## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
For students interested in criminal justice in an increasingly digital world,
the computer science and criminal justice combined degree offers a strong
programming foundation coupled with academic and experiential knowledge of the
criminal justice system. The curriculum provides instruction in the
principles, practices, and responsibilities of criminal justice professionals
alongside the computer science skills necessary for practical applications in
the field.
* * *
  * Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
  * Certain options within the program may be  _required_ at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 
* * *
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete
any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified
and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major
requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
## Computer Science Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computer Science Overview|  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [CRIM 1000](/search/?P=CRIM%201000 "CRIM 1000")|  Criminal Justice at
Northeastern  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
or [EESH 2000](/search/?P=EESH%202000 "EESH 2000")|  Professional Development
for Co-op  
Computer Science Fundamental Courses|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| Discrete Structures  
and Seminar for CS 1800| 5  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 1  
and Lab for CS 2500| 5  
[CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| Fundamentals of Computer
Science 2  
and Lab for CS 2510| 5  
Computer Science Required Courses|  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| Algorithms and Data| 4  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| Introduction to Databases| 4  
[CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| Object-Oriented Design  
and Lab for CS 3500| 5  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000")| Principles of Information Science|
4  
Khoury Elective Courses|  
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives. |   
Complete 16 credits of upper-division CS, CY, DS, or IS courses that are not
already required. Choose courses within the following ranges:| 16  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500") or higher, except [CS
5010](/search/?P=CS%205010 "CS 5010")|  
CY 2000 or higher, except [CY 4930](/search/?P=CY%204930 "CY 4930")|  
[DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500 "DS 2500") or higher, except DS 4900|  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000") or higher, except IS 4900|  
## Criminal Justice Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System|  
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have
an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related
phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to
crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process.|  
[CRIM 1100](/search/?P=CRIM%201100 "CRIM 1100")| Introduction to Criminal
Justice| 4  
[CRIM 1110](/search/?P=CRIM%201110 "CRIM 1110")| Criminal Due Process| 4  
[CRIM 1120](/search/?P=CRIM%201120 "CRIM 1120")| Criminology| 4  
Current Crime and Justice Issues|  
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and
justice.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 1300](/search/?P=CRIM%201300 "CRIM 1300")| The Death Penalty|  
[CRIM 1400](/search/?P=CRIM%201400 "CRIM 1400")| Human Trafficking|  
[CRIM 1500](/search/?P=CRIM%201500 "CRIM 1500")| Corruption, Integrity, and
Accountability|  
[CRIM 1700](/search/?P=CRIM%201700 "CRIM 1700")| Crime, Media, and Politics|  
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions|  
The 2000-level courses in this list ask how does justice work and for whom?
These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with
providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in
cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. The 3000-level courses
in this list provide students with a deeper look at a range of crime
problems.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 2310](/search/?P=CRIM%202310 "CRIM 2310")| Courts: The Third Branch of
Government|  
[CRIM 2320](/search/?P=CRIM%202320 "CRIM 2320")| Youth Crime and Justice|  
[CRIM 2330](/search/?P=CRIM%202330 "CRIM 2330")| Punishment in the Age of Mass
Incarceration|  
[CRIM 2340](/search/?P=CRIM%202340 "CRIM 2340")| Corporate Security: Securing
the Private Sector|  
[CRIM 2350](/search/?P=CRIM%202350 "CRIM 2350")| Policing a Democratic
Society|  
[CRIM 2370](/search/?P=CRIM%202370 "CRIM 2370")| Restorative Justice:
Transforming the System|  
[CRIM 2380](/search/?P=CRIM%202380 "CRIM 2380")| Black Families and
Incarceration|  
[CRIM 3010](/search/?P=CRIM%203010 "CRIM 3010")| Criminal Violence|  
[CRIM 3030](/search/?P=CRIM%203030 "CRIM 3030")| Global Criminology|  
[CRIM 3040](/search/?P=CRIM%203040 "CRIM 3040")| Psychology of Crime|  
[CRIM 3070](/search/?P=CRIM%203070 "CRIM 3070")| Corporate and White-Collar
Crime|  
[CRIM 3050](/search/?P=CRIM%203050 "CRIM 3050")| Organized Crime|  
[CRIM 3100](/search/?P=CRIM%203100 "CRIM 3100")| Criminal Law|  
[CRIM 3540](/search/?P=CRIM%203540 "CRIM 3540")| Addiction and Recovery|  
Systemic Issues|  
These courses consider systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 3110](/search/?P=CRIM%203110 "CRIM 3110")| Gender, Crime, and Justice|  
[CRIM 3120](/search/?P=CRIM%203120 "CRIM 3120")| Race, Crime, and Justice|  
Creating Knowledge about Crime and Justice|  
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new
knowledge? These courses cover how to harness data to learn about issues,
identify solutions, and advocate for change.|  
