• 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. 

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Align Bridge Coursework 

Students are required to take all bridge courses unless otherwise determined by the program.

A grade of B or higher is required in each course.

Fundamentals
CS 5001
and CS 5003		Intensive Foundations of Computer Science
and Recitation for CS 5001		4
Discrete Structures
CS 5002Discrete Structures4
Object-Oriented Design
CS 5004
and CS 5005		Object-Oriented Design
and Recitation for CS 5004		4
Additional ALIGN courses
CS 5008
and CS 5009		Data Structures, Algorithms, and Their Applications within Computer Systems
and Recitation for CS 5008		4

Core Requirements

Algorithms
CS 5800Algorithms4

Breadth Areas

Select three courses from two of the three 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

Complete 12 semester hours from the following: 112
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

36-44 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required