  The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is designed to probe the correlated
evolution of galaxies, star formation, active galactic nuclei (AGN) and dark
matter (DM) with large-scale structure (LSS) over the redshift range z $> 0.5 $
to 6. The survey includes multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopy from X-ray
to radio wavelengths covering a 2 $\sq$\deg area, including HST imaging. Given
the very high sensitivity and resolution of these datasets, COSMOS also
provides unprecedented samples of objects at high redshift with greatly reduced
cosmic variance, compared to earlier surveys. Here we provide a brief overview
of the survey strategy, the characteristics of the major COSMOS datasets, and
summarize the science goals.
