Computer Science and Sociology, BS (Boston)

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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
  • INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
  • SOCL 1000 — Sociology 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
• 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

Sociology Required Courses

• SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
• One of:
  • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
  • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
• One of:
  • SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Sociology Electives

20 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete one introductory elective (not used to satisfy other requirements) in the range 1000-1999 in each of the following ranges:

Complete two intermediate electives (not used to satisfy other requirements) in the range 2000-3999.

Complete two advanced electives (not used to satisfy other requirements) in the range 4000-4999.

Sociology Required Capstone

• SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar

Integrative Course Requirement

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • 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

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
  • ENGW 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences
  • ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Plus 32 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)

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