Computer Science and Design, BS (Boston)

Undergraduatemajor2027 catalogComputer Information ScienceBoston129 semester hours totalunverified parse — check the source

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Computer Science Overview

From the catalog
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
One of:
- CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
- EEAM 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 SH 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

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
One of:
- CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone

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 8 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 8 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

Art + Design Fundamentals Required

ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition

Art + Design Fundamentals Electives

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours of the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
- ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences

Design Required

All of:
- ARTG 1001 — Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World
- ARTG 1002 — Seminar for Design Perspectives
All of:
- ARTG 1270 — Design: Process + Practices
- ARTG 1271 — Studio for Design: Process + Practices
All of:
- ARTG 1290 — Typographic Systems
- ARTG 1291 — Studio for Typographic Systems

Design Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses, as long as prerequisites have been met and that is not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 are recommended.

Art + Design History Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence is recommended to fulfill this requirement

Art + Design Elective

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTF, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met.

Degree Capstone Project

ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project

Design Option

From the catalog
Complete one of the following options:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Creative Fabrication
  - ARTG 2810 — Creative Fabrication Design Principles
  - ARTG 3810 — Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
- Experience Design Option
  - ARTG 3462 — Experience Design Principles
  - ARTG 3464 — Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
- Graphic Design Option
  - ARTG 2252 — Graphic Design Principles
  - ARTG 3452 — Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
- Information Design Option
  - ARTG 2242 — Information Design Principles
  - ARTG 3444 — Topics in Information Design Inquiry
- Interaction Design Option
  - ARTG 2400 — Interaction Design Principles
  - ARTG 3400 — Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry

Degree-Focused Electives

From the catalog
Complete 8 Semester Hours from the following lists:
Complete any ARTG course as long as prerequisites have been met. If ARTG 5000 (or any other topics course in the subject listed) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- Psychology
  - PSYC 1101 — Foundations of Psychology
  - PSYC 3452 — Sensation and Perception
  - PSYC 3464 — Psychology of Language
  - PSYC 3466 — Cognition
- Computer Science
  - CS 2386 — Game Programming 1
  - CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
  - CS 3520 — Programming in C++
  - CS 3650 — Computer Systems
  - CS 3800 — Theory of Computation
  - CS 4100 — Principles of Artificial Intelligence
  - CS 4150 — Game Artificial Intelligence
  - CS 4300 — Computer Graphics
  - CS 4400 — Programming Languages
  - CS 4520 — Mobile Application Development
  - CS 4550 — Web Development
  - CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
  - CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
  - CS 4850 — Building Game Engines
  - CS 4991 — Research
  - CS 4992 — Directed Study
  - 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

Integrative Requirement

From the catalog
The following courses are used in the major but also count as the integrative requirement:

One of:
- ARTG 4550 — Design Degree Project
- CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction

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

ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

One of:
- 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

Plus 24 semester hours of general electives.

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

In place of Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263), Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals (ARTG 5330) is recommended for students considering the Plus One pathway to a graduate program in Information Design and Data Visualization.
Instead of Topics in Information Design Inquiry (ARTG 3444), Information Design Studio 1: Principles (ARTG 5100) is recommended for students considering the Plus One in Information Design and Data Visualization.

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)

What the tiers mean

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