[CRIM 3600](/search/?P=CRIM%203600 "CRIM 3600")| Criminal Justice Research
Methods| 4  
[CRIM 3700](/search/?P=CRIM%203700 "CRIM 3700")| Analyzing and Using Data on
Crime and Justice| 4  
Criminal Justice Capstone|  
[CRIM 4949](/search/?P=CRIM%204949 "CRIM 4949")| Senior Capstone Seminar| 4  
Criminal Justice Elective|  
These courses round out our knowledge of crime and justice.|  
Complete one additional criminal justice elective from the 3000, 4000, or 5000
level.| 4  
## Integrative Course Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CRIM 3060](/search/?P=CRIM%203060 "CRIM 3060")| Political Crime and
Terrorism|  
[CRIM 4040](/search/?P=CRIM%204040 "CRIM 4040")| Crime Prevention|  
## Supporting Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computing and Social Issues|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[AFCS 2600](/search/?P=AFCS%202600 "AFCS 2600")| Issues in Race, Science, and
Technology|  
[CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data
and Digital Technologies|  
[CY 5240](/search/?P=CY%205240 "CY 5240")| Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and
Digital Rights|  
[HIST 2220](/search/?P=HIST%202220 "HIST 2220")| History of Technology|  
[INSH 2102](/search/?P=INSH%202102 "INSH 2102")| Bostonography: The City
through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks|  
[IS 1300](/search/?P=IS%201300 "IS 1300")| Knowledge in a Digital World|  
or [PHIL 1300](/search/?P=PHIL%201300 "PHIL 1300")|  Knowledge in a Digital
World  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| Technology and Human Values|  
[SOCL 1280](/search/?P=SOCL%201280 "SOCL 1280")| The Twenty-First-Century
Workplace|  
[SOCL 2485](/search/?P=SOCL%202485 "SOCL 2485")| Environment, Technology, and
Society|  
[SOCL 4528](/search/?P=SOCL%204528 "SOCL 4528")| Technology and Society|  
## Computer Science English Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing|  
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing| 4  
or [ENGW 1102](/search/?P=ENGW%201102 "ENGW 1102")|  First-Year Writing for
Multilingual Writers  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions|  
[ENGW 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308")| Advanced Writing in the
Social Sciences|  
[ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| Interdisciplinary Advanced
Writing in the Disciplines|  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 28 credits of general electives.| 28  
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Writing in the First Year
  * Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  * Writing-Intensive in the Major ​
  * Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-
op.
## Program Requirement
133 total semester hours required
## Four Years, 2 Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 1100](/search/?P=CRIM%201100 "CRIM 1100")| 4| [CRIM
1110](/search/?P=CRIM%201110 "CRIM 1110")| 4| [CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500
"CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| Elective| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| 1| [CRIM
1120](/search/?P=CRIM%201120 "CRIM 1120")| 4| Elective| 4|  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5|  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 4  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 3600](/search/?P=CRIM%203600 "CRIM 3600")| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | Elective| 4  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [EESH 2000](/search/?P=EESH%202000 "EESH 2000")| 1|  |  | Elective| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  |   
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4|  |  |   
Current Crime and Justice Issues| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 3700](/search/?P=CRIM%203700 "CRIM 3700")| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | Elective| 4  
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4|  | Elective| 4  
Khoury elective 1| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective 2| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 4|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
CJ Systemic Issues| 4| [CRIM 4949](/search/?P=CRIM%204949 "CRIM 4949")| 4|  |   
CJ Elective| 4| CJ integrative course| 4|  |   
Computing and social issues| 4| Khoury elective 4| 4|  |   
Khoury elective 3| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134  
## Four Years, 2 Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 1100](/search/?P=CRIM%201100 "CRIM 1100")| 4| [CRIM
1110](/search/?P=CRIM%201110 "CRIM 1110")| 4| [CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000
"CS 3000")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| 1| [CRIM
1120](/search/?P=CRIM%201120 "CRIM 1120")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5|  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CRIM 3600](/search/?P=CRIM%203600 "CRIM 3600")| 4| [CRIM 3700](/search/?P=CRIM%203700 "CRIM 3700")| 4| Elective | 4| Co-op|   
[CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| [CS
1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| Elective| 4|  
Current Crime and Justice Issues| 4| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective 1| 4|  |   
| 17|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | Computing and social issues| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4| Co-op|   
| CJ Elective| 4| Elective| 4|  
| CJ Systemic Issues| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective 2| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [CRIM 4949](/search/?P=CRIM%204949 "CRIM 4949")| 4|  |   
| CJ integrative course| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective 3| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective 4| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134