• 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.

Data Science Requirements

Computer Science Overview
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or BIOL 1000 Biology at Northeastern
or INSC 1000 Science at Northeastern
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
or EESC 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Programming Sequence Pathways
Choose one of the two options:12
Computer Science Option
CS 2500
and CS 2501
Fundamentals of Computer Science 1
and Lab for CS 2500
CS 2510
and CS 2511
Fundamentals of Computer Science 2
and Lab for CS 2510
CS 3500
and CS 3501
Object-Oriented Design
and Lab for CS 3500
Data Science Option
DS 2000
and DS 2001
Programming with Data
and Data Science Programming Practicum
DS 2500
and DS 2501
Intermediate Programming with Data
and Lab for DS 2500
DS 3500
Advanced Programming with Data
Computer Science Required Courses
CS 1800
and CS 1802		Discrete Structures
and Seminar for CS 1800		5
CS 3200Introduction to Databases4
Data Science Foundations
DS 3000Foundations of Data Science4
DS 4200Information Presentation and Visualization4
DS 4300Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval4
DS 4400Machine Learning and Data Mining 14
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 semester hours 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
Statistics Foundations
ENVR 2500
and ENVR 2501		Biostatistics
and Lab for ENVR 2500		5

Computer Science Writing Requirements

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
ENGW 3302Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions4
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
or ENGW 3307 Advanced Writing in the Sciences

Biology Requirements

Biology Core Courses
BIOL 1107
and BIOL 1108		Foundations of Biology
and Lab for BIOL 1107		5
BIOL 2299Inquiries in Biological Sciences4
BIOL 2301
and BIOL 2302		Genetics and Molecular Biology
and Lab for BIOL 2301		5
BIOL 2309Biology Project Lab4
BIOL 3611
and BIOL 3612		Biochemistry
and Lab for BIOL 3611		5
Intermediate and Advanced Biology Elective
Complete one of the following:4
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 5999
EEMB 2290 to EEMB 5515
EEMB 5520 to EEMB5534
EEMB 5548 to EEMB 5569
Research:
BIOL 4991
Research
BIOL 4970
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
BIOL 4971
Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
BIOL 4994
Internship
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Elective
Complete one course and its corresponding lab, if indicated:4-5
BIOL 2327
Human Parasitology
BIOL 3401
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
BIOL 3413
Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology
EEMB 2302
and EEMB 2303
Ecology
and Lab for EEMB 2302
EEMB 2400
Introduction to Evolution
EEMB 2700
and EEMB 2701
Marine Biology
and Lab for EEMB 2700
EEMB 3460
Conservation Biology
EEMB 3466
Disease Ecology
EEMB 3600
Animal Behavior
Supporting Courses for Biology
Chemistry
CHEM 1161
and CHEM 1162		General Chemistry for Science Majors
and Lab for CHEM 1161		5
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		Organic Chemistry 1
and Lab for CHEM 2311		5
CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		Organic Chemistry 2
and Lab for CHEM 2313		5
Physics
PHYS 1145
and PHYS 1146		Physics for Life Sciences 1
and Lab for PHYS 1145 (Preferred)		5
or PHYS 1151 Physics for Engineering 1
or PHYS 1161 Physics 1
Math
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4

Integrative Requirements

Integrative Course
Complete one of the following:4
BINF 6310
Introduction to Computational Methods in Bioinformatics
BIOL 4707
Cell and Molecular Biology
BIOL 5581
Biological Imaging
BIOL 5587
Comparative Neurobiology
BIOL 5591
Advanced Genomics
Capstone
Choose one:4
BIOL 4701
Biology Capstone
BIOL 4900
Biology Research Capstone (concurrent with BIOL 4991 or BIOL 4994, which may be used toward Intermediate/Advanced Biology Electives)
BIOL 4971
Junior/Senior Honors Project 2

Required General Electives

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
  • Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Analyzing and Using Data
  • 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

138 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
BIOL 1107
and BIOL 1108		5BIOL 22994BIOL 2301
and BIOL 2302		5General Elective4
CS 12001CHEM 1161
and CHEM 1162
and CHEM 1163		5General Elective4General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5DS 2500
and DS 2501		5  
DS 2000
and DS 2001		4MATH 13414  
ENGW 11114   
 19 18 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
BIOL 23094CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5BIOL 3611
and BIOL 3612		5Co-op
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		5CS 12101General Elective4 
DS 30004CS 32004  
PHYS 1145
and PHYS 1146		5DS 35004  
 DS 42004  
 18 18 9 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opDS 43004ENGW 3302, 3307, or 33154Co-op
 DS 44004Khoury Elective4 
 ENVR 2500
and ENVR 2501		5  
 General Elective4  
 0 17 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opBIOL 47014  
 BIOL Intermediate/Advanced Science4  
 Integrative course4  
 Organismal and Population BIOL Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 140

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
BIOL 1107
and BIOL 1108		5BIOL 22994BIOL 2301
and BIOL 2302		5General Elective4
CS 12001CHEM 1161
and CHEM 1162
and CHEM 1163		5General Elective4General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5DS 2500
and DS 2501		5  
DS 2000
and DS 2001		4MATH 13414  
ENGW 11114   
 19 18 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 12101Co-opCo-opCHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5
BIOL 23094  General Elective4
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		5   
DS 30004   
PHYS 1145
and PHYS 1146		5   
 19 0 0 9
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 32004Co-opCo-opENGW 3302, 3307, or 33154
DS 35004  General Elective4
DS 42004   
BIOL 3611
and BIOL 3612		5   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
DS 43004BIOL 47014  
DS 44004BIOL Intermediate/Advanced Science4  
ENVR 2500
and ENVR 2501		5Integrative course4  
Khoury Elective4Organismal and Population BIOL Elective4  
 17 16  
Total Hours: 140