A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Computer Science, MSCS—Align (Seattle)
- CIP
- 26.1103
- Credits (computed from items)
- 44
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 482705
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_482705_7f250400
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Align Bridge Coursework
0 items
Fundamentals
1 item
- CS 5001and CS 5003Intensive Foundations of Computer Scienceand Recitation for CS 5001Not resolved to a course4
Discrete Structures
1 item
- 4
Object-Oriented Design
1 item
- CS 5004and CS 5005Object-Oriented Designand Recitation for CS 5004Not resolved to a course4
Additional Align Courses
1 item
- CS 5008and CS 5009Data Structures, Algorithms, and Their Applications within Computer Systemsand Recitation for CS 5008Not resolved to a course4
Core Requirements
major core · 1 item
- 4
Breadth Areas
1 item
- Complete three courses from at least two of the following breath areas:Not resolved to a course12
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
10 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Systems and Software
11 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Theory and Security
4 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Electives
electives · 70 items
- Complete 12 semester hours from the breadth area courses and/or the following:Not resolved to a course12
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 1-4
- 0
- 0
- 2-4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 0
- 2-4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 1-8
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
Source. Northeastern University Professional Programs, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/computer-information-science/computer-science/computer-science-mscs-align-sea/. Captured page pages/0550.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.