## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and music combined major exposes students to a wide range
of musical repertoires, theoretical approaches, and research strategies. The
program engages students in the study of how music works and the many contexts
in which it is created and received. Students will be exposed to the
fundamentals of program design and software development. It is designed to
give students a firm foundation in music and computing.
* * *
  * 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 [MUSC 1000](/search/?P=MUSC%201000 "MUSC 1000")|  Music at Northeastern  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
or [EEAM 2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 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  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| Software Development| 4  
or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")|  Fundamentals of Software
Engineering  
Khoury Electives|  
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and
appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division
electives.|  
Complete 8 credits of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already required.
Choose courses within the following ranges:| 8  
[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|  
## Music Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Music Theory Placement|  
All students must take a music placement exam. Students who place into [MUSC
1201](/search/?P=MUSC%201201 "MUSC 1201") will substitute a general elective
course for the following course:|  
[MUSC 1119](/search/?P=MUSC%201119 "MUSC 1119")| Fundamentals of Western Music
Theory| 4  
Music Theory|  
[MUSC 1201](/search/?P=MUSC%201201 "MUSC 1201")| Music Theory 1| 4  
_Music Theory Elective_|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[MUSC 1202](/search/?P=MUSC%201202 "MUSC 1202")| Music Theory 2|  
[MUSC 2111](/search/?P=MUSC%202111 "MUSC 2111")| Algebra and Geometry of
Music|  
[MUSC 2208](/search/?P=MUSC%202208 "MUSC 2208")| Jazz Improvisation|  
[MUSC 2350](/search/?P=MUSC%202350 "MUSC 2350")| Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
of Music|  
[MUSC 3300](/search/?P=MUSC%203300 "MUSC 3300")| Music Perception and
Cognition (Music Perception and Cognition)|  
[MUSI 1204](/search/?P=MUSI%201204 "MUSI 1204")| Analyzing Popular Genres|  
Music in Context|  
[MUSC 1001](/search/?P=MUSC%201001 "MUSC 1001")| Music in Everyday Life| 4  
or [MUSC 1002](/search/?P=MUSC%201002 "MUSC 1002")  
and [MUSC 1003](/search/?P=MUSC%201003 "MUSC 1003")|  Music in Everyday Life  
and Lab for MUSC 1002  
Complete one course each from three of the four distinct Music in Context
categories. No more than one may be at the 1000 level. At least one course
must be at the 3000 level or higher.| 12  
_Western Art Music_|  
Complete one of the following:|  
[MUSC 1100](/search/?P=MUSC%201100 "MUSC 1100")| Topics in Western Music|  
[MUSC 2105](/search/?P=MUSC%202105 "MUSC 2105")| Songs That Made History|  
[MUSC 2312](/search/?P=MUSC%202312 "MUSC 2312")| Topics in Western Art Music|  
[MUSC 2320](/search/?P=MUSC%202320 "MUSC 2320")| 40,000 Years of Music
Technology|  
[MUSC 2340](/search/?P=MUSC%202340 "MUSC 2340")| Divas, DJs, and Double
Standards|  
[MUSC 2380](/search/?P=MUSC%202380 "MUSC 2380")| The World of Choral Music|  
[MUSC 3352](/search/?P=MUSC%203352 "MUSC 3352")| Sounding Human|  
_Global Music/Ethnomusicology_|  
Complete one of the following:|  
[MUSC 1129](/search/?P=MUSC%201129 "MUSC 1129")| Music of the Middle East|  
[MUSC 1137](/search/?P=MUSC%201137 "MUSC 1137")| Topics in Diverse Musical
Cultures|  
[MUSC 2101](/search/?P=MUSC%202101 "MUSC 2101")| Black Popular Music|  
[MUSC 2313](/search/?P=MUSC%202313 "MUSC 2313")| Topics in Global Music
Cultures|  
[MUSC 2330](/search/?P=MUSC%202330 "MUSC 2330")| Musical Communities of
Boston|  
[MUSC 2331](/search/?P=MUSC%202331 "MUSC 2331")| Topics in Musical
Communities|  
[MUSC 3353](/search/?P=MUSC%203353 "MUSC 3353")| Music and the Racial
