## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The combined major in Computer Science and Design integrates a strong
programming foundation with the practice of understanding humans, their
surrounding contexts and systems, and designing alternative futures. Students
focus on the fundamentals of program design, software development, computer
organization, systems and networks, theories of computation, principles of
languages, and advanced algorithms and data for developing digital interfaces
and applications that allow audiences to take an active role to achieve
meaningful goals.
The program also offers students a choice of a design option: Experience
Design, a holistic and integrative approach that focuses on the quality of the
human experience in concrete situations; Graphic Design, the integration of
text and image to communicate critical concepts; Information Design, the
visualization and physicalization of data to enhance human understanding of
complex knowledge, or Interaction Design: the creation navigable interfaces
and systems that allow audiences to take an active role to achieve meaningful
goals.
* * *
  * 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 [ARTF 1000](/search/?P=ARTF%201000 "ARTF 1000")|  Art and Design 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 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  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction| 4  
Computer Science Elective Courses|  
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and
appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division
electives.|  
Complete 8 semester hours 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|  
[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|  
## Design Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Art + Design Fundamentals Required|  
[ARTF 1220](/search/?P=ARTF%201220 "ARTF 1220")| Elements of Visual
Composition (with optional [ARTF 1221](/search/?P=ARTF%201221 "ARTF 1221"))| 2  
Art + Design Fundamentals Electives|  
Complete three of the following:| 6  
[ARTF 1200](/search/?P=ARTF%201200 "ARTF 1200")| Representational Drawing|  
[ARTF 1210](/search/?P=ARTF%201210 "ARTF 1210")| Abstract Drawing|  
[ARTF 1230](/search/?P=ARTF%201230 "ARTF 1230")  
and [ARTF 1231](/search/?P=ARTF%201231 "ARTF 1231")| Making with Form and
Materials  
and Making with Form and Materials Tools|  
[ARTF 1240](/search/?P=ARTF%201240 "ARTF 1240")  
and [ARTF 1241](/search/?P=ARTF%201241 "ARTF 1241")| Making with Video, Sound,
and Animation  
and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools|  
[ARTF 1250](/search/?P=ARTF%201250 "ARTF 1250")  
and [ARTF 1251](/search/?P=ARTF%201251 "ARTF 1251")| Designing Interactive
Experiences  
and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools|  
Design Required|  
[ARTG 1001](/search/?P=ARTG%201001 "ARTG 1001")  
and [ARTG 1002](/search/?P=ARTG%201002 "ARTG 1002")| Design Perspectives: An
Introduction to Design in the World  
and Seminar for Design Perspectives| 4  
[ARTG 1270](/search/?P=ARTG%201270 "ARTG 1270")  
and [ARTG 1271](/search/?P=ARTG%201271 "ARTG 1271")| Design: Process +
Practices  
and Studio for Design: Process + Practices| 4  
[ARTG 1290](/search/?P=ARTG%201290 "ARTG 1290")  
and [ARTG 1291](/search/?P=ARTG%201291 "ARTG 1291")| Typographic Systems  
and Studio for Typographic Systems| 4  
Design Elective|  
Complete any one ARTG course, as long as prerequisites have been met and that
is not used to fulfill other requirements of the program. [ARTG
2262](/search/?P=ARTG%202262 "ARTG 2262") and [ARTG
2263](/search/?P=ARTG%202263 "ARTG 2263") are recommended.  1| 4  
Art + Design History Elective|  
Complete any one ARTH course. [ARTH 1001](/search/?P=ARTH%201001 "ARTH 1001") Visual Intelligence and [ARTH 1002](/search/?P=ARTH%201002 "ARTH 1002") Seminar in Visual Intelligence is recommended to fulfill this requirement | 4  
Art + Design Elective|  
Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF(4SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, or GAME course as
long as prerequisites have been met.| 4  
Degree Capstone Project|  
[ARTG 4550](/search/?P=ARTG%204550 "ARTG 4550")| Design Degree Project| 4  
1
In place of Prototyping with Code ([ARTG 2262](/search/?P=ARTG%202262
"ARTG 2262")) and Lab for ARTG 2262 ([ARTG 2263](/search/?P=ARTG%202263
"ARTG 2263")), Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals ([ARTG
5330](/search/?P=ARTG%205330 "ARTG 5330")) is recommended for students
considering the Plus One pathway to a graduate program in Information Design
and Data Visualization.
