Computer Engineering and Computer Science, BSCmpE < Northeastern University Academic Catalog

This intercollege combined major serves students who are interested in both computer hardware and software. This program provides a well-rounded computing education that includes engineering design principles, computational thinking, proper program design, and a solid background in mathematics and science. The degree is fully accredited as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and adds the computer science depth.

Because of the large body of shared knowledge between computer engineering and computer science, an integrated combined major between these two disciplines is a logical course of study and can be accomplished within a student's usual five-year program (including three co-op placements) without requiring course overloading in any semester. A student graduating from this program will have a solid foundation in both computer hardware and software principles and should be prepared for a wide range of career paths in the computing field or any related field that relies on the application of engineering or computing principles.

Students interested in this program should contact the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering or the Khoury College of Computer Sciences as early as possible, preferably prior to registering for first-year courses.

Visit the department website for educational objectives.

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.

NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC), Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI), Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD), and Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience (EX) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering coursework. Successful completion of a cooperative education experience fulfills the EX requirement. Students are responsible for satisfying unfulfilled NUpath requirements with general elective coursework.

Engineering Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
EECE 2140	Computing Fundamentals for Engineers	4
EECE 2150	Circuits and Signals: Biomedical Applications	5
EECE 2160	Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics	4
Computer Engineering Fundamentals
CS 3000	Algorithms and Data	4
EECE 2322 and EECE 2323	Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization and Lab for EECE 2322	5
EECE 2540	Fundamentals of Networks	4
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals
Complete one of the following:		4
EECE 2412 and EECE 2413	Fundamentals of Electronics and Lab for EECE 2412
EECE 2520	Fundamentals of Linear Systems
EECE 2530 and EECE 2531	Fundamentals of Electromagnetics and Lab for EECE 2530
Computer Engineering Capstone Courses
If taking EECE 4791 in summer 1, EECE 4792 should be taken in spring. If taking EECE 4791 in summer 2, EECE 4792 should be taken in fall.
EECE 4791	Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1	1
EECE 4792	Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2	4
EECE Technical Electives
Students can register for EECE 4991/EECE 4992 more than once. For these courses combined, a maximum of 8 semester hours will be allowed to satisfy the requirement of technical electives. An additional 4 semester hours will be allowed as a general elective. At most, one of these courses (4 semester hours) can be taken in a semester.
Though students may register for EECE 2750 more than once, only 4 semester hours will be allowed to satisfy the requirements of technical electives. An additional 4 semester hours will be allowed as a general elective.
EECE 2310 is not an approved course option for ECE majors to select for a technical elective. It is only for Khoury students.
Complete two of the following:		8
EECE 2412 to EECE 2530
EECE 2750	Enabling Engineering
EECE 3324 to EECE 4698
EECE 4991	Research
EECE 4992	Directed Study
EECE 5115 to EECE 5699
EECE 5670	Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage
Khoury Elective Courses
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
Complete 8 semester hours of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:		8
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
Supplemental Credit
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		2
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		3
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		2
EECE 3468	Analysis of Random Phenomena in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Computer Science Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Computer Science Introductory Courses
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
CS 2800	Logic and Computation	4
Computer Science Upper-Level Courses
CS 3500 and CS 3501	Object-Oriented Design and Lab for CS 3500	5
CS 3650	Computer Systems	4
CS 4500	Software Development	4
or CS 4530	Fundamentals of Software Engineering

Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science

Complete all mathematics/science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Mathematics/Science
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151	4
CS 1800 and CS 1802	Discrete Structures and Seminar for CS 1800	5
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 1342	Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 2341	Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering	4
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151	5
PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	Physics for Engineering 2 and Lab for PHYS 1155 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155	5
Supplemental Credit
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement:		2
EECE 3468	Analysis of Random Phenomena in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professional Development

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Professional Development
ENCP 2000	Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education	1
ENCP 3000	Professional Issues in Engineering	1
GE 1000	First-Year Seminar	1
Additional Required Courses
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1 ¹
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2 ¹

Writing Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required:
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions	4
or ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Complete 8 semester hours of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses.		8

Integrative Courses

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
The following courses are already required above and also fulfill the integrative requirement.
CS 1800	Discrete Structures
EECE 3468	Analysis of Random Phenomena in Electrical and Computer Engineering
EECE 4791	Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1
EECE 4792	Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
MATH 1342	Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152	Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151

¹: Students can substitute Engineering Design (GE 1110) and Engineering Problem Solving and Computation (GE 1111) for Cornerstone of Engineering 1 (GE 1501) and Cornerstone of Engineering 2 (GE 1502) .

