- 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.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| English Course-Level Requirement | ||
| In addition to the capstone, two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be numbered 3000–4999. | ||
| Introduction to College | ||
| ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | 1 |
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one of the following courses. This course may also be used to fulfill an additional English requirement below: | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| Pre-1850 Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Global Literatures 1 | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Post-1850 Literature | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| The Modern Bestseller | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | ||
or JWSS 3685 | Modern and Contemporary Jewish Literature | |
| 20th- and 21st-Century Major Figure | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Language and Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Analysis | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| History of English | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Topics in Linguistics | ||
| Horror Fiction | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| Boston in Literature | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
| Major Seminar | ||
| ENGL 3710 | Major Seminar | 4 |
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Writing and Community Engagement | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Visual Writing | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| The Writer’s Marketplace | ||
| Capstone | ||
| ENGL 4710 | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
| English Electives | ||
| Complete two additional ENGL electives. | 8 | |
Graphic and Information Design Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Art and Design at Northeastern | ||
| ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
| or ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | |
| Art and Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 |
| Art and Design Fundamentals Elective | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
| Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
| Art and Design History | ||
| Complete any one ARTH course as long as prerequisites have been met. | 4 | |
| Design | ||
| ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
| ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
| ARTG 2242 | Information Design Principles | 4 |
| ARTG 2252 | Graphic Design Principles | 4 |
| ARTG 3350 | Typography 2 | 4 |
| Degree Project | ||
| ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
| Art and Design Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8-10 | |
| Introduction to Photography and Photo Tools | ||
| Video Basics and Video Tools | ||
| Prototyping with Code and Lab for ARTG 2262 | ||
| Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
| Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
| Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
| Identity and Brand Design | ||
| Typography 3 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Visual Writing | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops (Spring/Summer)
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | A+D Fundamentals Elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | A+D Fundamentals Elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| A+D Fundamentals Elective | 2 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENGL 1400 | 4 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 1450 | 4 | ||||||
| Art + Design Elective (Recommended: ARTG 1001 & ARTG 1002) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTG 2252 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ARTG 3350 | 4 |
| ENGL 1700 | 4 | ENGL Elective | 4 | ||||
| Art + Design Elective | 4 | ||||||
| ENGL pre-1850 requirement | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Art + Design History Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGL writing requirement | 4 |
| ENGL Post-1850 requirement | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL theories & methods requirement | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ARTG 2242 | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL elective | 4 | ENGL 4710 | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ENGL elective | 4 | ||||
| ENGL 3710 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||