- 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Overview | ||
| Must be taken in alignment with your home college: | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| or PHIL 1000 | Philosophy at Northeastern | |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| 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 3000 | Algorithms and Data | 4 |
| CS 3200 | Introduction to Databases | 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 | |
| Khoury Elective | ||
| With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be be taken for upper-division electives. | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses from the following ranges: | 4 | |
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930 | ||
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900 | ||
IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900 | ||
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Courses
Complete at least four courses in each of the following subject areas: ECON, PHIL, and POLS.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Course | ||
| PHIL 1160 | Introduction to Economic Justice | 4 |
| Core Courses | ||
| Philosophy | ||
| PHIL 2303 | Social and Political Philosophy | 4 |
| or PHIL 3822 | Philosophy of Race and Racism | |
| PHIL 3435 | Moral Philosophy | 4 |
| or PHIL 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | |
| Political Science | ||
| POLS 1150 | American Government | 4 |
| or POLS 1155 | Comparative Politics | |
| POLS 1160 | International Relations | 4 |
| POLS 3405 | International Political Economy | 4 |
| Economics | ||
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| or ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | |
| ECON 2315 | Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
| or ECON 2316 | Microeconomic Theory | |
| Methods Course | ||
| PHIL 3000 | Interdisciplinary Methods for Politics, Philosophy, and Economics | 4 |
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Senior Economics Seminar | ||
| Philosophy of Economics | ||
| Global Justice | ||
| Ethics and Public Policy | ||
| Political Science Senior Capstone | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| PPE Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the following ranges: | 4 | |
| ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 | ||
| ECON 3000 to ECON 4689 | ||
| ECON 4900 to ECON 4999 | ||
| ECON 5200 to ECON 5999 | ||
| PHIL 2000 to PHIL 5999 | ||
| POLS 2000 to POLS 5999 | ||
Integrative Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| IS 4300 | Human Computer Interaction | 4 |
| PHIL 1115 | Introduction to Logic | 4 |
| POLS 2390 | Science, Technology, and Public Policy | 4 |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Mathematics | ||
| ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| or POLS 2400 | Quantitative Techniques | |
| or MATH 2280 | Statistics and Software | |
| MATH 1231 | Calculus for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | ||
| Advanced Writing in the Humanities | ||
| Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 20 semester hours of general electives. | 20 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
- Analyzing and Using Data
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
- Understanding Societies and Institutions
- Employing Ethical Reasoning
- Writing in the First Year
- 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
129 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or PHIL 1000 | 1 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | CS 3000 | 4 | MATH 1231 or 1341 | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | ECON 1115 or 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | PHIL 1115 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | POLS 1160 | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1160 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3500 and CS 3501 | 5 | CS 1210 or EESH 2000 | 1 | ECON 2315 or 2316 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PHIL 3435 or 2325 | 4 | CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| POLS 1150 or 1155 | 4 | ECON 2350, POLS 2400, or MATH 2280 | 4 | ||||
| POLS 3405 | 4 | PHIL 2303 or 3822 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | IS 4300 | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3309, or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PHIL 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| POLS 2390 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CS 4530 | 4 | ||||
| Capstone | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| PPE elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or PHIL 1000 | 1 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | CS 3500 and CS 3501 | 5 | MATH 1231 or 1341 | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | ECON 1115 or 1116 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | PHIL 1115 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | POLS 1160 | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1160 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1210 or EESH 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ECON 2315 or 2316 | 4 |
| CS 3000 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 3435 or 2325 | 4 | ||||||
| POLS 1150 or 1155 | 4 | ||||||
| POLS 3405 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3200 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302, 3309, or 3315 | 4 |
| ECON 2350, POLS 2400, or MATH 2280 | 4 | ||||||
| PHIL 2303 or 3822 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CS 4500 or 4530 | 4 | IS 4300 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Capstone | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 3000 | 4 | Khoury elective | 4 | ||||
| POLS 2390 | 4 | PPE elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||