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 Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Computer Science Overview | ||
CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
or COMM 1000 | Communication Studies at Northeastern | |
CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
or EEAM 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 | ||
Complete one of the following 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 |
DS 4420 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 2 | 4 |
or DS 4440 | Practical 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 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 |
Communication Studies Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Communication Studies Common Requirements | ||
COMM 1101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 4 |
COMM 1112 | Public Speaking | 4 |
or COMM 2301 | Communication Research Methods | |
Foundation Course | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Persuasion and Rhetoric | ||
Communication Theory | ||
Principles of Organizational Communication | ||
Communication in a Digital Age | ||
Cluster Course | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Sex, Relationships, and Communication | ||
Global and Intercultural Communication | ||
Communication and Gender | ||
Communication Law | ||
Free Speech in Cyberspace | ||
Writing-Intensive Courses | ||
Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
Mobile Communication | ||
Health Communication | ||
Interpersonal Communication | ||
Communication and Inclusion | ||
Political Communication | ||
Communication Criticism | ||
Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
Free Speech: Law and Practice | ||
Communication and Sexualities | ||
Theories of Conflict and Negotiation | ||
Nonverbal Social Interaction | ||
Youth and Communication Technology | ||
Crisis Communication and Image Management | ||
Communication Studies Electives | ||
Complete four courses in the following range: 1 | 16 | |
COMM 1131 to COMM 4996 |
- 1
Junior/Senior Honors Project 1 (COMM 4970) is excluded.
Integrative Course
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
CS 4120 | Natural Language Processing | 4 |
or COMM 2625 | Communication, Technology, and Society |
Supporting Courses
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Mathematics | ||
ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | 4 |
MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
Computing and Social Issues | ||
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 | ||
or PHIL 1300 | Knowledge in a Digital World | |
History of Technology | ||
Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks | ||
Technology and Human Values | ||
The Twenty-First-Century Workplace | ||
Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
Technology and Society |
Writing Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
College Writing | ||
ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
Advocacy Writing 2 | ||
Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | ||
Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design | ||
Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines |
- 2
If Advocacy Writing (COMM 3409) is selected, it will also satisfy a communication studies elective requirement. One additional general elective will be required in its place.
Required General Electives
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
- Employing Ethical Reasoning
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Interpreting Culture
- Understanding Societies and Institutions
- Writing in the First Year
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.
Communication Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in COMM courses may be used to fulfill degree requirements.
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses.
Communication Studies GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all COMM courses
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
COMM 1101 | 4 | COMM 1112 or 2301 | 4 | MATH 1341 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | ||||
CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
19 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CS 1210 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
DS 3500 | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
DS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
COMM foundation | 4 | ||||||
ECON 2350 | 4 | ||||||
17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
COMM cluster | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 | 4 |
COMM writing-intensive | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
DS 4200 | 4 | ||||||
DS 4300 | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
COMM writing-intensive | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
COMM elective | 4 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
Computing and social issues | 4 | CS 4120 | 4 | ||||
DS 4400 | 4 | Khoury elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 133 |
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
COMM 1101 | 4 | COMM 1112 or 2301 | 4 | MATH 1341 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | CS 3200 | 4 | ||||
CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
19 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
DS 3500 | 4 | CS 1210 | 1 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
DS 3000 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||
COMM foundation | 4 | DS 4300 | 4 | ||||
ECON 2350 | 4 | COMM cluster | 4 | ||||
COMM writing-intensive | 4 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | 0 | DS 4400 | 4 | ENGW 3302 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
COMM writing-intensive | 4 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
COMM elective | 4 | ||||||
Computing and social issues | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | 0 | COMM elective | 4 | ||||
DS 4420 | 4 | ||||||
CS 4120 | 4 | ||||||
Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 133 |