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 Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Differences and Diversity (DD) must be met through electives.

Design Requirements

Art + Design or Mathematics at Northeastern
ARTF 1000Art and Design at Northeastern1
or INSC 1000 Science at Northeastern
Art + Design Fundamentals Required
ARTF 1220Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221)2
Art + Design Fundamentals Elective
Complete 6 semester hours 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
Design Required
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
and Seminar for Design Perspectives
4
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
Design Elective
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses as long as prerequisites have been met and it has not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 are recommended. 14
Art + Design History Elective
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence are recommended.4
Art + Design Elective
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, EXRE, or GAME course for which prerequisites have been met and it has not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. 4
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.
Degree Project
ARTG 4550Design Degree Project4
1

For students interested in the PlusOne in Information Design and Data Visualization, speak with an advisor about an alternative course option to Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263).

 Design Option

Complete one of the following options:8
Creative Fabrication
Creative Fabrication Design Principles
Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
Experience Design
Experience Design Principles
Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
Graphic Design
Graphic Design Principles
Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
Information Design
Information Design Principles
Topics in Information Design Inquiry
Interaction Design
Interaction Design Principles (with optional ARTG 2401)
Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Mathematics Requirements

Experiential Learning Introduction
EESC 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
or EEAM 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Required Mathematics
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 1342Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 1365Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning4
MATH 2321Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 2331Linear Algebra4
MATH 2341Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering4
MATH 3081Probability and Statistics4
Mathematics Electives
Complete two courses in the following range:8
MATH 3001 to MATH 4999

Integrative Requirement 

The following course is already required in the major:
Design Degree Project

Writing Requirements 

ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
ENGW 3315Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines4
or ENGW 3307 Advanced Writing in the Sciences
or ENGW 3314 Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design

Combined Major Credit Requirement

Complete 80 semester hours in the major.

Science GPA Requirement (Mathematics)

A minimum 2.000 GPA in the following course codes is required: MATH.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARTF 1000 or MATH 10001MATH 13424ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221)2A+D fundamentals elective2
ARTG 1001
and ARTG 1002
4ARTG 1270
and ARTG 1271
4A+D fundamentals elective2A+D fundamentals elective2
MATH 13654ARTG 1290
and ARTG 1291
4Elective4Elective4
MATH 13414EEAM 20001  
ENGW 11114Elective4  
 17 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MATH 23214Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
MATH 23414  Elective4
Design option level 14   
A+D history elective4   
EESC 2000 (For COS students)1   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MATH 23314Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Design option level 24  Elective4
Math elective4   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
MATH 30814ARTG 45504  
Design elective4A+D elective4  
Mathematics advanced elective4Mathematics elective/capstone 4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 131