- 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 SOCL 1000 | Sociology 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 |
| IS 2000 | Principles of Information Science | 4 |
| Computer Science Writing-Intensive Requirement | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Software Development | ||
or CS 4530 | Fundamentals of Software Engineering | |
| Information Presentation and Visualization (Take DS 3000 either as a prerequisite of or concurrently with DS 4200.) | ||
| Khoury Elective Courses | ||
| With adviser approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives. | ||
| Complete 12 semester hours of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges: | 12 | |
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930 | ||
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900 | ||
IS 2000 or higher, except IS 4900 | ||
Sociology Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sociology Required Courses | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2320 | Statistical Analysis in Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Sociology Electives | ||
| Complete one sociology elective in each of the following ranges: | 12 | |
Introductory elective: SOCL 1000 to SOCL 1999 | ||
Intermediate elective: SOCL 2000 to SOCL 3999 | ||
Advanced elective: SOCL 4000 to SOCL 4999 | ||
| Sociology Required Capstone | ||
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
Integrative Course Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Twenty-First-Century Workplace | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| Technology and Society | ||
Computer Science Writing Requirement
| 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 Social Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 32 semester hours of general electives. | 32 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirements
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Sociology GPA Requirements
2.000 average GPA requirement across all sociology classes
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
- Analyzing and Using Data
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
- Writing in the First Year
- Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
- Interpreting Culture
- Understanding Societies and Institutions
- 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 Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or SOCL 1000 | 1 | ANTH 1101 | 4 | CS 3500 and CS 3501 | 5 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | IS 2000 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | SOCL 2320 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 2305 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| CS 1210 or EESH 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| SOCL 2321 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3200 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 | ||
| SOCL 3300 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Khoury Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology Introductory Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CS Intensive Writing Requirement | 4 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| Integrative Requirement | 4 | Khoury Elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| Khoury Elective 2 | 4 | Sociology Advanced Elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology Intermediate Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or SOCL 1000 | 1 | ANTH 1101 | 4 | CS 3000 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | CS 2510 and CS 2511 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 2500 and CS 2501 | 5 | IS 2000 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | SOCL 2320 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 2305 | 4 | CS 1210 or EESH 2000 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| CS 3500 and CS 3501 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 2321 | 4 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Khoury Elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology Introductory Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | CS Intensive Writing Requirement | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | ||
| Integrative Requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Khoury Elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology Intermediate Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | SOCL 4600 | 4 | |||||
| Khoury Elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology Advanced Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||