Computer Science and English, BS (Boston)

The computer science and English combined major focuses on the increasingly interdisciplinary processes of creating, interpreting, and analyzing texts and programs. Students will combine communication and critical judgment, gaining the creativity and adaptability necessary to utilize technology in literary studies, and apply humanities skills to solve programming problems.

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

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Computer Science Overview
CS 1200	First Year Seminar	1
or ENGL 1000	English at Northeastern
or INPR 1000	First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
CS 1210	Professional Development for Khoury Co-op	1
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 1800	Discrete Structures	4
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 3200	Introduction to Databases	4
CS 4530	Fundamentals of Software Engineering	4
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
DS 4400	Machine Learning
CS 4120	Natural Language Processing
Focus 2: Programming Languages
CS 3800	Theory of Computation
CS 4400	Programming Languages
Focus 3: Analytics
DS 3000	Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
DS 4200	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
EECE 2160	Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
EECE 2322 and EECE 2323	Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization and Lab for EECE 2322
MKTG 4606	Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum

English Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Foundational Courses
ENGL 1160	Introduction to Rhetoric	4
or ENGL 1410	Introduction to Research on Writing
ENGL 1400	Introduction to Literary Studies	4
ENGL 1700	Global Literatures 1	4
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.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Diversity
Complete one of the following (you may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below):		4
ENGL 2296	Early African-American Literature
ENGL 2450	Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 2455	American Women Writers
ENGL 2470	Asian-American Literature
ENGL 2760	Writing in Global Contexts
ENGL 3678	Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Literary Periods
Pre-1850
Complete one of the following:		4
ENGL 1600	Introduction to Shakespeare
ENGL 2296	Early African-American Literature
ENGL 3101	Early Literatures
ENGL 3120	17th- and 18th-Century Literatures
ENGL 3160	Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures
ENGL 3678	Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
or JWSS 3678	Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity
Post-1850
Complete one of the following:		4
ENGL 2301	The Graphic Novel
ENGL 2450	Postcolonial Literature
ENGL 2451	Postcolonial Women Writers
ENGL 2455	American Women Writers
ENGL 2470	Asian-American Literature
ENGL 2600	Irish Literary Culture
ENGL 3161	20th- and 21st-Century Literatures
Theories and Methods
Complete one of the following:		4
ENGL 1160	Introduction to Rhetoric
ENGL 1410	Introduction to Research on Writing
ENGL 1450	Reading and Writing in the Digital Age
ENGL 2520	Science Fiction
ENGL 2620	What Is Nature?
ENGL 3325	Rhetoric of Law
ENGL 3381	The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing
ENGL 3400	Opening the Archive
ENGL 3487	Film and Text
ENGL 3700	Narrative Medicine
LING 1150	Introduction to Linguistics
LING 2350	Linguistic Analysis
LING 3450	Syntax
LING 3452	Semantics
LING 3454	History of English
LING 3456	Language and Gender
Major Seminar
ENGL 3710	Major Seminar	4
Writing
Complete one of the following:		4
ENGL 2700	Creative Writing
ENGL 2710	Style and Editing
ENGL 2760	Writing in Global Contexts
ENGL 2770	Writing to Heal
ENGL 3375	Writing Boston
ENGL 3376	Creative Nonfiction
ENGL 3377	Poetry Workshop
ENGL 3378	Fiction Workshop
ENGL 3380	Writing Seminar
English Electives
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement.		8

Capstone

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 4710	Capstone Seminar	4

Integrative Course Requirement

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

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ENGL 3340	Technologies of Text	4
or HIST 1357	Data, Surveillance, and Society

Supporting Course

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following:		4
AFCS 2600	Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
CY 4170	The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
CY 5240	Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
DS 1300	Knowledge in a Digital World
or PHIL 1300	Knowledge in a Digital World
HIST 2220	History of Technology
INSH 2102	Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
JRNL 3700	Data Storytelling
PHIL 1145	Technology and Human Values
SOCL 1280	The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
SOCL 2485	Environment, Technology, and Society
SOCL 4528	Technology and Society

Computer Science Writing Requirement

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
College Writing
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
or ENGW 1102	First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
Complete one course from the following:		4
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
ENGW 3309	Advanced Writing in the Humanities
ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
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