Computer Science, BSCS (Boston)

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Computer Science Overview

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
CS 1210 — Professional Development for Khoury 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.

One of:
- CS 1800 — Discrete Structures
- MATH 1365 — Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
- MATH 1465 — Intensive Mathematical Reasoning
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 3000 — Algorithms and Data
All of:
- CS 3100 — Program Design and Implementation 2
- CS 3101 — Lab for CS 3100
CS 3650 — Computer Systems
CS 3800 — Theory of Computation
One of:
- CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CS 4535 — Professional Practicum Capstone
DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Security Required Course

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- CY 2550 — Foundations of Cybersecurity
- CY 3740 — Systems Security
- CY 4740 — Network Security

Presentation Requirement

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
- COMM 1113 — Business and Professional Speaking
- COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
- COMM 1511 — Communication and Storytelling
- THTR 1125 — Improvisation
- THTR 1130 — Introduction to Acting
- THTR 1180 — Dynamic Presence: Theatre Training for Effective Interpersonal Interactions
- THTR 2345 — Acting for the Camera

Khoury Approved Electives

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from within the following options:
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

Choose 12 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

Mathematics Courses

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

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

One of:
- ENGW 3302 — Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Concentrations (choose 1)

Artificial Intelligence

CS 4100 — Principles of Artificial Intelligence
DS 4400 — Machine Learning
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not already taken:
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CS 4120 — Natural Language Processing
- CS 4130 — Engineering LLM-Integrated Systems
- CS 4150 — Game Artificial Intelligence
- CS 4160 — AI Policy: Machine Learning, Markets, and Morals
- CS 4180 — Reinforcement Learning
- CS 4220 — Information Retrieval
- CS 4610 — Robotics
- CY 4100 — AI Security and Privacy
- DS 4420 — Advanced Machine Learning
- DS 4440 — Modern Neural Networks

Foundations

From the catalog
Complete two of the following:

One of:
- CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
- One of:
  - CS 4805 — Fundamentals of Complexity Theory
  - CS 4810 — Advanced Algorithms
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not already taken:
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CS 4805 — Fundamentals of Complexity Theory
- CS 4810 — Advanced Algorithms
- CS 4830 — System Specification, Verification, and Synthesis
- CY 4770 — Foundations of Cryptography

Human-Centered Computing

CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction
CS 3484 — GUI Programming
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not already taken:
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CS 4097 — Mixed Reality
- CS 4350 — Empirical Research Methods
- CS 4520 — Mobile Application Development
- CS 4550 — Web Development
- DS 4200 — Information Presentation and Visualization
- HINF 5300 — Personal Health Interface Design and Development

Software

CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
CS 4400 — Programming Languages
One of:
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
From the catalog
Complete one of the following not already taken:
One of:
- CS 3520 — Programming in C++
- CS 4130 — Engineering LLM-Integrated Systems
- CS 4410 — Compilers
- CS 4520 — Mobile Application Development
- CS 4550 — Web Development
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
- CS 4830 — System Specification, Verification, and Synthesis

Systems

One of:
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
From the catalog
Complete one of the following not already taken:
One of:
- CY 3740 — Systems Security
- CY 4740 — Network Security
From the catalog
Complete two of the following not already taken:
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CS 3520 — Programming in C++
- CS 4300 — Computer Graphics
- CS 4610 — Robotics
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems
- CY 3740 — Systems Security
- CY 4740 — Network Security
- CY 4760 — Security of Wireless and Mobile Systems
- One of:
  - EECE 2160 — Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
  - EECE 2322 — Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization

Plus 36 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

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