Artificial Intelligence and Psychology, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston130 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

Official catalog page for this program

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

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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 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
DS 4420 — Advanced Machine Learning

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

College Writing

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

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

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

Foundations of Psychology

PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Statistics in Psychological Research

PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Mathematics Foundations

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Personality/Social Basis of Behavior

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- PSYC 3400 — Personality
- PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
- PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3406 — Clinical Psychology and Mental Health

Cognitive/Biological Basis of Behavior

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- One of:
  - PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
  - PSYC 3451 — Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis
- PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology
- PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
- PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Psychology Laboratory

From the catalog
Complete one of the following (this requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit):

One of:
- PSYC 4600 — Laboratory in Research Design
- PSYC 4604 — Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
- PSYC 4606 — Laboratory in Biological Psychology
- PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
- PSYC 4614 — Laboratory in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4616 — Laboratory in Personality
- PSYC 4622 — Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 4624 — Laboratory in Affective Science
- PSYC 4628 — Laboratory in Developmental Psychology

Psychology Seminar

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- PSYC 4656 — Seminar in Biological Psychology
- PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
- PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
- PSYC 4662 — Seminar in Personality
- PSYC 4664 — Seminar in Social Psychology
- PSYC 4666 — Seminar in Clinical Psychology
- PSYC 4668 — Seminar in Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
- PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 4682 — Seminar in Learning and Motivation

Psychology Electives

From the catalog
Complete two courses from within the following range:
PSYC 2370 to PSYC 5999

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Any PSYC course numbered 2370–5999

Integrative Course

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction
- PSYC 4540 — Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience

GPA requirements

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all PSYC courses

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:

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-psychology-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.