Computer Science and History, BS (Boston)

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Computer Science Overview

• One of:
  • CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
  • HIST 1000 — History at Northeastern
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
• One of:
  • CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury Co-op
  • EESH 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.

• 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

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 16 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 16 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

History Required Courses

• HIST 1200 — Historical Research and Writing
• HIST 1201 — First-Year Seminar
• HIST 2301 — The History Seminar
• HIST 2302 — Historical Writing

Pre-1800 History Elective

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HIST 1100 — Law and History
  • HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
  • HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
  • HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
  • HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
  • HIST 1389 — History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
  • HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
  • HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
  • HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
  • HIST 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
  • HIST 3334 — Assassinations in World History

History Outside the United States and Europe

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • HIST 1150 — East Asian Studies
  • HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
  • HIST 1206 — Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
  • HIST 1246 — World War II in the Pacific
  • HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
  • HIST 1253 — History of Vietnam Wars
  • HIST 1294 — History of the Jews in the Modern World
  • HIST 1500 — Modern China
  • HIST 2025 — Latin American History through Film
  • HIST 2311 — Colonialism/Imperialism
  • HIST 2351 — Modern Japan

History Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field:

Intermediate/Advanced History Course

From the catalog

Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302):

HIST 2000 to HIST 2999

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • Any HIST course numbered 2000–2999

Advanced History

From the catalog

Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 4701):

HIST 3000 to HIST 4999

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • Any HIST course numbered 3000–4999

History Capstone Seminar or Senior Project

• HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar

Integrative Course Requirement

• HIST 2211 — The World Since 1945

Research Methods

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  • ENVR 3300 — Geographic Information Systems
  • ENVR 5260 — Geographical Information Systems
  • POLS 2400 — Quantitative Techniques
  • PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Computing and Social Issues

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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

Plus 24 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)

What the tiers mean

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