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.

Computer Science Courses

Computer Science Overview
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or ENGL 1000 English at Northeastern
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
Computer Science 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
Computer Science Required Courses
CS 2700
and CS 2701
Data Structures and Analysis
and Lab for CS 2700
5
CS 3100
and CS 3101
Program Design and Implementation 2
and Lab for CS 3100
5
CS 3200Introduction to Databases4
CS 4530Fundamentals of Software Engineering4
or CS 4535 Professional Practicum Capstone
Computing Focus
Students are required to complete one of the following foci (two courses total):8
Focus 1: Natural Language Processing
Students who choose this option must take DS 3000 as their Khoury Approved Elective
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Focus 2: Programming Languages
Theory of Computation
Programming Languages
Focus 3: Analytics
Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Information Presentation and Visualization
Khoury Approved Electives
With advisor approval, a directed study, project study, or appropriate graduate-level course may also be taken as an upper-division elective.
Complete 4 semester hours from within the following options: 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

English Requirements

Foundational Courses
ENGL 1160Introduction to Rhetoric4
or ENGL 1410 Introduction to Research on Writing
ENGL 1400Introduction to Literary Studies4
ENGL 1700Global Literatures 14
or ENGL 1701 Global Literatures 2

English Electives

Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Diversity
Complete one of the following (you may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below):4
Early African-American Literature
Postcolonial Literature
American Women Writers
Asian-American Literature
Writing in Global Contexts
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Literary Periods
Pre-1850
Complete one of the following:4
Introduction to Shakespeare
Early African-American Literature
Early Literatures
17th- and 18th-Century Literatures
Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Post-1850
Complete one of the following:4
The Graphic Novel
Postcolonial Literature
Postcolonial Women Writers
American Women Writers
Asian-American Literature
Irish Literary Culture
20th- and 21st-Century Literatures
Theories and Methods
Complete one of the following:4
Introduction to Rhetoric
Introduction to Research on Writing
Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
Science Fiction
What Is Nature?
Rhetoric of Law
The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
Opening the Archive
Film and Text
Narrative Medicine
Introduction to Linguistics
Linguistic Analysis
Syntax
Semantics
History of English
Language and Gender
Major Seminar
ENGL 3710Major Seminar4
Writing
Complete one of the following:4
Creative Writing
Style and Editing
Writing in Global Contexts
Writing to Heal
Writing Boston
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry Workshop
Fiction Workshop
Writing Seminar
English Electives
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement.8

Capstone

ENGL 4710Capstone Seminar4

Integrative Course Requirement

This course will not be allowed to double-count in the Theories and Methods section above.

ENGL 3340Technologies of Text4
or HIST 1357 Data, Surveillance, and Society

Supporting Course

Complete one of the following:4
Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
Knowledge in a Digital World
Knowledge in a Digital World
History of Technology
Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
Data Storytelling
Technology and Human Values
The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
Environment, Technology, and Society
Technology and Society

Computer Science Writing Requirement

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one course from the following:4
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
Advanced Writing in the Humanities
Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Complete 20 semester hours of general electives.20

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • Analyzing and Using Data
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
  • Engaging Differences and Diversity
  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  • Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  • Interpreting Culture
  • Writing in the First Year
  • Writing-Intensive in the Major

 Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plans of Study

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer Session A

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
CS 1200, ENGL 1000, or INPR 10001CS 2100
and CS 2101
5CS 3100
and CS 3101
5General Elective 24
CS 18004ENGL 1160 or 14104General Elective 14General Elective 34
CS 2000
and CS 2001
5Pre-1850 Literature4  
ENGL 14004Computing and Social Issues4  
ENGW 11114   
 18 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
CS 1210 or EESH 20001Co-op0Co-op0General Elective 44
CS 2700
and CS 2701
5  General Elective 54
ENGL 1700 or 17014   
Post-1850 Literature4   
ENGL Theories & Methods4   
 18 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
CS 32004Co-op0Co-op0ENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154
ENGL 37104   
ENGL Diversity Course4   
Khoury Elective4   
 16 0 0 4
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Computing Focus 14CS 4530 or 45354  
English Elective 14ENGL 47104  
ENGL Writing Course4Computing Focus 24  
Integrative Course4English Elective 24  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Session B/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
CS 1200, ENGL 1000, or INPR 10001CS 2100
and CS 2101
5CS 3100
and CS 3101
5General Elective 24
CS 18004ENGL 1160 or 14104General Elective 14General Elective 34
CS 2000
and CS 2001
5Pre-1850 Literature4  
ENGL 14004Computing and Social Issues4  
ENGW 11114   
 18 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
CS 2700
and CS 2701
5CS 1210 or EESH 20001General Elective 44Co-op0
ENGL 1700 or 17014CS 32004General Elective 54 
Post-1850 Literature4ENGL 37104  
ENGL Theories & Methods4ENGL Diversity Course4  
 Khoury Elective4  
 17 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer Session AHoursSummer Session BHours
Co-op0Computing Focus 14ENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154Co-op0
 English Elective 14  
 ENGL Writing Requirement4  
 Integrative Requirement4  
 0 16 4 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0CS 4530 or 45354  
 ENGL 47104  
 Computing Focus 24  
 English Elective 24  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130