## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and English combined major focuses on the increasingly
interdisciplinary processes of creating, interpreting, and analyzing texts and
programs. Students will combine communication and critical judgment, gaining
the creativity and adaptability necessary to utilize technology in literary
studies, and apply humanities skills to solve programming problems.
* * *
  * 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|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [ENGL 1000](/search/?P=ENGL%201000 "ENGL 1000")|  English 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  
Computing Focus|  
Students are required to complete one of the following foci (two courses
total):| 8  
_Focus 1: Natural Language Processing_|  
[CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| Theory of Computation|  
[CS 4120](/search/?P=CS%204120 "CS 4120")| Natural Language Processing|  
_Focus 2: Programming Languages_|  
[CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| Theory of Computation|  
[CS 4400](/search/?P=CS%204400 "CS 4400")| Programming Languages|  
_Focus 3: Analytics_|  
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| Foundations of Data Science|  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| Information Presentation and
Visualization|  
Computer Science/Information Science Elective Course|  
Choose one:| 4  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| Software Development|  
or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")|  Fundamentals of Software
Engineering  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000")| Principles of Information Science|  
Khoury Elective Courses|  
With adviser approval, a directed study, project study, or appropriate
graduate-level course may also be taken as an upper-division elective.|  
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|  
## English Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Foundational Courses|  
[ENGL 1400](/search/?P=ENGL%201400 "ENGL 1400")| Introduction to Literary
Studies| 4  
[ENGL 1160](/search/?P=ENGL%201160 "ENGL 1160")| Introduction to Rhetoric| 4  
or [ENGL 1410](/search/?P=ENGL%201410 "ENGL 1410")|  Introduction to Research
on Writing  
[ENGL 1700](/search/?P=ENGL%201700 "ENGL 1700")| Global Literatures 1| 4  
or [ENGL 1701](/search/?P=ENGL%201701 "ENGL 1701")|  Global Literatures 2  
## English Electives
Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000
level.
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Diversity|  
Complete one course from the following. You may reuse this course to fulfill
an additional English requirement below:| 4  
[ENGL 2296](/search/?P=ENGL%202296 "ENGL 2296")| Early African-American
Literature|  
[ENGL 2450](/search/?P=ENGL%202450 "ENGL 2450")| Postcolonial Literature|  
[ENGL 2455](/search/?P=ENGL%202455 "ENGL 2455")| American Women Writers|  
[ENGL 2470](/search/?P=ENGL%202470 "ENGL 2470")| Asian-American Literature|  
[ENGL 2760](/search/?P=ENGL%202760 "ENGL 2760")| Writing in Global Contexts|  
[ENGL 3678](/search/?P=ENGL%203678 "ENGL 3678")| Bedrooms and Battlefields:
Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity|  
[ENGL 3685](/search/?P=ENGL%203685 "ENGL 3685")| Modern and Contemporary
Jewish Literature|  
Literary Periods|  
_Pre-1850_|  
Complete one course from the following:| 4  
[ENGL 1500](/search/?P=ENGL%201500 "ENGL 1500")| British Literature to 1800|  
[ENGL 1502](/search/?P=ENGL%201502 "ENGL 1502")| American Literature to 1865|  
[ENGL 1600](/search/?P=ENGL%201600 "ENGL 1600")| Introduction to Shakespeare|  
[ENGL 2296](/search/?P=ENGL%202296 "ENGL 2296")| Early African-American
Literature|  
[ENGL 2330](/search/?P=ENGL%202330 "ENGL 2330")| The American Renaissance|  
[ENGL 3101](/search/?P=ENGL%203101 "ENGL 3101")| Early Literatures|  
[ENGL 3120](/search/?P=ENGL%203120 "ENGL 3120")| 17th- and 18th-Century
Literatures|  
[ENGL 3160](/search/?P=ENGL%203160 "ENGL 3160")| Topics in 17th- and 18th-
Century British Literatures|  
[ENGL 3619](/search/?P=ENGL%203619 "ENGL 3619")| Emerson and Thoreau|  
[ENGL 3678](/search/?P=ENGL%203678 "ENGL 3678")| Bedrooms and Battlefields:
Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity|  
or [JWSS 3678](/search/?P=JWSS%203678 "JWSS 3678")|  Bedrooms and
Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity  
