Artificial Intelligence and Physics, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston132 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
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
  • INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
• One of:
  • CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
  • EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Fundamental Courses

From the catalog

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.

• 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
• One of:
  • MATH 1365 — Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
  • MATH 1465 — Intensive Mathematical Reasoning

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

Introductory Physics

From the catalog

Physics 1

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • All of:
    • PHYS 1161 — Physics 1
    • PHYS 1162 — Lab for PHYS 1161
    • PHYS 1163 — Recitation for PHYS 1161
  • All of:
    • PHYS 1191 — Foundations of Theoretical Physics
    • PHYS 1192 — Lab for PHYS 1191
    • PHYS 1193 — Recitation for PHYS 1191

• From the catalog

  Physics 2

• All of:
  • PHYS 1165 — Physics 2
  • PHYS 1166 — Lab for PHYS 1165
  • PHYS 1167 — Recitation for PHYS 1165

Intermediate Physics

• PHYS 2303 — Modern Physics
• PHYS 3601 — Classical Dynamics
• PHYS 3602 — Electricity and Magnetism 1
• PHYS 3603 — Electricity and Magnetism 2

Advanced Physics

• PHYS 3600 — Advanced Physics Laboratory
• One of:
  • PHYS 4115 — Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS 5116 — Network Science 1
• PHYS 4305 — Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog

With adviser 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

Physics Elective

From the catalog

Complete one course not already required from within the following range:

PHYS 3000 to PHYS 5999

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • Any PHYS course numbered 3000–5999

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 3307 — Advanced Writing in the Sciences
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Calculus

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
• MATH 1342 — Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering
• MATH 2321 — Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering

Additional Mathematics Requirements

• MATH 2341 — Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering
• MATH 3081 — Probability and Statistics

Integrative Course and Capstone

• PHYS 5318 — Principles of Experimental Physics

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)
• ENGW 3302 ↔ ENGW 3307 (tier C)
• ENGW 3307 ↔ ENGW 3315 (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-physics-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.