## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The data science and journalism combined major offers students an opportunity
to gain the skills to be able to engage in both the print and digital worlds
of journalism. Students study the collection, manipulation, storage,
retrieval, and computational analysis of data in its various forms, including
numeric, textual, image, and video data. Combined with learning the
principles, practices, and responsibilities of journalism, students can
extract meaning from massive information flows and utilize it in effective
investigative reporting.
* * *
  * 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.
## Data Science Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computer Science Overview|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [JRNL 1000](/search/?P=JRNL%201000 "JRNL 1000")|  Journalism 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  
Programming Sequence Pathways |   
Choose one of the two options:| 12  
_Computer Science Option_|  
[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|  
[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|  
[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|  
_Data Science Option_|  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| Programming with Data  
and Data Science Programming Practicum|  
[DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500 "DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| Intermediate Programming with
Data  
and Lab for DS 2500|  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| Advanced Programming with Data|  
Computer Science Required 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 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| Introduction to Databases| 4  
[CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data
and Digital Technologies| 4  
Data Science Foundations|  
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| Foundations of Data Science| 4  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| Information Presentation and
Visualization| 4  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| Large-Scale Information Storage and
Retrieval| 4  
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 1|
4  
[DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 2|
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 4 semester hours of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already
required. Choose courses within the following ranges:| 4  
[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|  
## Journalism Major Requirements
Students transferring from outside institutions must complete a minimum of
five 4-semester-hour journalism courses at Northeastern, and these must
include:
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[JRNL 2201](/search/?P=JRNL%202201 "JRNL 2201")| Journalism 2: Intermediate
Reporting|  
[JRNL 2301](/search/?P=JRNL%202301 "JRNL 2301")| Visual Storytelling in
Journalism|  
[JRNL 4650](/search/?P=JRNL%204650 "JRNL 4650")| Ethics and Diversity in the
News Media|  
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Journalism Courses|  
A grade of C or higher is required:|  
[JRNL 1101](/search/?P=JRNL%201101 "JRNL 1101")  
and [JRNL 1102](/search/?P=JRNL%201102 "JRNL 1102")| Journalism 1:
Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing  
and Journalist’s Toolbox| 5  
[JRNL 2201](/search/?P=JRNL%202201 "JRNL 2201")| Journalism 2: Intermediate
Reporting| 4  
[JRNL 2301](/search/?P=JRNL%202301 "JRNL 2301")| Visual Storytelling in
Journalism| 4  
[JRNL 3610](/search/?P=JRNL%203610 "JRNL 3610")| Digital Storytelling and
Social Media| 4  
Required Journalism|  
[JRNL 1150](/search/?P=JRNL%201150 "JRNL 1150")| Understanding Today’s News| 4  
[JRNL 3550](/search/?P=JRNL%203550 "JRNL 3550")| The First Amendment and the
Media| 4  
[JRNL 4650](/search/?P=JRNL%204650 "JRNL 4650")| Ethics and Diversity in the
News Media| 4  
Journalism Electives|  
Complete three JRNL courses.| 12  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Mathematics Requirement|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
Statistics Foundation|  
[ECON 2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| Statistics for Economists| 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|  
This course already fulfills a Journalism requirement above.|  
[JRNL 2301](/search/?P=JRNL%202301 "JRNL 2301")| Visual Storytelling in
Journalism|  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[JRNL 3700](/search/?P=JRNL%203700 "JRNL 3700")| Data Storytelling|  
[JRNL 5500](/search/?P=JRNL%205500 "JRNL 5500")| Coding for Digital
Storytelling|  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 20 semester hours of general electives.| 20  
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Employing Ethical Reasoning
  * 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 cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, IS courses
## Journalism GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in all JRNL courses
## Program Requirement
131 total semester hours required
## Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [JRNL
1000](/search/?P=JRNL%201000 "JRNL 1000")| 1| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200
"CS 3200")| 4| [DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [DS
2500](/search/?P=DS%202500 "DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| [MATH
1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4| Elective| 4  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [JRNL
1101](/search/?P=JRNL%201101 "JRNL 1101")  
and [JRNL 1102](/search/?P=JRNL%201102 "JRNL 1102")| 5|  |   
[JRNL 1150](/search/?P=JRNL%201150 "JRNL 1150")| 4| [JRNL 3550](/search/?P=JRNL%203550 "JRNL 3550")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 18|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4| [CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210
"CS 1210") or [EEAM 2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000")| 1| [ECON
2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| 4| Co-op| 0  
[JRNL 2201](/search/?P=JRNL%202201 "JRNL 2201")| 4| [DS
4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| 4| Elective| 4|  
[JRNL 2301](/search/?P=JRNL%202301 "JRNL 2301")| 4| [DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4|  |   
Computing and social issues| 4| [JRNL 3610](/search/?P=JRNL%203610 "JRNL 3610")| 4|  |   
| [JRNL 3700](/search/?P=JRNL%203700 "JRNL 3700") or [ 5500](/search/?P=JRNL%205500 "JRNL 5500")| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| 0| [DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4| Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
| [JRNL 4650](/search/?P=JRNL%204650 "JRNL 4650")| 4| Elective| 4|  
| JRNL elective 1| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| 4|  |   
| [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
| JRNL elective 2| 4|  |   
| JRNL elective 3| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 133  
## 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 [JRNL
1000](/search/?P=JRNL%201000 "JRNL 1000")| 1| [DS 2500](/search/?P=DS%202500
"DS 2500")  
and [DS 2501](/search/?P=DS%202501 "DS 2501")| 5| [DS
3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ECON
2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| 4| [MATH
1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4| Elective| 4  
[DS 2000](/search/?P=DS%202000 "DS 2000")  
and [DS 2001](/search/?P=DS%202001 "DS 2001")| 4| [JRNL
1101](/search/?P=JRNL%201101 "JRNL 1101")  
and [JRNL 1102](/search/?P=JRNL%201102 "JRNL 1102")| 5|  |   
[JRNL 1150](/search/?P=JRNL%201150 "JRNL 1150")| 4| [JRNL 3550](/search/?P=JRNL%203550 "JRNL 3550")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 18|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| Elective| 4  
[DS 3500](/search/?P=DS%203500 "DS 3500")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[JRNL 2201](/search/?P=JRNL%202201 "JRNL 2201")| 4|  |  |   
[JRNL 2301](/search/?P=JRNL%202301 "JRNL 2301")| 4|  |  |   
Computing and social issues| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| 4| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| Khoury
Elective| 4  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[JRNL 3610](/search/?P=JRNL%203610 "JRNL 3610")| 4|  |  |   
[JRNL 3700](/search/?P=JRNL%203700 "JRNL 3700")| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| 4| [CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| 4|  |   
[JRNL 4650](/search/?P=JRNL%204650 "JRNL 4650")| 4| [DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| 4|  |   
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| JRNL elective 2| 4|  |   
JRNL elective 1| 4| JRNL elective 3| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 133