Computer Science and Philosophy, 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
  • PHIL 1000 — Philosophy at Northeastern
• 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
• CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
• All of:
  • CS 3100 — Program Design and Implementation 2
  • CS 3101 — Lab for CS 3100
• CS 3800 — Theory of Computation
• 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 be taken for 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

Philosophy Required Courses

• PHIL 1115 — Introduction to Logic
• PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
• One of:
  • PHIL 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • POLS 2325 — Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
  • PHIL 2330 — Modern Philosophy
• One of:
  • PHIL 4515 — Advanced Deductive Logic
  • PHIL 4516 — Advanced Inductive Logic
• One of:
  • PHIL 5005 — Information Ethics
  • PHIL 5010 — AI Ethics
  • PHIL 4050 — Artificial Intelligence and Society

Critical Philosophy Elective

From the catalog

Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:

• One of:
  • PHIL 1104 — Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
  • PHIL 1271 — Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • PHIL 2155 — Human Rights
  • PHIL 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
  • PHIL 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
  • PHIL 3492 — Indigenous Philosophy
  • PHIL 3500 — Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
  • PHIL 3512 — Religion, Race, and Politics
  • PHIL 3822 — Philosophy of Race and Racism

Philosophy Electives

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Take three additional PHIL courses not used to fulfill another requirement, at least one of which is 4000 or above.

Integrative Course Requirement

From the catalog

These courses will double count in other areas of your major:

• One of:
  • CS 3800 — Theory of Computation
  • One of:
    • PHIL 4515 — Advanced Deductive Logic
    • PHIL 4516 — Advanced Inductive Logic

College Writing

• One of:
  • ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
  • ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

From the catalog

Complete one course from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
  • ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Plus 44 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:

• ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
• PHIL 2325 ↔ POLS 2325 (tier B)

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