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
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern
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 1800
and CS 1802		Discrete Structures
and Seminar for CS 1800		5
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 2800Logic and Computation4
CS 3000Algorithms and Data4
CS 3100
and CS 3101		Program Design and Implementation 2
and Lab for CS 3100		5
CS 3800Theory of Computation4
CS 4530Fundamentals of Software Engineering4
or CS 4535 Professional Practicum Capstone
Khoury Approved Electives
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be be taken for upper-division electives.
Complete 8 semester hours from within the following options:8
CS 2500 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
MKTG 4606
Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum

Philosophy Courses

Philosophy Required Courses
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
PHIL 5005Information Ethics4
or PHIL 5010 AI Ethics
or PHIL 4050 Artificial Intelligence and Society
Critical Philosophy Elective
Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:4
PHIL 1104
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
PHIL 1271
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
PHIL 2155
Human Rights
PHIL 2410
Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
PHIL 2492
Indigenous Philosophy
PHIL 2619
Race and Religion in Film
PHIL 3500
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
PHIL 3512
Religion, Race, and Politics
PHIL 3822
Philosophy of Race and Racism
Philosophy Electives
Take three additional PHIL courses not used to fulfill another requirement, at least one of which is 4000 or above.12

Integrative Course Requirement 

These courses will double count in other areas of your major:
CS 3800
Theory of Computation
PHIL 4515
Advanced Deductive Logic
or PHIL 4516
 Advanced Inductive Logic

Computer Science English 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
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

Complete 44 semester hours of general electives.44

Khoury College GPA Requirement

Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses

NUpath Requirements Satisfied

  • Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  • Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Analyzing and Using Data
  • Writing-Intensive in the Major
  • Interpreting Culture
  • Understanding Societies and Institutions
  • Employing Ethical Reasoning
  • Writing in the First Year
  • Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  • Students must arrange to take a NUpath capstone using either a course in  CS, CY, DS, IS or PHIL, or as a general elective.

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

Program Requirement

133 total semester hours required

Sample Plans of Study

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or PHIL 10001CS 2100
and CS 2101		5CS 3100
and CS 3101		5General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5CS 28004General Elective4General Elective4
CS 2000
and CS 2001		5PHIL 2325, POLS 2325, or PHIL 23304  
ENGW 11114General Elective4  
PHIL 11154   
 19 17 9 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1210 or EESH 20001Co-op0Co-op0General Elective4
CS 30004  General Elective4
PHIL 11454   
PHIL Elective4   
General Elective4   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Khoury Elective4Co-op0Co-op0ENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154
PHIL Elective4  General Elective4
PHIL Elective4   
General Elective 4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
CS 38004PHIL 45154  
CS 4530 or 45354PHIL 5005, 5010, or 40504  
Critical Philosophy Elective4General Elective4  
General Elective4Khoury Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 134

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or PHIL 10001CS 2100
and CS 2101		5CS 30004General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802		5CS 28004General Elective4General Elective4
CS 2000
and CS 2001		5PHIL 2325, POLS 2325, or PHIL 23304  
ENGW 11114General Elective4  
PHIL 11154   
 19 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 3100
and CS 3101		5CS 1210 or EESH 20001General Elective4Co-op0
PHIL 11454Khoury Elective4General Elective4 
PHIL Elective4PHIL Elective4  
General Elective4PHIL Elective4  
 General Elective4  
 17 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0CS 38004ENGW 3302, 3309, or 33154Co-op0
 PHIL 45154General Elective4 
 Khoury Elective4  
 General Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0CS 4530 or 45354  
 PHIL 5005, 5010, or 40504  
 Critical Philosophy Elective4  
 General Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 134