Computer Science and Behavioral Neuroscience, BS (Boston)

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Official catalog page for this program

Overview

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- BNSC 1000 — Behavioral Neuroscience at Northeastern
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
One of:
- CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
- EESC 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Computer Science Foundations

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

Computer Science Required Courses

All of:
- CS 2700 — Data Structures and Analysis
- CS 2701 — Lab for CS 2700
All of:
- CS 3100 — Program Design and Implementation 2
- CS 3101 — Lab for CS 3100
CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
CS 4100 — Principles of Artificial Intelligence
One of:
- CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone

Statistics Foundation

From the catalog
Complete one of the following. Students who receive transfer credit for the Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 semester hour PSYC 2315 course (requires department permission):

Choose 1 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ENVR 2500 — Biostatistics
  - ENVR 2501 — Lab for ENVR 2500
- PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

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

COS Foundations

All of:
- BIOL 1107 — Foundations of Biology
- BIOL 1108 — Lab for BIOL 1107
BIOL 2299 — Inquiries in Biological Sciences
All of:
- BIOL 2301 — Genetics and Molecular Biology
- BIOL 2302 — Lab for BIOL 2301
All of:
- CHEM 1161 — General Chemistry for Science Majors
- CHEM 1162 — Lab for CHEM 1161
- CHEM 1163 — Recitation for CHEM 1161
All of:
- CHEM 2311 — Organic Chemistry 1
- CHEM 2312 — Lab for CHEM 2311
PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology

Mathematics Foundation

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Behavioral Neuroscience Foundations

One of:
- BIOL 3405 — Neurobiology
- BIOL 5595 — Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
One of:
- All of:
  - PT 5410 — Functional Human Neuroanatomy
  - PT 5411 — Lab for PT 5410
- PSYC 3200 — Clinical Neuroanatomy

Psychology Elective

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
- PSYC 3406 — Clinical Psychology and Mental Health
- PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
- PSYC 3451 — Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis
- PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
- PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
- PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Behavioral Neuroscience Advanced Courses

From the catalog
Complete two of the following, not taken to fulfill previous requirements:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- BIOL 3415 — Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience
- BIOL 3425 — Developmental Neuroplasticity and Technology
- BIOL 3601 — Neural Systems and Behavior
- BIOL 3605 — Developmental Neurobiology
- BIOL 4705 — Neurobiology of Cognitive Decline
- BIOL 4709 — Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- BIOL 5595 — Cell and Molecular Neuroscience
- BIOL 5601 — Multidisciplinary Approaches in Motor Control
- PSYC 3506 — Neuropsychology of Fear
- PSYC 3508 — Behavioral Endocrinology
- PSYC 3510 — Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
- PSYC 4510 — Psychopharmacology
- PSYC 4512 — Neuropsychology
- PSYC 4514 — Clinical Neuroscience
- PSYC 4570 — Behavioral Genetics

Integrative Courses

One of:
- PSYC 4540 — Quantitative Topics in Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience
- BINF 6200 — Bioinformatics Programming
One of:
- CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction
- CS 4120 — Natural Language Processing
- CS 4180 — Reinforcement Learning

Upper-Division Elective

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following list, not taken to fulfill previous requirements:
BIOL 3400 or higher
BNSC 4991 or higher
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900
PSYC 3200 or higher

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- BINF 6310 — Introduction to Bioinformatics
- Any BIOL course numbered 3400–9999
- Any BNSC course numbered 4991–9999
- 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 PSYC course numbered 3200–9999

Computing and Social Issues

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- AFCS 2600 — Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
- CY 4170 — The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
- CY 5240 — Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
- One of:
  - DS 1300 — Knowledge in a Digital World
  - PHIL 1300 — Knowledge in a Digital World
- HIST 2220 — History of Technology
- INSH 2102 — Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
- JRNL 3700 — Data Storytelling
- PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
- SOCL 1280 — The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
- SOCL 2485 — Environment, Technology, and Society
- SOCL 4528 — Technology and Society

Plus 16 semester hours of general electives.

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

Students entering through the behavioral neuroscience program may take Behavioral Neuroscience at Northeastern (BNSC 1000).
Students entering through the behavioral neuroscience program may take Professional Development for Co-op (EESC 2000).

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

DS 1300 ↔ PHIL 1300 (tier B)
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 computer-science-and-behavioral-neuroscience-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.