Imagination|  
[MUSC 3354](/search/?P=MUSC%203354 "MUSC 3354")| Sound and the Sacred|  
[MUSC 3355](/search/?P=MUSC%203355 "MUSC 3355")| Music, Noise, Silence|  
[MUSC 3360](/search/?P=MUSC%203360 "MUSC 3360")| Ethnography and the Arts|  
[MUSI 3351](/search/?P=MUSI%203351 "MUSI 3351")| Music and Social Justice|  
[MUSI 3360](/search/?P=MUSI%203360 "MUSI 3360")| Global Music Industries in
Context|  
[MUSI 3401](/search/?P=MUSI%203401 "MUSI 3401")| Hip Hop in the Music
Industry|  
_Contemporary/Popular Music_|  
Complete one of the following:|  
[MUSC 1112](/search/?P=MUSC%201112 "MUSC 1112")| Jazz|  
[MUSC 1113](/search/?P=MUSC%201113 "MUSC 1113")| Film Music|  
[MUSC 1141](/search/?P=MUSC%201141 "MUSC 1141")| Wired for Sound|  
[MUSC 2101](/search/?P=MUSC%202101 "MUSC 2101")| Black Popular Music|  
[MUSC 2150](/search/?P=MUSC%202150 "MUSC 2150")| Making a Musical: Analysis,
Craft, and Creation|  
[MUSC 2310](/search/?P=MUSC%202310 "MUSC 2310")| Popular Music Since 1945|  
[MUSC 2311](/search/?P=MUSC%202311 "MUSC 2311")| Topics in American Music|  
[MUSC 2317](/search/?P=MUSC%202317 "MUSC 2317")| Punk Rock|  
[MUSC 2320](/search/?P=MUSC%202320 "MUSC 2320")| 40,000 Years of Music
Technology|  
[MUSC 2336](/search/?P=MUSC%202336 "MUSC 2336")| The Festival Experience|  
[MUSC 2340](/search/?P=MUSC%202340 "MUSC 2340")| Divas, DJs, and Double
Standards|  
[MUSC 2351](/search/?P=MUSC%202351 "MUSC 2351")| Music, Sound, and the Screen|  
[MUSC 2380](/search/?P=MUSC%202380 "MUSC 2380")| The World of Choral Music|  
[MUSC 3352](/search/?P=MUSC%203352 "MUSC 3352")| Sounding Human|  
[MUSC 3353](/search/?P=MUSC%203353 "MUSC 3353")| Music and the Racial
Imagination|  
[MUSC 3354](/search/?P=MUSC%203354 "MUSC 3354")| Sound and the Sacred|  
[MUSC 3360](/search/?P=MUSC%203360 "MUSC 3360")| Ethnography and the Arts|  
[MUSI 3360](/search/?P=MUSI%203360 "MUSI 3360")| Global Music Industries in
Context|  
[MUSI 3401](/search/?P=MUSI%203401 "MUSI 3401")| Hip Hop in the Music
Industry|  
_Creative_|  
Complete one of the following 4-semester-hour courses or complete four
1-semester-hour ensembles and/or lessons from the list below:|  
[MUSC 1901](/search/?P=MUSC%201901 "MUSC 1901")| Music Lessons 1|  
[MUSC 1902](/search/?P=MUSC%201902 "MUSC 1902")| Music Lessons 2|  
[MUSC 1904](/search/?P=MUSC%201904 "MUSC 1904")| Chorus|  
[MUSC 1905](/search/?P=MUSC%201905 "MUSC 1905")| Concert Band|  
[MUSC 1906](/search/?P=MUSC%201906 "MUSC 1906")| Orchestra|  
[MUSC 1907](/search/?P=MUSC%201907 "MUSC 1907")| Wind Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1911](/search/?P=MUSC%201911 "MUSC 1911")| Jazz Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1912](/search/?P=MUSC%201912 "MUSC 1912")| Rock Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1913](/search/?P=MUSC%201913 "MUSC 1913")| Blues/Rock Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1914](/search/?P=MUSC%201914 "MUSC 1914")| Create Your Own Music|  
[MUSC 1915](/search/?P=MUSC%201915 "MUSC 1915")| Chamber Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1917](/search/?P=MUSC%201917 "MUSC 1917")| Jazz Choir and Combo|  
[MUSC 1918](/search/?P=MUSC%201918 "MUSC 1918")| World Music Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1919](/search/?P=MUSC%201919 "MUSC 1919")| Fusion Ensemble|  
[MUSC 1920](/search/?P=MUSC%201920 "MUSC 1920")| Pep Band|  
[MUSC 2150](/search/?P=MUSC%202150 "MUSC 2150")| Making a Musical: Analysis,
Craft, and Creation|  
[MUSC 2208](/search/?P=MUSC%202208 "MUSC 2208")| Jazz Improvisation|  
[MUSC 2209](/search/?P=MUSC%202209 "MUSC 2209")| Conducting|  
[MUSC 2210](/search/?P=MUSC%202210 "MUSC 2210")| Introduction to Songwriting|  
[MUST 1220](/search/?P=MUST%201220 "MUST 1220")| Introduction to Music
Technology|  
[MUST 1301](/search/?P=MUST%201301 "MUST 1301")| Introduction to Composition|  
[MUST 2320](/search/?P=MUST%202320 "MUST 2320")| Sound Design|  
Music Electives|  
Complete two additional courses in music (MUSC, MUSI, or MUST). At least one must be at the 2000 level or higher. | 8  
