Artificial Intelligence and Design, BS (Boston)

Artificial Intelligence Requirements

Computer Science Overview

Must be taken in alignment with your home college:

1. CS 1200

   First Year Seminar

   or: ARTF 1000 Art and Design at Northeastern

   or: INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar
   1
2. CS 1210

   Professional Development for Khoury Co-op

   or: EEAM 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
   1

Fundamental Courses

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.

1. CS 1800

   Discrete Structures
   4
2. CS 2000and CS 2001

   Introduction to Program Design and Implementationand Lab for CS 2000

   Not resolved to a course
   5
3. CS 2100and CS 2101

   Program Design and Implementation 1and Lab for CS 2100

   Not resolved to a course
   5
4. CS 3200

   Introduction to Databases
   4
5. DS 3500

   Advanced Programming with Data
   4

Artificial Intelligence Foundations

1. DS 3000

   Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
   4
2. DS 4300

   Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval
   4
3. DS 4400

   Machine Learning
   4

Khoury Approved Elective

With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.

1. Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4

CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010

CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930

DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900

1. EECE 2160

   Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics
   4
2. EECE 2322

   Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization
   4
3. MKTG 4606

   Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum
   4

Design Requirements

Art + Design Fundamentals Required

1. ARTF 1220

   Elements of Visual Composition
   2

Art + Design Fundamentals Electives

1. Complete 6 semester hours from the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   6
2. ARTF 1200

   Representational Drawing
   2
3. ARTF 1210

   Abstract Drawing
   2
4. ARTF 1230

   Making with Form and Materials
   2
5. ARTF 1240

   Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
   2
6. ARTF 1250

   Designing Interactive Experiences
   2

Design Required

1. ARTG 1001and ARTG 1002

   Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the Worldand Seminar for Design Perspectives

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ARTG 1270and ARTG 1271

   Design: Process + Practicesand Studio for Design: Process + Practices

   Not resolved to a course
   4
3. ARTG 1290and ARTG 1291

   Typographic Systemsand Studio for Typographic Systems

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Design Elective

1. Complete 4 semester hours of ARTG courses, as long as prerequisites have been met and course has not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program.

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Art + Design History Elective

1. Complete 4 semester hours of ARTH courses.

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Art + Design Elective

1. Complete 4 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME courses as long as prerequisites have been met.

   Not resolved to a course
   4

Degree Capstone Project

1. ARTG 4550

   Design Degree Project
   4

Design Option

1. Complete one of the following options (information design is recommended):

   Not resolved to a course
   8

Creative Fabrication

1. ARTG 2810

   Creative Fabrication Design Principles
   4
2. ARTG 3810

   Topics in Creative Fabrication Inquiry
   4

Experience Design Option

1. ARTG 3462

   Experience Design Principles
   4
2. ARTG 3464

   Topics In Experience Design Inquiry
   4

Graphic Design Option

1. ARTG 2252

   Graphic Design Principles
   4
2. ARTG 3452

   Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry
   4

Information Design Option

1. ARTG 2242

   Information Design Principles
   4
2. ARTG 3444

   Topics in Information Design Inquiry

   As published: “Topics in Information Design Inquiry 1”
   4

Interaction Design Option

1. ARTG 2400

   Interaction Design Principles

   As published: “Interaction Design Principles (with optional ARTG 2401)”
   4
2. ARTG 3400

   Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry
   4

Integrative Requirements

1. ARTG 5330

   Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals

   As published: “Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals 1”

   or: ARTG 5150 Information Visualization Principles and Practices
   4
2. DS 4200

   Information Presentation and Visualization
   4

Supporting Courses

Mathematics

1. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4
2. MATH 1341

   (FQ)

   As published: “Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering”
   4

Computing and Social Issues

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. AFCS 2600

   Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
   4
3. CY 4170

   The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies
   4
4. CY 5240

   Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
   4
5. DS 1300

   Knowledge in a Digital World

   or: PHIL 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World
   4
6. HIST 2220

   History of Technology
   4
7. INSH 2102

   Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
   4
8. JRNL 3700

   Data Storytelling
   4
9. PHIL 1145

   4 Khoury Elective 4 Elective

   As published: “Technology and Human Values”
   8
10. SOCL 1280

    The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
11. SOCL 2485

    Environment, Technology, and Society
    4
12. SOCL 4528

    Technology and Society

    Not resolved to a course

Writing Requirements

College Writing

1. ENGW 1111

   First-Year Writing
   4

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

1. ENGW 3302

   Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions

   or: ENGW 3314 Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design

   or: ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
   4

Required General Electives

1. Complete 20 semester hours of general electives.

   Not resolved to a course
   20