Computer Science and Linguistics, BS (Boston)

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Official catalog page for this program

Computer Science Overview

From the catalog

Must be taken in alignment with your home college:

• One of:
  • CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
  • INSC 1000 — Science at Northeastern
• 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 with 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 4120 — Natural Language Processing
• CS 4400 — Programming Languages
• One of:
  • CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
  • CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone
• DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
• DS 4400 — Machine Learning

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog

With advisor approval, directed study, 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

Linguistics Foundations

• LING 1150 — Introduction to Linguistics
• LING 2350 — Linguistic Analysis
• LING 3412 — Language and Culture

Linguistic Structure

From the catalog

Complete four of the following:

• Choose 16 semester hours from:
  • LING 3420 — Phonetics
  • LING 3422 — Phonology
  • LING 3424 — Morphology
  • LING 3450 — Syntax
  • LING 3452 — Semantics

Laboratory/Directed Study

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Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • LING 4891 — Research Seminar in Linguistics
  • LING 4991 — Directed Study Research
  • PSYC 4610 — Laboratory in Psycholinguistics

Linguistics Seminar

• One of:
  • LING 4654 — Seminar in Linguistics
  • PSYC 4658 — Seminar in Psycholinguistics

Linguistics Electives

From the catalog

Complete three courses not used to fulfill other degree requirements from the following options:

LING 3000 to LING 4999

• Choose 12 semester hours from:
  • DEAF 2700 — ASL Linguistics
  • Any LING course numbered 3000–4999

Mathematics Requirement

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

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

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

Plus 20 semester hours of general electives.

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Please visit the Linguistics Courses page within this catalog to review the list of courses in the LING 3000 - LING 4999 range.

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-linguistics-bs-boston, and the official page is the authority.