Computer Science and Cognitive Psychology, BS (Boston)

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Computer Science Overview

• One of:
  • CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
  • INSC 1000 — Science 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 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 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

• CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction
• 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 4100 — Principles of Artificial Intelligence
• One of:
  • CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
  • CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog

With advisor approval, a directed study, research, project study, or appropriate graduate-level course may also be taken as a computer science elective.

Complete 12 semester hours from within the following options:

CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010

CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930

DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

• Choose 12 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

Required Courses

• PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
• PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
• PSYC 3466 — Cognition

Statistics

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

• PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Advanced Psychology

• One of:
  • PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology

Laboratory in Psychology

From the catalog

Complete one of the following. This requirement may not be fulfilled via transfer credit:

• One of:
  • PSYC 4604 — Laboratory in Learning and Motivation
  • PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
  • PSYC 4622 — Laboratory in Sensation and Perception

Seminar in Psychology

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
  • PSYC 4668 — Seminar in Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4682 — Seminar in Learning and Motivation

Psychology Electives

From the catalog

Note: Courses satisfying the categories above cannot be reused.

Complete two of the following:

With prior approval, directed study research and Honors Project courses can also be counted:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • PSYC 3402 — Social Psychology
  • PSYC 3404 — Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 3450 — Learning and Motivation
  • PSYC 3451 — Learning Principles and Behavior Analysis
  • PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 3458 — Biological Psychology
  • PSYC 4512 — Neuropsychology
  • PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4612 — Laboratory in Cognition
  • PSYC 4622 — Laboratory in Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 4628 — Laboratory in Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics
  • PSYC 4660 — Seminar in Cognition
  • PSYC 4668 — Seminar in Sensation and Perception
  • PSYC 4674 — Seminar in Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4676 — Seminar in Developmental Psychology
  • PSYC 4970 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 1
  • PSYC 4971 — Junior/Senior Honors Project 2
  • PSYC 4991 — Directed Study Research

Calculus

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

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

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

GPA requirements

• Minimum 2.000 GPA is required in PSYC courses

Plus 32 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:

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