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

Computer Science Overview
CS 1200First Year Seminar1
or JRNL 1000 Journalism at Northeastern
CS 1210Professional Development for Khoury Co-op1
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 3200Introduction to Databases4
CY 4170The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies4
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 3000Foundations of Data Science4
DS 4200Information Presentation and Visualization4
DS 4300Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval4
DS 4400Machine Learning and Data Mining 14
DS 4420Machine Learning and Data Mining 24
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:

Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting
Visual Storytelling in Journalism
Ethics and Diversity in the News Media
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 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting4
JRNL 2301Visual Storytelling in Journalism4
JRNL 3610Digital Storytelling and Social Media4
Required Journalism
JRNL 1150Understanding Today’s News4
JRNL 3550The First Amendment and the Media4
JRNL 4650Ethics and Diversity in the News Media4
Journalism Electives
Complete three JRNL courses.12

Supporting Courses

Mathematics Requirement
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4
Statistics Foundation
ECON 2350Statistics for Economists4
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
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

College Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
This course already fulfills a Journalism requirement above.
Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Integrative Requirement

Complete one of the following:4
Data Storytelling
Coding for Digital Storytelling

Required General Electives

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
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or JRNL 10001CS 32004DS 30004General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5DS 2500
and DS 2501
5MATH 13414General Elective4
CS 2000
and CS 2001
5JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5  
JRNL 11504JRNL 35504  
ENGW 11114EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students)1  
 19 19 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
DS 35004CS 1210 (For Khoury students)1ECON 23504Co-op0
JRNL 22014DS 42004General Elective4 
JRNL 23014DS 43004  
Computing and social issues4JRNL 36104  
 JRNL 3700 or 55004  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0DS 44004General Elective4Co-op0
 JRNL 46504General Elective4 
 JRNL elective 14  
 Khoury Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0CY 41704  
 DS 44204  
 JRNL elective 24  
 JRNL elective 34  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 135

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1200 or JRNL 10001DS 2500
and DS 2501
5DS 30004General Elective4
CS 1800
and CS 1802
5ECON 23504MATH 13414General Elective4
CS 2000
and CS 2001
5JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5  
JRNL 11504JRNL 35504  
ENGW 11114EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students)1  
 19 19 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CS 1210 (For Khoury students)1Co-op0Co-op0General Elective4
DS 35004  General Elective4
JRNL 22014   
JRNL 23014   
Computing and social issues4   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
DS 42004Co-op0Co-op0Khoury Elective4
DS 43004  General Elective4
JRNL 36104   
JRNL 37004   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
DS 44004CY 41704  
JRNL 46504DS 44204  
CS 32004JRNL elective 24  
JRNL elective 14JRNL elective 34  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 135