Music Capstone|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[MUSC 4651](/search/?P=MUSC%204651 "MUSC 4651")| Music Research Capstone|  
[MUSI 4601](/search/?P=MUSI%204601 "MUSI 4601")| Seminar in Music Industry
(available as long as prerequisites have been met)|  
[MUST 4611](/search/?P=MUST%204611 "MUST 4611")| Music Technology Capstone
(available as long as prerequisites have been met)|  
If a computer science capstone is taken, complete one additional course in
music (MUSC, MUSI, or MUST) at the 2000 level or higher.|  
## Integrative Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction|  
[MUSC 2320](/search/?P=MUSC%202320 "MUSC 2320")| 40,000 Years of Music
Technology|  
[MUSC 3352](/search/?P=MUSC%203352 "MUSC 3352")| Sounding Human|  
[MUST 2431](/search/?P=MUST%202431 "MUST 2431")| Computer Music Fundamentals|  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Psychology Requirement|  
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| Foundations of Psychology| 4  
Mathematics Requirement|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
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|  
## Writing Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing|  
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing| 4  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines|  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions| 4  
or [ENGW 3314](/search/?P=ENGW%203314 "ENGW 3314")|  Advanced Writing in the
Arts, Media, and Design  
or [ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")|  Interdisciplinary
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 24 semester hours of general electives.| 24  
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * 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.
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## Music Major Grade Requirement
Students must maintain at least a 2.667 GPA (B– average) in the requirements
of the music half of the combined major and also complete all required music
courses with grades of at least C. Students who fail to meet the above
standards will be placed on departmental probation; those who remain on
probation for two consecutive semesters will be dropped from the major.
## Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
## Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [MUSC
1000](/search/?P=MUSC%201000 "MUSC 1000")| 1| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510
"CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| [CS
3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [MUSC
1002](/search/?P=MUSC%201002 "MUSC 1002")  
and [MUSC 1003](/search/?P=MUSC%201003 "MUSC 1003")| 4| [CS
3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5|  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| Music theory elective| 4|  |   
[MUSC 1201](/search/?P=MUSC%201201 "MUSC 1201")1| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 4  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [EEAM
2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000")| 1| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| [PSYC
1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
Music in context elective 1| 4|  |  |   
Music in context elective 2| 4|  |  |   
Elective| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| [ENGW
3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3314](/search/?P=ENGW%203314
"ENGW 3314"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4  
Music in context elective 3| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
Khoury elective 1| 4|  |  |   
Elective| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500") or [ 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4| [MUSC 4651](/search/?P=MUSC%204651 "MUSC 4651")| 4|  |   
Khoury elective 2| 4| Computing and social issues| 4|  |   
Music elective 1| 4| Music elective 2| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 130  
1
Indicates course must be taken in the term listed.