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.
Biology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| BIOL 1000 | Biology at Northeastern | 1 |
| or ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | |
| or INSC 1000 | Science at Northeastern | |
| Experiential Learning Introduction | ||
| EESC 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| Biology Core Courses | ||
| BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1108 | Foundations of Biology and Lab for BIOL 1107 | 5 |
| BIOL 2299 | Inquiries in Biological Sciences | 4 |
| BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2302 | Genetics and Molecular Biology and Lab for BIOL 2301 | 5 |
| BIOL 2309 | Biology Project Lab | 4 |
| BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612 | Biochemistry and Lab for BIOL 3611 | 5 |
| Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Human Parasitology | ||
| Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | ||
| Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology | ||
| Evolution | ||
| Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | ||
| Introduction to Evolution | ||
| Plant Biology | ||
| Marine Biology and Lab for EEMB 2700 | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| Intermediate/Advanced Biology Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4-5 | |
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999 | ||
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 5999 | ||
| Supporting Courses for Biology | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 and CHEM 1163 | General Chemistry for Science Majors and Lab for CHEM 1161 and Recitation for CHEM 1161 | 5 |
| CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 | Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 | 5 |
| CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 | Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313 | 5 |
| Math | ||
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| Biostatistics | ||
| ENVR 2500 and ENVR 2501 and ENVR 2502 | Biostatistics and Lab for ENVR 2500 and Recitation for ENVR 2500 | 5 |
| Physics | ||
| PHYS 1145 and PHYS 1146 | Physics for Life Sciences 1 and Lab for PHYS 1145 | 5 |
| Intermediate/Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4-5 | |
BIOL 2301 to BIOL 5999 | ||
CHEM 2311 to CHEM 5999 | ||
EEMB 2290 to EEMB 5999 | ||
ENVR 2310 to ENVR 5999 | ||
MATH 2280 to MATH 5999 | ||
PHYS 2303 to PHYS 5999 | ||
PSYC 2290 to PSYC 5999 | ||
| Writing Requirements for the College | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| ENGW 3307 | Advanced Writing in the Sciences (Preferred) | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1300 | Introduction to Health and Humanities | 4 |
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| English Electives | ||
| Two of the courses chosen from the list below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. | ||
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one of the following (you may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below): | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
| Literary Periods | ||
| Pre-1850 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| The American Renaissance | ||
| Early Literatures | ||
| 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
| Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures | ||
| Emerson and Thoreau | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Topics in Shakespeare | ||
| Post-1850 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Contemporary Poetry | ||
| Contemporary Fiction | ||
| The Modern Bestseller | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Culture (Abroad) | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Grammar: The Architecture of English | ||
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Literary Genres | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Opening the Archive | ||
| Film and Text (Abroad) | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Analysis | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| History of English | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Major Seminar | 4 | |
| Major Seminar | ||
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Digital Writing | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Writing for Social Media: Theory and Practice | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| English Elective | ||
| Complete any one ENGL course that has not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 4 | |
Integrative Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Courses | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 12 | |
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Science Writing: Origins, Ethics, and Emerging Genres | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Technologies of Text | ||
| The Archives of Public Health | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Culture, Technology, and the Future of Health | ||
| Ocean Literacies | ||
Capstone Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 1-4 | |
| Biology Capstone | ||
| Biology Research Capstone (concurrent with BIOL 4991 or BIOL 4994, which may be used toward Intermediate/Advanced Biology) | ||
| Junior/Senior Honors Project 2 | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
General Electives
Complete any remaining semester hours after major and NUpath courses to reach the minimum semester-hour program requirement.
Biology and English Combined Major GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all BIOC, BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, MATH, EEMB, ENVR, and PSYC courses
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all ENGL courses
NUpath Requirements Satisfied
- Advanced Writing in the Discipline
- Analyzing and Using Data
- Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
- Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
- Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
- Interpreting Culture
- Writing in the First Year
- Writing-Intensive in the Major
Program Requirement
128 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 |
| BIOL 1000 or ENGL 1000 | 1 | BIOL 2299 | 4 | BIOL 2301 | 4 | Vacation | |
| BIOL 1107 | 4 | CHEM 2311 | 4 | BIOL 2302 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 1108 | 1 | CHEM 2312 | 1 | English writing elective | 4 | ||
| CHEM 1161 | 4 | ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | ||||
| CHEM 1162 | 1 | ENGL 1400 | 4 | ||||
| CHEM 1163 | 0 | ||||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 1341 | 4 | ||||||
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 2309 | 4 | BIOL 3611 | 4 | Intermediate/advanced BIOL elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CHEM 2313 | 4 | BIOL 3612 | 1 | NUpath elective | 4 | ||
| CHEM 2314 | 1 | PHYS 1145 | 4 | ||||
| EESC 2000 | 1 | PHYS 1146 | 1 | ||||
| ENGL 1300 | 4 | Literary period 1 | 4 | ||||
| English diversity elective | 4 | Organismal and evolutionary biology elective | 4 | ||||
| 18 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | Integrative course | 4 | ENGW 3307 | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGL 3710 | 4 | Intermediate/advanced science elective | 4 | English theories and methods elective | 4 | ||
| Literary period 2 | 4 | ||||||
| English elective | 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ENVR 2500 | 4 | ||||
| ENVR 2501 | 1 | ||||||
| ENVR 2502 | 0 | ||||||
| BIOL or ENGL capstone | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||