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 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 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 options: | 9-10 | |
| 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 the following: | 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 | ||
Sociology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sociology Courses | ||
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Research Methods | ||
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| or INSH 3101 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | |
| Capstone | ||
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
| Sociology Electives | ||
| Sociology Elective—Introductory | ||
| Complete two courses between SOCL 1000 and SOCL 2999 not used to satisfy another requirement. | 8 | |
| Sociology Elective—Intermediate | ||
| Complete three courses between SOCL 3000 and SOCL 4999 not used to satisfy another requirement. | 12 | |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Overview Course | ||
| Must be taken in alignment with your home college: | ||
| CS 1200 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| or SOCL 1000 | Sociology at Northeastern | |
| CS 1210 | Professional Development for Khoury Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| SOCL 2320 | Statistical Analysis in Sociology | 4 |
| or INSH 3102 | Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences | |
Writing Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| or ENGW 1113 | First-Year Writing Innovation Seminar | |
| or ENGW 1114 | First-Year Writing with Service-Learning | |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3308 | Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences | |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Integrative Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Environment, Technology, and Society | ||
| Technology and Society | ||
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 28 semester hours of general electives. | 28 | |
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 Differences and Diversity
- 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.
Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First-Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 1000 or CS 1200 | 1 | SOCL 2320 or INSH 3102 | 4 | MATH 1341 | 4 | Vacation | |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | SOCL elective—introductory | 4 | ||||
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 or CS 1210 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General elective | 4 |
| SOCL 2321 or INSH 3101 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 3200 | 4 | ||||||
| DS 3500 | 4 | ||||||
| SOCL elective - introductory | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 3300 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General Elective | 4 |
| DS 3000 | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 | General Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| DS 4200 | 4 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | ||||
| Integrative course | 4 | DS 4300 | 4 | ||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | DS 4400 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer Second-Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 1000 or CS 1200 | 1 | SOCL 2320 or INSH 3102 | 4 | MATH 1341 | 4 | Vacation | |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | DS 2500 and DS 2501 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | SOCL elective—introductory | 4 | ||||
| CS 1800 and CS 1802 | 5 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CS 2000 and CS 2001 | 5 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 2321 or INSH 3101 | 4 | EESH 2000 or CS 1210 | 1 | General elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CS 3200 | 4 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL elective - introductory | 4 | SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | ||||
| DS 3500 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| DS 3000 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | DS 4200 | 4 | General elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | General elective | 4 | ENGW 3302, 3308, or 3315 | 4 | ||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| Khoury elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL elective—intermediate | 4 | ||||||
| DS 4300 | 4 | ||||||
| DS 4400 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||