- 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Overview | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| or ECON 1000 | Economics at Northeastern | |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Programming Sequence Pathways | ||
| Complete one of the following options: | 12 | |
| Computer Science Option | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 and Lab for CS 2500 | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 and Lab for CS 2510 | ||
| Object-Oriented Design and Lab for CS 3500 | ||
| Data Science Option | ||
| Programming with Data and Data Science Programming Practicum | ||
| Intermediate Programming with Data and Lab for DS 2500 | ||
| Advanced Programming with Data | ||
| Computer Science Required Courses | ||
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | Discrete Structures and Seminar for CS 1800 | 5 |
| CS 3200 | Introduction to Databases | 4 |
| Data Science Foundations | ||
| DS 3000 | Foundations of Data Science | 4 |
| DS 4200 | Information Presentation and Visualization | 4 |
| DS 4300 | Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval | 4 |
| DS 4400 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 1 | 4 |
| Khoury Elective | ||
| With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives. | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within 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 | ||
Economics Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Economics Courses | ||
| ECON 1115 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 1116 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 2315 | Macroeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2316 | Microeconomic Theory | 4 |
| ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | 4 |
| Economics Electives | ||
| Complete five ECON elective courses that are found in the following ranges, with no more than two in the ECON 1200 to ECON 1999 range. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by students completing Department of Economics programs: | 20 | |
ECON 1200–ECON 1999 | ||
ECON 2990 - ECON 3559 | ||
ECON 3561 - ECON 4689 | ||
ECON 4900–ECON 4996 | ||
ECON 5200–ECON 5999 | ||
| Economics Capstone | ||
| ECON 4692 | Senior Economics Seminar | 4 |
| or ECON 4997 | Senior Economics Thesis | |
Integrative Course Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 2560 | Applied Econometrics | 4 |
Supporting Course Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 1231 | Calculus for Business and Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take MATH 1231 take sections devoted to Economics students only.) | 4 |
| or MATH 1241 | Calculus 1 | |
| or MATH 1245 | Calculus with Applications | |
| or MATH 1251 | Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 | |
| or MATH 1340 | Intensive Calculus for Engineers | |
| or MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | |
| Computing and Social Issues | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Issues in Race, Science, and Technology | ||
| The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies | ||
| Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights | ||
| History of Technology | ||
| Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks | ||
| Knowledge in a Digital World | ||
or PHIL 1300 | Knowledge in a Digital World | |
| Data Storytelling | ||
| Technology and Human Values | ||
| The Twenty-First-Century Workplace | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| Technology and Society | ||
English 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 24 semester hours of general electives. | 24 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Economics GPA Requirement
Grades in the following four courses must average to a minimum of C (2.000):
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Macroeconomic Theory | ||
| Microeconomic Theory | ||
| Statistics for Economists | ||
| Applied Econometrics |
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
- Analyzing and Using Data
- Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
- 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
130 total semester hours required
Sample Pattern: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| DS 2000 and DS 2001 | 4 | ECON 1116 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 | 4 | MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 1341 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 3000 | 4 | CS 1210 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| DS 3500 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ECON 2315 | 4 | DS 4300 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 2350 | 4 | ECON 2316 | 4 | ||||
| ECON elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4400 | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ECON 2560 | 4 | ECON elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| ECON elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ECON 4692 or 4997 | 4 | ||||
| Computing and social issues | 4 | ||||||
| ECON elective 4 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON elective 5 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||
Sample Pattern: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| DS 2000 and DS 2001 | 4 | ECON 1116 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 1115 | 4 | MATH 1231, 1241, 1245, 1251, 1340, or 1341 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1210 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| DS 3000 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| DS 3500 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON 2315 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON 2350 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 4200 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 |
| DS 4300 | 4 | ECON elective 2 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 2316 | 4 | ||||||
| ECON elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | ECON 4692 or 4997 | 4 | ||||
| ECON 2560 | 4 | Computing and social issues | 4 | ||||
| Khoury Elective | 4 | ECON elective 4 | 4 | ||||
| ECON elective 3 | 4 | ECON elective 5 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||