Cybersecurity and History, BS (Boston)

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Computer Science Overview

One of:
- CS 1200 — First Year Seminar
- HIST 1000 — History at Northeastern
- INPR 1000 — First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
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 3650 — Computer Systems
One of:
- CS 4700 — Network Fundamentals
- CS 4730 — Distributed Systems

Cybersecurity Required Courses

CY 2550 — Foundations of Cybersecurity
CY 3740 — Systems Security
CY 4170 — The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
CY 4740 — Network Security

Cybersecurity Elective

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace
- CS 2484 — Principles of Human-Computer Interaction
- CS 2800 — Logic and Computation
- CS 4400 — Programming Languages
- One of:
  - CS 4500 — Software Development
  - CS 4530 — Fundamentals of Software Engineering
- CY 4760 — Security of Wireless and Mobile Systems
- CY 4770 — Foundations of Cryptography
- CY 5010 — Cybersecurity Principles and Practices
- CY 5200 — Security Risk Management and Assessment
- CY 5210 — Information System Forensics
- DS 4300 — Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
- DS 4400 — Machine Learning
- All of:
  - EECE 2322 — Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
  - EECE 2323 — Lab for EECE 2322
- EECE 3324 — Computer Architecture and Organization
- All of:
  - EECE 4534 — Microprocessor-Based Design
  - EECE 4535 — Lab for EECE 4534
- LPSC 1101 — Introduction to Law
- LPSC 2301 — Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society
- LPSC 3303 — Topics in Law and Public Policy
- MATH 3527 — Number Theory 1
- MATH 4575 — Introduction to Cryptography
- PHIL 1145 — Technology and Human Values
- POLS 2390 — Science, Technology, and Public Policy
- POLS 3307 — Public Policy and Administration
- POLS 3324 — Law and Society
- POLS 3406 — International Law
- POLS 3420 — U.S. National Security Policy
- POLS 3423 — Terrorism and Counterterrorism

History Required Courses

HIST 1200 — Historical Research and Writing
HIST 1201 — First-Year Seminar
HIST 2211 — The World Since 1945
HIST 2301 — The History Seminar
HIST 2302 — Historical Writing

Pre-1800 History Elective

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- HIST 1100 — Law and History
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 1389 — History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
- HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
- HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
- HIST 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- HIST 3334 — Assassinations in World History

History Outside the United States and Europe

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

One of:
- HIST 1150 — East Asian Studies
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1206 — Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
- HIST 1246 — World War II in the Pacific
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1253 — History of Vietnam Wars
- HIST 1294 — History of the Jews in the Modern World
- HIST 1500 — Modern China
- HIST 2025 — Latin American History through Film
- HIST 2311 — Colonialism/Imperialism
- HIST 2351 — Modern Japan

History Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field:

Intermediate/Advanced History Course

From the catalog
Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 2211, HIST 2301, and HIST 2302):
HIST 2000 to HIST 2999

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any HIST course numbered 2000–2999

Advanced History

From the catalog
Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 4701):
HIST 3000 to HIST 4999

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any HIST course numbered 3000–4999

Integrative and Capstone Course Requirement

One of:
- HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar
- CY 4930 — Cybersecurity Capstone

Research Methods

From the catalog
Complete one of the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- One of:
  - ECON 2350 — Statistics for Economists
  - ENVR 3300 — Geographic Information Systems
  - ENVR 5260 — Geographical Information Systems
  - POLS 2400 — Quantitative Techniques
  - PSYC 2320 — Statistics in Psychological Research

Mathematics

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- One of:
  - MATH 1341 — Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering

College Writing

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

Plus 20 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

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