Computer Science and History, BS (Boston)

Computer Science Courses

Computer Science Overview

1. CS 1200

   First Year Seminar

   or: HIST 1000 History at Northeastern

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

   Professional Development for Khoury Co-op

   or: EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op
   1

Computer Science 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

Computer Science Required Courses

1. CS 2700and CS 2701

   Data Structures and Analysisand Lab for CS 2700

   Not resolved to a course
   5
2. CS 3100and CS 3101

   Program Design and Implementation 2and Lab for CS 3100

   Not resolved to a course
   5
3. CS 3200

   Introduction to Databases
   4
4. CS 4530

   Fundamentals of Software Engineering

   or: CS 4535 Professional Practicum Capstone
   4

Khoury Approved Electives

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

1. Complete 16 semester hours from within the following options:

   Not resolved to a course
   16

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 2322and EECE 2323

   Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organizationand Lab for EECE 2322

   Not resolved to a course
3. MKTG 4606

   Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum
   4

History Courses

History Required Courses

1. HIST 1200

   5 Intro-level HIST course 4 Elective 4 Elective

   As published: “Historical Research and Writing”
   1
2. HIST 1201

   First-Year Seminar
   4
3. HIST 2301

   The History Seminar
   4
4. HIST 2302

   Historical Writing
   1

Pre-1800 History Elective

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. HIST 1100

   (Foundational

   As published: “Law and History”
   4
3. HIST 1185

   Introduction to Middle Eastern History
   4
4. HIST 1218

   Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
5. HIST 1252

   Japanese Literature and Culture
6. HIST 1272

   Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
7. HIST 1389

   History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
8. HIST 2330

   Colonial and Revolutionary America
9. HIST 2370

   Renaissance to Enlightenment
10. HIST 2375

    The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
11. HIST 2390

    Africa and the World in Early Times
12. HIST 3334

    Assassinations in World History

History Outside the United States and Europe

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. HIST 1150

   East Asian Studies
   4
3. HIST 1187

   Introduction to Latin American History
4. HIST 1206

   Drug Trade and Drug War: History, Security, Culture
5. HIST 1246

   (Concentration 4 Foreign language

   As published: “World War II in the Pacific”
   4
6. HIST 1252

   Japanese Literature and Culture
7. HIST 1253

   History of Vietnam Wars
8. HIST 1294

   History of the Jews in the Modern World
9. HIST 1500

   Modern China
10. HIST 2025

    Latin American History through Film
11. HIST 2311

    Colonialism/Imperialism
    4
12. HIST 2351

    Modern Japan

History Electives

1. Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field:

   Not resolved to a course
   8

Intermediate/Advanced History Course

1. Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302):

   Not resolved to a course
   4

HIST 2000 to HIST 2999

Advanced History

1. Complete a minimum of one HIST course from the following range (excluding HIST 4701):

   Not resolved to a course
   4

HIST 3000 to HIST 4999

History Capstone Seminar or Senior Project

1. HIST 4701

   Capstone Seminar
   4

Integrative Course Requirement

1. HIST 2211

   4 Advanced history elective

   As published: “The World Since 1945”
   4

Supporting Courses

Research Methods

1. Complete one of the following:

   Not resolved to a course
   4
2. ECON 2350

   Statistics for Economists
   4
3. ENVR 3300

   Geographic Information Systems
   4
4. ENVR 5260

   Geographical Information Systems
   4
5. POLS 2400

   Quantitative Techniques
   4
6. PSYC 2320

   Statistics in Psychological Research
   1

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

Computer Science Writing Requirement

College Writing

1. ENGW 1111

   First-Year Writing

   or: ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
   4

Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

This requirement is satisfied by HIST 2302 taken in conjunction with HIST 2301.

Required General Electives

1. Complete 24 semester hours of general electives.

   Not resolved to a course
   24