Computer Science, MSCS

Northeastern University’s Master of Science in Computer Science is designed to prepare students for a variety of careers in computer science. The program combines both computing and important application domains—enabling you to increase your broad-based knowledge in the field while allowing you to delve deeper in specific areas through elective courses.

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• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
• Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Students should refer to the course numbering table for graduate course leveling.

Core Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Programming
CS 5010	Programming Design Paradigm	4
Algorithms
CS 5800	Algorithms	4

Breadth Areas

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete three courses from two of the following breadth areas:		12
Systems and Software
CS 5400	Principles of Programming Language
CS 5500	Foundations of Software Engineering
CS 5520	Mobile Application Development
CS 5600	Computer Systems
CS 5610	Web Development
CS 5700	Fundamentals of Computer Networking
CS 5850	Building Game Engines
CS 6410	Compilers
CS 6510	Advanced Software Development
CS 6620	Fundamentals of Cloud Computing
CS 6650	Building Scalable Distributed Systems
CS 6710	Wireless Network
Theory and Security
CS 6760	Privacy, Security, and Usability
CS 7805	Complexity Theory
CY 5770	Software Vulnerabilities and Security
CY 6740	Network Security
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
CS 5100	Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
CS 5150	Game Artificial Intelligence
CS 5200	Database Management Systems
CS 5330	Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision
CS 6120	Natural Language Processing
CS 6140	Machine Learning
CS 6200	Information Retrieval
CS 6220	Data Mining Techniques
CS 6240	Large-Scale Parallel Data Processing
CS 7140	Advanced Machine Learning

Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 12 semester hours from the following: 1		12
CS 5097	Mixed Reality
CS 5100 to CS 7980
CS 7990	Thesis
CS 8674	Master’s Project
CS 8982	Readings
CY 5010	Cybersecurity Principles and Practices
CY 5130	Computer System Security
CY 5210	Information System Forensics
DS 5110	Introduction to Data Management and Processing
DS 5230	Unsupervised Machine Learning and Data Mining

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Specific electives such as CS 7980 Research Capstone, CS 7990 Thesis, or CS 8674 Master’s Project may be required at certain Northeastern campuses. Students should consult with their program advisor when developing a plan of study.

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

32 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required