[ENGL 4010](/search/?P=ENGL%204010 "ENGL 4010")| Topics in Shakespeare|  
_Post-1850_|  
Complete one of the following courses:| 4  
[ENGL 2301](/search/?P=ENGL%202301 "ENGL 2301")| The Graphic Novel|  
[ENGL 2420](/search/?P=ENGL%202420 "ENGL 2420")| Contemporary Poetry|  
[ENGL 2430](/search/?P=ENGL%202430 "ENGL 2430")| Contemporary Fiction|  
[ENGL 2440](/search/?P=ENGL%202440 "ENGL 2440")| The Modern Bestseller|  
[ENGL 2450](/search/?P=ENGL%202450 "ENGL 2450")| Postcolonial Literature|  
[ENGL 2451](/search/?P=ENGL%202451 "ENGL 2451")| Postcolonial Women Writers|  
[ENGL 2455](/search/?P=ENGL%202455 "ENGL 2455")| American Women Writers|  
[ENGL 2470](/search/?P=ENGL%202470 "ENGL 2470")| Asian-American Literature|  
[ENGL 2600](/search/?P=ENGL%202600 "ENGL 2600")| Irish Literary Culture
(Abroad)|  
[ENGL 3161](/search/?P=ENGL%203161 "ENGL 3161")| 20th- and 21st-Century
Literatures|  
[ENGL 3685](/search/?P=ENGL%203685 "ENGL 3685")| Modern and Contemporary
Jewish Literature|  
or [JWSS 3685](/search/?P=JWSS%203685 "JWSS 3685")|  Modern and Contemporary
Jewish Literature  
[ENGL 3730](/search/?P=ENGL%203730 "ENGL 3730")| 20th- and 21st-Century Major
Figure|  
Theories and Methods|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGL 1140](/search/?P=ENGL%201140 "ENGL 1140")| Grammar: The Architecture of
English|  
[ENGL 1160](/search/?P=ENGL%201160 "ENGL 1160")| Introduction to Rhetoric|  
[ENGL 1410](/search/?P=ENGL%201410 "ENGL 1410")| Introduction to Research on
Writing|  
[ENGL 1450](/search/?P=ENGL%201450 "ENGL 1450")| Reading and Writing in the
Digital Age|  
[ENGL 2510](/search/?P=ENGL%202510 "ENGL 2510")| Horror Fiction|  
[ENGL 2520](/search/?P=ENGL%202520 "ENGL 2520")| Science Fiction|  
[ENGL 2620](/search/?P=ENGL%202620 "ENGL 2620")| What Is Nature?|  
[ENGL 2690](/search/?P=ENGL%202690 "ENGL 2690")| Boston in Literature|  
[ENGL 3070](/search/?P=ENGL%203070 "ENGL 3070")| Literary Genres|  
[ENGL 3325](/search/?P=ENGL%203325 "ENGL 3325")| Rhetoric of Law|  
[ENGL 3381](/search/?P=ENGL%203381 "ENGL 3381")| The Practice and Theory of
Teaching Writing|  
[ENGL 3400](/search/?P=ENGL%203400 "ENGL 3400")| Opening the Archive|  
[ENGL 3487](/search/?P=ENGL%203487 "ENGL 3487")| Film and Text (Abroad)|  
[ENGL 3700](/search/?P=ENGL%203700 "ENGL 3700")| Narrative Medicine|  
[ENGL 4100](/search/?P=ENGL%204100 "ENGL 4100")| Topics in Literary Criticism
(reactivating for Fall 24)|  
[LING 1150](/search/?P=LING%201150 "LING 1150")| Introduction to Language and
Linguistics|  
[LING 2350](/search/?P=LING%202350 "LING 2350")| Linguistic Analysis|  
[LING 3450](/search/?P=LING%203450 "LING 3450")| Syntax|  
[LING 3452](/search/?P=LING%203452 "LING 3452")| Semantics|  
[LING 3454](/search/?P=LING%203454 "LING 3454")| History of English|  
[LING 3456](/search/?P=LING%203456 "LING 3456")| Language and Gender|  
[LING 3458](/search/?P=LING%203458 "LING 3458")| Topics in Linguistics|  
Major Seminar|  
[ENGL 3710](/search/?P=ENGL%203710 "ENGL 3710")| Major Seminar| 4  
Writing|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGL 2700](/search/?P=ENGL%202700 "ENGL 2700")| Creative Writing|  
[ENGL 2710](/search/?P=ENGL%202710 "ENGL 2710")| Style and Editing|  
[ENGL 2730](/search/?P=ENGL%202730 "ENGL 2730")| Digital Writing|  
[ENGL 2740](/search/?P=ENGL%202740 "ENGL 2740")| Writing and Community
Engagement|  
[ENGL 2760](/search/?P=ENGL%202760 "ENGL 2760")| Writing in Global Contexts|  
[ENGL 2770](/search/?P=ENGL%202770 "ENGL 2770")| Writing to Heal|  
[ENGL 2850](/search/?P=ENGL%202850 "ENGL 2850")| Writing for Social Media:
Theory and Practice|  
[ENGL 3375](/search/?P=ENGL%203375 "ENGL 3375")| Writing Boston|  
[ENGL 3376](/search/?P=ENGL%203376 "ENGL 3376")| Creative Nonfiction|  
[ENGL 3377](/search/?P=ENGL%203377 "ENGL 3377")| Poetry Workshop|  
[ENGL 3378](/search/?P=ENGL%203378 "ENGL 3378")| Fiction Workshop|  
[ENGL 3380](/search/?P=ENGL%203380 "ENGL 3380")| Writing Seminar|  
[ENGL 3384](/search/?P=ENGL%203384 "ENGL 3384")| The Writer’s Marketplace|  
English Electives|  
Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill
another requirement.| 8  
## Capstone
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[ENGL 4710](/search/?P=ENGL%204710 "ENGL 4710")| Capstone Seminar| 4  
## Integrative Course Requirement
This course will not be allowed to double-count in the Theories and Methods
section above.
