Computer Science and Theatre, 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
  • THTR 1000 — Theatre at Northeastern
• 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 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

• 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
• CS 3200 — Introduction to Databases
• One of:
  • CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
  • CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone
• CS 4550 — Web Development

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog

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

Foundational Courses

• INAM 2000 — Ethics in Creativity
• THTR 1101 — Introduction to Theatre
• THTR 1120 — Acting 1
• THTR 1131 — Introduction to Technical Theatre
• THTR 1270 — Introduction to Theatrical Design
• THTR 3325 — Dramaturgical Inquiry

Making Theatre

• THTR 1100 — Production Experience 1
• THTR 2000 — Production Experience 2

Texts, Community, & Social Context

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • All of:
    • INAM 1300 — The Politics of Narrative in Theatre
    • INAM 1301 — The Politics of Narrative in Theatre Seminar
  • THTR 1215 — Activism and Performance
  • THTR 1220 — Race, Power, and Performance
  • THTR 1400 — Documentary Theatre Project
  • THTR 2200 — The American Black Theatre Experience
  • THTR 2340 — Theatre and Society
  • THTR 2500 — Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
  • THTR 2983 — Topics in Theatre History and Culture
  • THTR 3100 — Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
  • THTR 3200 — Queer Theatre and Performance
  • THTR 3650 — Performing Theory

Electives

From the catalog

Complete two of the following:

• Choose 8 semester hours from:
  • THTR 2200 — The American Black Theatre Experience
  • THTR 2310 — History of Musical Theatre
  • THTR 2330 — Playwriting
  • THTR 2335 — Boston Theatre Experience
  • THTR 2340 — Theatre and Society
  • THTR 2342 — Acting 2
  • THTR 2345 — Acting for the Camera
  • THTR 2346 — Viewpoints
  • THTR 2380 — Costume Design
  • THTR 2385 — Fashion Construction and Pattern Making
  • THTR 2400 — Scenic Design
  • THTR 2500 — Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Women in Theatre
  • THTR 2600 — Voice and Speech Training
  • THTR 2983 — Topics in Theatre History and Culture
  • THTR 2993 — Topics in Dance
  • THTR 3100 — Creative Storytelling for Social Engagement
  • THTR 3200 — Queer Theatre and Performance
  • THTR 3400 — Stage Combat
  • THTR 3550 — Directing for the Stage
  • THTR 3650 — Performing Theory
  • THTR 3670 — Mixed-Media Performance Lab
  • THTR 4345 — Advanced Acting for the Camera
  • THTR 5300 — Devised Theatre Project
  • THTR 5700 — Design for Immersive Performance

Integrative Requirement

• THTR 2370 — Lighting Design
• THTR 4702 — Capstone: Creative Practice Research Project

Mathematics

• MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

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

Plus 28 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)

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