Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston128 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
  • PHIL 1000 — Philosophy at Northeastern
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
• One of:
  • CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
  • EESH 2000 — Professional Development for 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

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
• One of:
  • DS 4420 — Advanced Machine Learning
  • DS 4440 — Modern Neural Networks

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog

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 ranges:

CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010

CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930

DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

• 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)
  • EECE 2160 — Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
  • All of:
    • EECE 2322 — Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
    • EECE 2323 — Lab for EECE 2322
  • MKTG 4606 — Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum

Philosophy Requirements

• PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
• PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
• One of:
  • PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • POLS 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy
• One of:
  • PHIL 4515 — Advanced Deductive Logic
  • PHIL 4516 — Advanced Inductive Logic

Philosophy Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two additional PHIL courses, one of which must be at the 3000 level or above.

Critical Philosophy Elective

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Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies
  • PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 2155 — Human Rights
  • PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
  • PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
  • PHIL 3492 — Indigenous Philosophy
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
  • PHIL 3822 — Philosophy of Race and Racism

Integrative Requirement

• One of:
  • PHIL 3050 — Information and Uncertainty
  • PHIL 1300 — Knowledge in a Digital World
  • PHIL 2001 — Ethics and Evolutionary Games
• One of:
  • PHIL 5005 — Information Ethics
  • PHIL 4050 — Artificial Intelligence and Society
  • PHIL 5010 — AI Ethics

Mathematics Requirement

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Statistics Foundation

• ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists

College Writing

• ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
  • ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Plus 28 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:

• PHIL 2325 ↔ POLS 2325 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

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