• 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 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.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Computer Science Courses

Computer Science Overview
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or HIST 1000 History at Northeastern
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
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 3000Algorithms and Data4
CS 3200Introduction to Databases4
CS 3500
and CS 3501		Object-Oriented Design
and Lab for CS 3500		5
IS 2000Principles of Information Science4
Khoury Elective Courses
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete 16 semester hours of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS courses that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:16
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

History Courses

History Required Courses
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
HIST 2301The History Seminar4
HIST 2302Historical Writing1
Pre-1800 History Elective
Complete one of the following:4
HIST 1100
Law and History
HIST 1185
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
HIST 1218
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1272
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
HIST 1389
History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
HIST 2330
Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 2370
Renaissance to Enlightenment
HIST 2375
The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
HIST 2390
Africa and the World in Early Times
HIST 3334
Assassinations in World History
History Outside the United States and Europe
Complete one of the following: 4
HIST 1150
East Asian Studies
HIST 1187
Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 1206
Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
HIST 1246
World War II in the Pacific
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1253
History of Vietnam Wars
HIST 1294
History of the Jews in the Modern World
HIST 1500
Modern Chinese History and Culture
HIST 2025
Latin American History through Film
HIST 2311
Colonialism/Imperialism
HIST 2351
Modern Japan
History Electives
Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field: 8
Intermediate/Advanced History Course
Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302): 4
HIST 2000 to HIST 2999
Advanced History
Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 4701): 4
HIST 3000 to HIST 4999
History Capstone Seminar or Senior Project
HIST 4701Capstone Seminar4

Integrative Course Requirement

HIST 2211The World Since 19454

Supporting Courses

Research Methods
Complete one of the following:4
ECON 2350
Statistics for Economists
ENVR 3300
Geographic Information Systems
ENVR 5260
Geographical Information Systems
POLS 2400
Quantitative Techniques
PSYC 2320
Statistics in Psychological Research
Computing and Social Issues
Complete one of the following:4
AFCS 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
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
Technology and Society

Computer Science Writing Requirement

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
This requirement is satisfied by HIST 2302 taken in conjunction with HIST 2301.

Required General Electives

Complete 32 semester hours of general electives.32

Khoury College GPA Requirement

A minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA is required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses.

Computer Science and History GPA/Credit Requirements

Complete 98 semester hours in the major with a minimum 2.000 GPA.

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Analyzing and Using Data
  • Writing in the First Year
  • Writing-Intensive in the Major
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone

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

Program Requirement

135 total semester hours required

Sample Plans of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12001CS 2510
and CS 2511		5CS 3500
and CS 3501		5Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5IS 20004Elective4Elective4
CS 2500
and CS 2501		5History pre-1800 elective4  
ENGW 11114History elective 14  
HIST 12001   
HIST 12014   
 20 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12101Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
CS 30004  Elective4
HIST 23014   
HIST 23021   
Research methods requirement4   
Elective4   
 18 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 32004Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
History outside the United States and Europe elective4  Elective4
Khoury elective 14   
Intermediate history elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
HIST 22114Advanced history elective4  
Computing and social issues4History capstone seminar or senior project4  
History elective 24Khoury elective 34  
Khoury elective 24Khoury elective 44  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 136

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12001CS 2510
and CS 2511		5CS 3500
and CS 3501		5Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5IS 20004Elective4Elective4
CS 2500
and CS 2501		5History pre-1800 elective4  
ENGW 11114History elective 14  
HIST 12001   
HIST 12014   
 20 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 30004CS 12101Elective4Co-op0
HIST 23014CS 32004Elective4 
HIST 23021History elective 24  
Research methods requirement4History outside the United States and Europe elective4  
Elective4Intermediate history elective 4  
 17 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Advanced history elective 4Elective4Co-op0
 Computing and social issues4Elective4 
 Khoury elective 14  
 Khoury elective 24  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0HIST 22114  
 History capstone seminar or senior project4  
 Khoury elective 34  
 Khoury elective 44  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 136