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.

Artificial Intelligence Requirements

Computer Science Overview
Complete the following in alignment with your home college:
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Fundamental Courses
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.
CS 1800Discrete Structures4
CS 2000
and CS 2001
Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
and Lab for CS 2000
5
CS 2100
and CS 2101
Program Design and Implementation 1
and Lab for CS 2100
5
CS 3200Introduction to Databases4
DS 3500Advanced Programming with Data4
Artificial Intelligence Foundations
DS 3000Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence4
DS 4200Information Presentation and Visualization4
DS 4300Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval4
DS 4400Machine Learning4
DS 4420Advanced Machine Learning4
or DS 4440 Modern Neural Networks
Khoury Approved Electives
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 from within the following ranges: 4
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
and Lab for EECE 2322
Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum
Total Hours48

Philosophy Requirements

PHIL 1115Introduction to Logic4
PHIL 1145Technology and Human Values4
PHIL 2325Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought4
or POLS 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
or PHIL 2330 Modern Philosophy
PHIL 4515Advanced Deductive Logic4
or PHIL 4516 Advanced Inductive Logic
Philosophy Electives
Complete two additional PHIL courses, one of which must be at the 3000 level or above.8
Critical Philosophy Elective
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Human Rights
Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
Race and Religion in Film
Indigenous Philosophy
Religion, Race, and Politics
Philosophy of Race and Racism
Total Hours28

Integrative Requirement

PHIL 3050Information and Uncertainty4
or PHIL 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World
or PHIL 2001 Ethics and Evolutionary Games
PHIL 5005Information Ethics4
or PHIL 4050 Artificial Intelligence and Society
or PHIL 5010 AI Ethics
Total Hours8

Supporting Courses 

Mathematics Requirement
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4
Statistics Foundation
ECON 2350Statistics for Economists4
Total Hours8

Writing Requirement

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one of the following:4
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
Advanced Writing in the Humanities
Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Total Hours8

Required General Electives

Complete 28 semester hours of general electives.28

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  • Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Interpreting Culture

  • Analyzing and Using Data

  • Understanding Societies and Institutions
  • Employing Ethical Reasoning
  • 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

128 total semester hours required