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 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 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 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 | ||
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 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | ||
| Advanced Writing in the Sciences | ||
| Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
Psychology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Psychology | ||
| PSYC 1101 | Foundations of Psychology | 4 |
| Statistics in Psychological Research | ||
| PSYC 2320 | Statistics in Psychological Research | 4 |
| Mathematics Foundations | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| Personality/Social Basis of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Personality | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Clinical Psychology and Mental Health | ||
| Cognitive/Biological Basis of Behavior | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Learning and Motivation | ||
or PSYC 3451 | Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis | |
| Sensation and Perception | ||
| Biological Psychology | ||
| Psychology of Language | ||
| Cognition | ||
| Psychology Laboratory | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Laboratory in Research Design | ||
| Laboratory in Learning and Motivation | ||
| Laboratory in Biological Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Laboratory in Cognition | ||
| Laboratory in Social Psychology | ||
| Laboratory in Personality | ||
| Laboratory in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Laboratory in Affective Science | ||
| Laboratory in Life-Span Emotional Development | ||
| Laboratory in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Psychology Seminar | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Seminar in Biological Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Psycholinguistics | ||
| Seminar in Cognition | ||
| Seminar in Personality | ||
| Seminar in Social Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Clinical Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Sensation and Perception | ||
| Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience | ||
| Seminar in Developmental Psychology | ||
| Seminar in Learning and Motivation | ||
| Psychology Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
PSYC 2370 to PSYC 5999 | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Principles of Human-Computer Interaction | ||
| Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 28 semester hours of general electives. | 28 | |
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Psychology GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all PSYC courses
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
- 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.
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops Summer Second Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | PYSC elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | Personality/social basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 3200 | 4 | CS 1210 | 1 | PSYC elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| DS 3000 | 4 | DS 3500 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | DS 4200 | 4 | ||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 1 | 4 | Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||
| Personality/social basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 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 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC laboratory | 4 | ||||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
| Integrative requirement | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops Spring/Summer First Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CS 1200 | 1 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | PYSC elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | PSYC 2320 | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | Personality/social basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC 1101 | 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 |
| CS 3200 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| DS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | ||||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| DS 3500 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 | 4 |
| DS 4200 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| Cognitive/biological basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Personality/social basis of behavior 2 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4300 | 4 | DS 4420 | 4 | ||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | Integrative requirement | 4 | ||||
| PSYC laboratory | 4 | Khoury elective | 4 | ||||
| PSYC seminar | 4 | PSYC elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||