Computer Science and Business Administration, BS

The computer science and business combined major delivers a technical degree with a strong grounding in business. Students will complete most of the requirements of a business major, including macroeconomics and microeconomics, while also focusing on technical skills like program design, software development, computer organization, systems and networks, theories of computation, principles of languages, and advanced algorithms and data.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Computer Science Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Computer Science Overview
CS 1200	First Year Seminar	1
CS 1210	Professional Development for Khoury Co-op	1
Computer Science Fundamental Courses
CS 1800 and CS 1802	Discrete Structures and Seminar for CS 1800	5
CS 2500 and CS 2501	Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and Lab for CS 2500	5
CS 2510 and CS 2511	Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 and Lab for CS 2510	5
Computer Science Required Courses
CS 3000	Algorithms and Data	4
CS 3200	Database Design	4
CS 3500 and CS 3501	Object-Oriented Design and Lab for CS 3500	5
CS 4500	Software Development	4
or CS 4530	Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Complete two of the following:		8
CS 3650	Computer Systems
CS 3700	Networks and Distributed Systems
DS 3000	Foundations of Data Science
DS 4200	Information Presentation and Visualization
DS 4300	Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
Khoury Elective
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete four credits of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:		4
CS 2500 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900

Business Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Business Courses
ACCT 1201	Financial Accounting and Reporting	4
ACCT 2301	Managerial Accounting	4
FINA 2201	Financial Management	4
ORGB 3201	Organizational Behavior	4
MKTG 2201	Introduction to Marketing	4
MGSC 2301	Business Statistics	4
STRT 4501	Strategy in Action	4

Business Concentration

Complete a four-course business concentration from the following list.

• Accounting
• Brand Management 
• Business Analytics
• Corporate Innovation and Venture
• Entrepreneurial Startups
• Family Business
• Finance
• Fintech
• Healthcare Management and Consulting
• International Business (available only as a second concentration)
• Management
• Marketing
• Marketing Analytics
• Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Supply Chain Management

Integrative Course

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Information Resource Management
MISM 2301	Management Information Systems	4

Supporting Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Mathematics
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering	4
or MATH 1231	Calculus for Business and Economics
Economics
ECON 1115	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
ECON 1116	Principles of Microeconomics	4
Computing and Social Issues
Complete one of the following:		4
AFAM 2600	Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
CY 4170	The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
CY 5240	Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
ENGL 2150	Literature and Digital Diversity
HIST 2220	History of Technology
INSH 2102	Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
IS 1300	Knowledge in a Digital World
or PHIL 1300	Knowledge in a Digital World
PHIL 1145	Technology and Human Values
SOCL 1280	The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
SOCL 2485	Environment, Technology, and Society
SOCL 4528	Computers and Society

Computer Science Writing Requirement

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
College Writing
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions	4
or ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 16 credits of general electives.		16

Business Cooperative Education Requirement

Complete one six-month co-op experience.

Khoury College GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses

Business GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in business courses

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

• Engaging with the Natural and Designed World 

• Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning 

• Analyzing and Using Data 

• Understanding Societies and Institutions

• Writing in the First Year 

• Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 

• Writing-Intensive in the Major 

• Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone 

Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.

Program Requirement

133 total semester hours required

Sample Patterns:

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1200	1	CS 2510 and CS 2511	5	MATH 1341 or 1231	4	Vacation
CS 1800 and CS 1802	5	CS 3200	4	ACCT 1201	4
CS 2500 and CS 2501	5	ECON 1116	4
ENGW 1111	4	Elective	4
ECON 1115	4
	19		17		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 2301	4	Business concentration 1	4	MKTG 2201	4	Co-op
CS 3500 and CS 3501	5	CS 3000	4	Elective	4
MGSC 2301	4	Computing and social issues	4
Elective	4	CS 1210	1
		Elective	4
	17		17		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op		CS 3650	4	FINA 2201	4	Co-op
		MISM 2301	4	ORGB 3201	4
		Business concentration 2	4
		Khoury Elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours
Co-op		CS 3700	4	STRT 4501	4
		CS 4500	4	ENGW 3302	4
		Business concentration 3	4
		Business concentration 4	4
	0		16		8
Total Hours: 134

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 and CS 1802	5	CS 2510 and CS 2511	5	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CS 2500 and CS 2501	5	CS 3200	4
CS 1200	1	ECON 1116	4
ECON 1115	4	Elective	4
ENGW 1111	4
	19		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 3500 and CS 3501	5	ACCT 2301	4	Vacation	0	Co-op	0
MATH 1341	4	CS 3000	4
ACCT 1201	4	FINA 2201	4
MGSC 2301	4	CS 1210	1
		Elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CS 3650	4	ORGB 3201	4	Co-op	0
		Business concentration 1	4	MKTG 2201	4
		MISM 2301	4
		ENGW 3302	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	Business concentration 2	4	Elective	4	Co-op	0
		CS 3700	4	Elective	4
		Business concentration 3	4
		Khoury Elective	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	STRT 4501	4
		Business concentration 4	4
		CS 4500	4
		Computing and social issues	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 134

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 and CS 1802	5	CS 2510 and CS 2511	5	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CS 2500 and CS 2501	5	CS 3200	4
CS 1200	1	ECON 1116	4
ECON 1115	4	Elective	4
ENGW 1111	4
	19		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 3500 and CS 3501	5	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation	0
MATH 1341	4
ACCT 1201	4
MGSC 2301	4
CS 1210	1
	18		0		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
ACCT 2301	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	ORGB 3201	4
CS 3000	4					MKTG 2201	4
Elective	4
FINA 2201	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 3650	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Elective	4
Business concentration 1	4					Elective	4
MISM 2301	4
ENGW 3302	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Khoury Elective	4	STRT 4501	4
Business concentration 2	4	CS 4500	4
Business concentration 3	4	Computing and social issues	4
CS 3700	4	Business concentration 4	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 134