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.
Data Science Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science Overview | ||
| Must be taken in alignment with your home college: | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| or BIOL 1000 | Biology at Northeastern | |
| or INSC 1000 | Science at Northeastern | |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| or EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Computer Science Required 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 with 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 3200 | Introduction to Databases | 4 |
| Programming Sequence Pathways | ||
| Choose one of the two options: | 9 | |
| Computer Science Option | ||
| Program Design and Implementation 1 and Lab for CS 2100 | ||
| Program Design and Implementation 2 and Lab for CS 3100 | ||
| Data Science Option | ||
| Intermediate Programming with Data and Lab for DS 2500 | ||
| Advanced Programming with Data | ||
| Data Science Foundations | ||
| DS 3000 | Foundations of Data Science | 4 |
| DS 4200 | Information Presentation and Visualization | 4 |
| DS 4300 | Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval | 4 |
| DS 4400 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 1 | 4 |
| 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 options: | 4 | |
CS 2500 or higher, except CS 5010 | ||
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930 | ||
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900 | ||
| Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum | ||
| Statistics Foundations | ||
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | Biostatistics and Lab for ENVR 2500 | 5 |
Computer Science Writing Requirements
| 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 | ||
| ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
| or ENGW 3307 | Advanced Writing in the Sciences | |
Biology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Biology Core Courses | ||
| BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 | Foundations of Biology and Lab for BIOL 1107 | 5 |
| BIOL 2299 | Inquiries in Biological Sciences | 4 |
| BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2302 | Genetics and Molecular Biology and Lab for BIOL 2301 | 5 |
| BIOL 2309 | Biology Project Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612 | Biochemistry and Lab for BIOL 3611 | 5 |
| Intermediate and Advanced Biology Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999 | ||
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 5999 | ||
EEMB 2290 to EEMB 5515 | ||
EEMB 5520 to EEMB5534 | ||
EEMB 5548 to EEMB 5569 | ||
Research | ||
| Research | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
| Internship | ||
| Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Elective | ||
| Complete one course and its corresponding lab, if indicated: | 4-5 | |
| Human Parasitology | ||
| Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | ||
| Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology | ||
| Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| Marine Biology and Lab for EEMB 2700 | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Supporting Courses for Biology | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
| CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 | 5 |
| CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313 | 5 |
| Physics | ||
| PHYS 1145 and PHYS 1146 | Physics for Life Sciences 1 and Lab for PHYS 1145 (Preferred) | 5 |
| or PHYS 1151 | Physics for Engineering 1 | |
| or PHYS 1161 | Physics 1 | |
| Math | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Bioinformatics | ||
| Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Biological Imaging | ||
| Comparative Neurobiology | ||
| Advanced Genomics | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Choose one: | 4 | |
| Biology Capstone | ||
| Biology Research Capstone (concurrent with BIOL 4991 or BIOL 4994, which may be used toward Intermediate/Advanced Biology Electives) | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 20 semester hours of general electives. | 20 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Science GPA Requirement (Biology)
A minimum 2.000 GPA in the following course codes is required: BIOC, BIOL, BNSC, CHEM, EEMB, ENVR, MATH, PHYS, PSYC.
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 with the Natural and Designed World
- Writing in the First Year
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.
Program Requirement
138 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops , Summer Second Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 | 5 | BIOL 2299 | 4 | BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2302 | 5 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1200 | 1 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | ||||
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | MATH 1341 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 2309 | 4 | CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | 5 | BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612 | 5 | Co-op | 0 |
| CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | 5 | CS 1210 | 1 | General Elective | 4 | ||
| DS 3000 | 4 | CS 3200 | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 1145 and PHYS 1146 | 5 | DS 3500 | 4 | ||||
| DS 4200 | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4300 | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| DS 4400 | 4 | Khoury Elective | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | 5 | ||||||
| General Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | BIOL 4701, 4900, or 4971 | 4 | ||||
| BIOL Intermediate/Advanced Science | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| Organismal and Population BIOL Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops, Spring/Summer First Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 | 5 | BIOL 2299 | 4 | BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2302 | 5 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1200 | 1 | CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | 5 | General Elective | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | ||||
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | MATH 1341 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 20 | 18 | 9 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1210 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | 5 |
| BIOL 2309 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | 5 | ||||||
| DS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| PHYS 1145 and PHYS 1146 | 5 | ||||||
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3200 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 | 4 |
| DS 3500 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| DS 4200 | 4 | ||||||
| BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612 | 5 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4300 | 4 | BIOL 4701, 4900, or 4971 | 4 | ||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | BIOL Intermediate/Advanced Science | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 | 5 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| Khoury Elective | 4 | Organismal and Population BIOL Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 141 | |||||||