Artificial Intelligence and Health Science, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston135 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

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Computer Science Overview

From the catalog

Complete the following in alignment with your home college:

• One of:
  • CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
  • HSCI 1000 — College: An Introduction
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
• One of:
  • CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
  • HSCI 2000 — Professional Development for Bouvé Co-op

Fundamental Courses

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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 — Discrete Structures
• All of:
  • CS 2000 — Introduction to Program Design and Implementation
  • CS 2001 — Lab for CS 2000
• All of:
  • CS 2100 — Program Design and Implementation 1
  • CS 2101 — Lab for CS 2100
• CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
• DS 3500 — Advanced Programming with Data

Human Computer Interaction Requirement

• CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction

Artificial Intelligence Foundations

• DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
• DS 4200 — Information Presentation and Visualization
• DS 4300 — Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
• DS 4400 — Machine Learning

Supporting Courses for Artificial Intelligence

• One of:
  • MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
  • MATH 1241 — Calculus 1

College Writing

• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

• One of:
  • ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Public Health Core

• One of:
  • PHTH 1260 — The U.S. Healthcare System
  • PHTH 1261 — Comparative Healthcare Systems
• One of:
  • PHTH 2300 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions
  • PHTH 2301 — Communication Skills for the Health Professions—Global
• One of:
  • PHTH 2350 — Community and Public Health
  • PHTH 2351 — Community and Public Health - Global
• PHTH 2515 — Healthcare Policy and Administration
• PHTH 4120 — Global Perspectives on Discrimination and Health
• PHTH 4202 — Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health
• PHTH 4540 — Health Education and Program Planning

Statistics

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  • All of:
    • ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
    • ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
    • ENVR 2502 — Recitation for ENVR 2500
  • MATH 3081 — Probability and Statistics
  • PHTH 2210 — Foundations of Biostatistics
  • PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Philosophy

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
  • PHIL 1165 — Moral and Social Problems in Healthcare

Science Requirement

• All of:
  • BIOL 1111 — General Biology 1
  • BIOL 1112 — Lab for BIOL 1111
• All of:
  • BIOL 1113 — General Biology 2
  • BIOL 1114 — Lab for BIOL 1113
• All of:
  • CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
  • CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
  • CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Upper-Division Elective

From the catalog

Complete four semester hours from within the following ranges:

CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010

CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930

DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

HSCI 4000 or higher

PHTH 4000 or higher

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • Any CS course numbered 2300–9999 (except CS 5010)
  • Any CY course numbered 2000–9999 (except CY 4930)
  • Any DS course numbered 2500–9999 (except DS 4900)
  • Any HSCI course numbered 4000–9999
  • Any PHTH course numbered 4000–9999

Integrative Requirement

• DS 4420 — Advanced Machine Learning

Plus 16 semester hours of general electives.

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• MATH 1241 ↔ MATH 1341 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under artificial-intelligence-and-health-science-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.