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[ENGL 3340](/search/?P=ENGL%203340 "ENGL 3340")| Technologies of Text| 4  
or [HIST 1357](/search/?P=HIST%201357 "HIST 1357")|  History of Information in
the United States: Media, Technology, Law  
## Supporting Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
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 Writing 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 course from the following:| 4  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions|  
[ENGW 3309](/search/?P=ENGW%203309 "ENGW 3309")| Advanced Writing in the
Humanities|  
[ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| Interdisciplinary Advanced
Writing in the Disciplines|  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 28 semester hours 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
  * Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  * 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
137 total semester hours required
## 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")| 1| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510
"CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| [CS
3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| [CS
3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ENGL
1160](/search/?P=ENGL%201160 "ENGL 1160") or [ 1410](/search/?P=ENGL%201410
"ENGL 1410")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| Pre-1850 Literature| 4|  |   
[ENGL 1400](/search/?P=ENGL%201400 "ENGL 1400")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 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  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[ENGL 1700](/search/?P=ENGL%201700 "ENGL 1700") or [ 1701](/search/?P=ENGL%201701 "ENGL 1701")| 4|  |  |   
Post-1850 Literature| 4|  |  |   
ENGL Theories & Methods| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ENGL 3340](/search/?P=ENGL%203340 "ENGL 3340") or [HIST
1357](/search/?P=HIST%201357 "HIST 1357")| 4| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| Elective| 4  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000"), [CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500"), or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4|  | [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3309](/search/?P=ENGW%203309 "ENGW 3309"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4| Elective| 4  
[ENGL 3710](/search/?P=ENGL%203710 "ENGL 3710")| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 4|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Computing & Social Issues| 4| [ENGL 4710](/search/?P=ENGL%204710 "ENGL 4710")| 4|  |   
Computing Focus 1| 4| Computing Focus 2| 4|  |   
English Elective 1| 4| English Diversity Requirement| 4|  |   
English Elective 2| 4| Writing Requirement| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 138  
### 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")| 1| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510
"CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| [CS
3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| [CS
3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ENGL
1160](/search/?P=ENGL%201160 "ENGL 1160") or [ 1410](/search/?P=ENGL%201410
"ENGL 1410")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| Pre-1850 Literature| 4|  |   
[ENGL 1400](/search/?P=ENGL%201400 "ENGL 1400")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210
"CS 1210")| 1| Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
[ENGL 1700](/search/?P=ENGL%201700 "ENGL 1700") or [
1701](/search/?P=ENGL%201701 "ENGL 1701")| 4| [ENGL
3340](/search/?P=ENGL%203340 "ENGL 3340") or [HIST
1357](/search/?P=HIST%201357 "HIST 1357")| 4| Elective| 4|  
Post-1850 Literature| 4| [IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000"), [CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500"), or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530") (or English Category or Elective)| 4|  |   
ENGL Theories & Methods| 4| [ENGL 3710](/search/?P=ENGL%203710 "ENGL 3710")| 4|  |   
| Khoury elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| 0| Computing & social issues| 4| Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [
3309](/search/?P=ENGW%203309 "ENGW 3309"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315
"ENGW 3315")| 4| Computing Focus 1| 4| Elective| 4|  
| English Elective 1| 4|  |   
| English Elective 2| 4|  |   
| 4|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [ENGL 4710](/search/?P=ENGL%204710 "ENGL 4710")| 4|  |   
| Computing Focus 2| 4|  |   
| English Diversity Requirement| 4|  |   
| Writing Requirement| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 138