Major GPA Requirement

2.000 minimum GPA in EECE courses

2.000 minimum GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses

Program Requirement

140 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
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	CS 2500 (ND, FQ)	4	MATH 2341	4	General elective	4
CHEM 1153	0	CS 2501	1	PHYS 1155 (ND)	3	General elective	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	PHYS 1156 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	PHYS 1157	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
		PHYS 1153	1
	17		18		9		8
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 (FQ)	4	CS 2800	4	CS 3000	4	Co-op	0
CS 1802	1	EECE 2160	4	Khoury elective	4
CS 2510 (ND, AD)	4	EECE 2540	4
CS 2511	1	EECE 3468	4
EECE 2140	4	ENCP 2000	1
EECE 2150 (AD)	5
	19		17		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CS 3650	4	CS 3500 and CS 3501 (ND, AD)	5	Co-op	0
		EECE 2322	4	EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE)¹	1
		EECE 2323	1	EECE technical elective	4
		ENCP 3000	1
		ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
		EE fundamentals	4
	0		18		10		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CS 4530	4
		EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE)¹	4
		EECE technical elective	4
		Khoury elective	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 140

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
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	CS 2500 (ND, FQ)	4	MATH 2341	4	General elective	4
CHEM 1153	0	CS 2501	1	PHYS 1155 (ND)	3	General elective	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	PHYS 1156 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	PHYS 1157	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
		PHYS 1153	1
	17		18		9		8
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 (FQ)	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CS 3000	4
CS 1802	1					Khoury elective	4
CS 2510 (ND, AD)	4
CS 2511	1
EECE 2140	4
EECE 2150 (AD)	5
ENCP 2000	1
	20		0		0		8
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 2800	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE)¹	1
EECE 2160	4					EECE technical elective	4
EECE 2540	4					Khoury elective	4
EECE 3468	4
ENCP 3000	1
	17		0		0		9
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CS 3500 and CS 3501	5	CS 3650	4
EECE 2322	4	CS 4530	4
EECE 2323	1	ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE)¹	4	EECE technical elective	4
EE fundamentals	4
	18		16
Total Hours: 140

Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	Vacation		Vacation
CHEM 1153	0	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1153	1
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	General elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 (FQ)	4	CS 2510 (ND, AD)	4	Vacation		Co-op	0
CS 1802	1	CS 2511	1
CS 2500 (ND, FQ)	4	CS 2800	4
CS 2501	1	EECE 2160	4
EECE 2140	4	ENCP 2000	1
MATH 2341	4	PHYS 1155 (ND)	3
		PHYS 1156 (AD)	1
		PHYS 1157	1
	18		19		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CS 3650	4	CS 3500 and CS 3501 (ND, AD)	5	Co-op	0
		EECE 2150 (AD)	5	ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
		EECE 2322	4
		EECE 2323	1
		EECE 2540	4
	0		18		9		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	ENCP 3000	1	CS 3000	4	Co-op	0
		EECE 3468	4	EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE)¹	1
		EE fundamentals	4	General elective	4
		Khoury elective	4
		Khoury elective	4
	0		17		9		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CS 4530	4
		EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE)¹	4
		EECE technical elective	4
		EECE technical elective	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 140

Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	Vacation		Vacation
CHEM 1153	0	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1153	1
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	General elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 1800 (FQ)	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation
CS 1802	1
CS 2500 (ND, FQ)	4
CS 2501	1
EECE 2140	4
ENCP 2000	1
MATH 2341	4
	19		0		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 2510 (ND, AD)	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
CS 2511	1					EECE 3468	4
CS 2800	4
EECE 2160	4
PHYS 1155 (ND)	3
PHYS 1156 (AD)	1
PHYS 1157	1
	18		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CS 3500 and CS 3501 (ND, AD)	5	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CS 3000	4
CS 3650	4					EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE)¹	1
EECE 2150 (AD)	5					EECE technical elective	4
EECE 2540	4
ENCP 3000	1
	19		0		0		9
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
EECE 2322	4	CS 4530	4
EECE 2323	1	EE fundamentals	4
EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE)¹	4	EECE technical elective	4
Khoury elective	4	General elective	4
Khoury elective	4
	17		16
Total Hours: 140

¹

The capstone design courses are taken as follows:

Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 (EECE 4791) in summer 1 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 (EECE 4792) in spring or
Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 (EECE 4791) in summer 2 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 (EECE 4792) in fall.

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Computer Engineering and Computer Science, BSCmpE