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 JRNL 1000 | Journalism 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 4-5 SH 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 |
| CY 4170 | The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies | 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 |
| DS 4420 | Machine Learning and Data Mining 2 | 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 credits 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 | ||
Journalism Major Requirements
Students transferring from outside institutions must complete a minimum of five 4-semester-hour journalism courses at Northeastern, and these must include:
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting | ||
| Visual Storytelling in Journalism | ||
| Ethics and Diversity in the News Media |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism Courses | ||
| A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
| JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing and Journalist’s Toolbox | 5 |
| JRNL 2201 | Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting | 4 |
| JRNL 2301 | Visual Storytelling in Journalism | 4 |
| JRNL 3610 | Digital Storytelling and Social Media | 4 |
| Required Journalism | ||
| JRNL 1150 | Understanding Today’s News | 4 |
| JRNL 3550 | The First Amendment and the Media | 4 |
| JRNL 4650 | Ethics and Diversity in the News Media | 4 |
| Journalism Electives | ||
| Complete three JRNL courses. | 12 | |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics Requirement | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| Statistics Foundation | ||
| ECON 2350 | Statistics for Economists | 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 | ||
| Data Storytelling | ||
| Technology and Human Values | ||
| The Twenty-First-Century Workplace | ||
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| Technology and Society | ||
Writing Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| This course already fulfills a Journalism requirement above. | ||
| Visual Storytelling in Journalism | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Data Storytelling | ||
| Coding for Digital Storytelling | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 20 semester hours of general electives. | 20 | |
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
- Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
- Analyzing and Using Data
- Understanding Societies and Institutions
- Employing Ethical Reasoning
- Writing in the First Year
- Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
- Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op.
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, IS courses
Journalism GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all JRNL courses
Program Requirement
131 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or JRNL 1000 | 1 | CS 3200 | 4 | DS 3000 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | MATH 1341 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | ||||
| JRNL 1150 | 4 | JRNL 3550 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students) | 1 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 3500 | 4 | CS 1210 (For Khoury students) | 1 | ECON 2350 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| JRNL 2201 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||
| JRNL 2301 | 4 | DS 4300 | 4 | ||||
| Computing and social issues | 4 | JRNL 3610 | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 3700 or 5500 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4400 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| JRNL 4650 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| JRNL elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CY 4170 | 4 | ||||
| DS 4420 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 135 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 or JRNL 1000 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | DS 3000 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | ECON 2350 | 4 | MATH 1341 | 4 | General Elective | 4 |
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | ||||
| JRNL 1150 | 4 | JRNL 3550 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students) | 1 | ||||
| 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1210 (For Khoury students) | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| DS 3500 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 2201 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL 2301 | 4 | ||||||
| Computing and social issues | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 4200 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Khoury Elective | 4 |
| DS 4300 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 3610 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL 3700 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | CY 4170 | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 4650 | 4 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
| CS 3200 | 4 | JRNL elective 2 | 4 | ||||
| JRNL elective 1 | 4 | JRNL elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 135 | |||||||