Computer Science and Communication Studies, BS (Boston)

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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.

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

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
One of:
- CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone
CS 4550 — Web Development
DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
DS 4400 — Machine Learning

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 options:
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

Common Requirements

COMM 1101 — Introduction to Communication Studies
One of:
- COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
- COMM 2301 — Communication Research Methods

Foundation Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
- COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
- COMM 1231 — Principles of Organizational Communication
- COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age

Cluster Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- COMM 1131 — Sex, Relationships, and Communication
- COMM 2303 — Global and Intercultural Communication
- COMM 2304 — Communication and Gender
- COMM 2501 — Communication Law
- COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace

Writing Intensive Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- COMM 3200 — Mobile Communication
- COMM 3201 — Health Communication
- COMM 3230 — Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 3304 — Communication and Inclusion
- COMM 3320 — Political Communication
- COMM 3415 — Communication Criticism
- COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
- COMM 3501 — Free Speech: Law and Practice
- COMM 3530 — Communication and Sexualities
- COMM 3532 — Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
- COMM 4535 — Nonverbal Social Interaction
- COMM 4605 — Youth and Communication Technology
- COMM 4631 — Crisis Communication and Image Management

Communication Studies Electives

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
COMM courses between COMM 1100 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.
MSCR courses in the ranges MSCR 2100 - 2199, MSCR 3100 - 3199, and MSCR 4100 - 4199.

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
- MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production
- PREL 1425 — Public Relations Principles
- PREL 3625 — Public Relations Practice

Introduction to College

One of:
- COMM 1000 — Communication Studies at Northeastern
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar

Experiential Learning

One of:
- CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
- EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Writing Requirements

From the catalog
First-Year Writing

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
- ENGW 1114 — First-Year Writing with Service-Learning
From the catalog
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
One of:
- COMM 3409 — Advocacy Writing
- ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
- ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Mathematics

MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

Computing and Social Issues

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
  - 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

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

One of:
- COMM 2625 — Communication, Technology, and Society
- COMM 2941 — Topics in Communication and Technology
CS 4120 — Natural Language Processing

Capstone Experience Courses

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

One of:
- COMM 4608 — Strategic Communication Capstone
- COMM 4625 — Online Communities
- COMM 4901 — Seminar in Communications

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:

DS 1300 ↔ PHIL 1300 (tier B)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1114 (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-communication-studies-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.