- 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 | ||
| Must be taken in alignment with your home college: | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| or INSC 1000 | Science at Northeastern | |
| or PSYC 1000 | Psychology at Northeastern | |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| or EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Programming Sequence Pathways | ||
| Choose one of two 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 |
| DS 4420 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 2 | 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 four 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 | ||
Computer Science Writing 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 Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Psychology | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| Statistics in Psychological Research | ||
| PSYC 2320 | Statistics in Psychological Research | 4 |
| Mathematics Foundations | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| Personality/Social Basis of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Personality | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Clinical Psychology and Mental Health | ||
| Cognitive/Biological Basis of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Learning and Motivation | ||
or PSYC 3451 | Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis | |
| Sensation and Perception | ||
| Biological Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Language | ||
| Cognition | ||
| Psychology Laboratory | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Learning and Motivation | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Laboratory in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Psychology Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Psychology Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
PSYC 2370 to PSYC 5999 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Human Computer Interaction | ||
| Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 28 semester hours of general electives. | 28 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Psychology GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all PSYC courses
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- 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
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study:
Four Years, Two Co-ops Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | PYSC elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| DS 2000 and DS 2001 | 4 | Personality/social basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3200 | 4 | CS 1210 | 1 | PSYC elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| DS 3000 | 4 | DS 3500 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | ||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 1 | 4 | Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||
| Personality/social basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4300 | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| DS 4400 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC laboratory | 4 | ||||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
| Integrative requirement | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | PYSC elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| DS 2000 and DS 2001 | 4 | Personality/social basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 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 |
| CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| DS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | ||||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 3500 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 | 4 |
| DS 4200 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Personality/social basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4300 | 4 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | Integrative requirement | 4 | ||||
| PSYC laboratory | 4 | Khoury elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||