## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and philosophy combined major offers an opportunity to
obtain a fluency in formal logic, including logical proofs and the ability to
represent arguments clearly and evaluate them for cogency. Students will find
that logic plays a fundamental role in computer science as they experience an
in-depth programming foundation. The philosophy curriculum also focuses on
oral and written communication, as well as ethical and social issues related
to computing and information technologies.
* * *
  * 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 [PHIL 1000](/search/?P=PHIL%201000 "PHIL 1000")|  Philosophy 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 2800](/search/?P=CS%202800 "CS 2800")| Logic and Computation| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| Algorithms and Data| 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 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| Theory of Computation| 4  
[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 Elective|  
With adviser approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be be taken for upper-division electives. |   
Complete 8 semester hours of upper-division 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|  
## Philosophy Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Philosophy Required Courses|  
[PHIL 1115](/search/?P=PHIL%201115 "PHIL 1115")| Introduction to Logic| 4  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| Technology and Human Values|
4  
[PHIL 2325](/search/?P=PHIL%202325 "PHIL 2325")| Ancient Philosophy and
Political Thought| 4  
or [POLS 2325](/search/?P=POLS%202325 "POLS 2325")|  Ancient Philosophy and
Political Thought  
or [PHIL 2330](/search/?P=PHIL%202330 "PHIL 2330")|  Modern Philosophy  
[PHIL 4515](/search/?P=PHIL%204515 "PHIL 4515")| Advanced Deductive Logic| 4  
[PHIL 5005](/search/?P=PHIL%205005 "PHIL 5005")| Information Ethics| 4  
or [PHIL 5010](/search/?P=PHIL%205010 "PHIL 5010")|  AI Ethics  
or [PHIL 4050](/search/?P=PHIL%204050 "PHIL 4050")|  Artificial Intelligence
and Society  
Critical Philosophy Elective|  
Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:| 4  
[PHIL 1104](/search/?P=PHIL%201104 "PHIL 1104")| Goddesses, Witches, Saints,
and Sinners: Women and Religion|  
[PHIL 1271](/search/?P=PHIL%201271 "PHIL 1271")| Sex in Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam|  
[PHIL 2155](/search/?P=PHIL%202155 "PHIL 2155")| Human Rights|  
[PHIL 2492](/search/?P=PHIL%202492 "PHIL 2492")| Indigenous Philosophy|  
[PHIL 2619](/search/?P=PHIL%202619 "PHIL 2619")| Race and Religion in Film|  
[PHIL 3500](/search/?P=PHIL%203500 "PHIL 3500")| Sexuality, Gender, and the
Law|  
[PHIL 3822](/search/?P=PHIL%203822 "PHIL 3822")| Philosophy of Race and
Racism|  
Philosophy Electives|  
Take three additional PHIL courses not used to fulfill another requirement, at
least one of which is 4000 or above.| 12  
## Integrative Course Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
These courses will double count in other areas of your major:|  
[CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| Theory of Computation|  
[PHIL 4515](/search/?P=PHIL%204515 "PHIL 4515")| Advanced Deductive Logic|  
## 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 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 44 semester hours of general electives.| 44  
## 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
  * Writing-Intensive in the Major
  * Interpreting Culture
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * Employing Ethical Reasoning
  * Writing in the First Year
  * Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
  * Students must arrange to take a NUpath capstone using either a course in CS, CY, DS, IS or PHIL, or as a general elective.
Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-
op.
## Program Requirement
133 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") or [PHIL
1000](/search/?P=PHIL%201000 "PHIL 1000")| 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| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
2800](/search/?P=CS%202800 "CS 2800")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [PHIL 2325](/search/?P=PHIL%202325 "PHIL 2325"), [POLS 2325](/search/?P=POLS%202325 "POLS 2325"), or [PHIL 2330](/search/?P=PHIL%202330 "PHIL 2330")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[PHIL 1115](/search/?P=PHIL%201115 "PHIL 1115")| 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") or [EESH 2000](/search/?P=EESH%202000 "EESH 2000")| 1| Co-op| | Co-op| | Elective| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| 4|  |  |   
PHIL elective 1| 4|  |  |   
Elective| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Khoury Elective| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3309](/search/?P=ENGW%203309 "ENGW 3309"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4  
PHIL Elective 2| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
PHIL Elective 3| 4|  |  |   
Elective | 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| 4| [PHIL 4515](/search/?P=PHIL%204515 "PHIL 4515")| 4|  |   
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500") or [ 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4| [PHIL 5005](/search/?P=PHIL%205005 "PHIL 5005"), [ 5010](/search/?P=PHIL%205010 "PHIL 5010"), or [ 4050](/search/?P=PHIL%204050 "PHIL 4050")| 4|  |   
Critical Philosophy Elective| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Khoury Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134  
### 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 [PHIL
1000](/search/?P=PHIL%201000 "PHIL 1000")| 1| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510
"CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| [CS
3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
2800](/search/?P=CS%202800 "CS 2800")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [PHIL 2325](/search/?P=PHIL%202325 "PHIL 2325"), [POLS 2325](/search/?P=POLS%202325 "POLS 2325"), or [PHIL 2330](/search/?P=PHIL%202330 "PHIL 2330")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[PHIL 1115](/search/?P=PHIL%201115 "PHIL 1115")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 8|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[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") or [EESH 2000](/search/?P=EESH%202000
"EESH 2000")| 1| Elective| 4| Co-op|  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| 4| Khoury Elective| 4|
Elective| 4|  
PHIL elective 1| 4| PHIL Elective 2| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| PHIL Elective 3| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 17|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | [CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| 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| Co-op|   
| [PHIL 4515](/search/?P=PHIL%204515 "PHIL 4515")| 4| Elective| 4|  
| Khoury Elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4|  |   
| [PHIL 5005](/search/?P=PHIL%205005 "PHIL 5005"), [ 5010](/search/?P=PHIL%205010 "PHIL 5010"), or [ 4050](/search/?P=PHIL%204050 "PHIL 4050")| 4|  |   
| Critical Philosophy Elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134