled at UCCS or concurrently enrolled at an accredited university or have attained a degree at any accredited university.
2. Students shall complete twelve (12) upper-division credit hours (two core and two elective courses) offered by the UCCS Departments of Anthropology, Psychology, and Philosophy, covering the core and elective courses listed under Curriculum.
3. Students accepted into the certificate program shall maintain a 3.00 GPA once undergraduate courses are started.
4. Complete a written portfolio for review, consisting of one sample of written work from each class.
5. Complete evaluation and suggestions for program development.

All courses fall within the accreditation of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), an institution of higher learning fully accredited through the North Central Association of the Higher Learning Commission. As such, credits for courses offered by the UCCS Center for Cognitive Archaeology may be transferred to other institutions.

Additional information on the accreditation status of UCCS may be found on the Institutional Research website.