## Design Option
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete one of the following options:| 8  
Experience Design Option|  
[ARTG 3462](/search/?P=ARTG%203462 "ARTG 3462")| Experience Design Principles|  
[ARTG 3464](/search/?P=ARTG%203464 "ARTG 3464")| Topics In Experience Design
Inquiry|  
Graphic Design Option|  
[ARTG 2252](/search/?P=ARTG%202252 "ARTG 2252")| Graphic Design Principles|  
[ARTG 3452](/search/?P=ARTG%203452 "ARTG 3452")| Topics In Graphic Design
Inquiry|  
Information Design Option|  
[ARTG 2242](/search/?P=ARTG%202242 "ARTG 2242")| Information Design
Principles|  
[ARTG 3444](/search/?P=ARTG%203444 "ARTG 3444")| Topics in Information Design
Inquiry 2|  
Interaction Design Option|  
[ARTG 2400](/search/?P=ARTG%202400 "ARTG 2400")| Interaction Design Principles
(with optional [ARTG 2401](/search/?P=ARTG%202401 "ARTG 2401"))|  
[ARTG 3400](/search/?P=ARTG%203400 "ARTG 3400")| Topics In Interaction Design
Inquiry|  
2
Instead of ARTG 3444, ARTG 5100 is recommended for students considering the
Plus One in Information Design and Data Visualization.
## Degree-Focused Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete two courses from the following lists:| 8  
_Art + Design_|  
Complete any ARTG course as long as prerequisites have been met. If [ARTG
5000](/search/?P=ARTG%205000 "ARTG 5000") (or any other topics course in the
subject listed) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be
allowed toward the electives.|  
_Psychology_|  
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| Foundations of Psychology|  
[PSYC 3452](/search/?P=PSYC%203452 "PSYC 3452")| Sensation and Perception|  
[PSYC 3464](/search/?P=PSYC%203464 "PSYC 3464")| Psychology of Language|  
[PSYC 3466](/search/?P=PSYC%203466 "PSYC 3466")| Cognition|  
_Computer Science_|  
[CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| Introduction to Databases|  
[CS 3520](/search/?P=CS%203520 "CS 3520")| Programming in C++|  
[CS 3540](/search/?P=CS%203540 "CS 3540")| Game Programming|  
[CS 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| Computer Systems|  
[CS 3800](/search/?P=CS%203800 "CS 3800")| Theory of Computation|  
[CS 4100](/search/?P=CS%204100 "CS 4100")| Artificial Intelligence|  
[CS 4150](/search/?P=CS%204150 "CS 4150")| Game Artificial Intelligence|  
[CS 4300](/search/?P=CS%204300 "CS 4300")| Computer Graphics|  
[CS 4400](/search/?P=CS%204400 "CS 4400")| Programming Languages|  
[CS 4520](/search/?P=CS%204520 "CS 4520")| Mobile Application Development|  
[CS 4550](/search/?P=CS%204550 "CS 4550")| Web Development|  
[CS 4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700")| Network Fundamentals|  
[CS 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730 "CS 4730")| Distributed Systems|  
[CS 4850](/search/?P=CS%204850 "CS 4850")| Building Game Engines|  
[CS 4991](/search/?P=CS%204991 "CS 4991")| Research|  
[CS 4992](/search/?P=CS%204992 "CS 4992")| Directed Study|  
[DS 3000](/search/?P=DS%203000 "DS 3000")| Foundations of Data Science|  
[DS 4200](/search/?P=DS%204200 "DS 4200")| Information Presentation and
Visualization|  
[DS 4300](/search/?P=DS%204300 "DS 4300")| Large-Scale Information Storage and
Retrieval|  
[DS 4400](/search/?P=DS%204400 "DS 4400")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 1|  
[DS 4420](/search/?P=DS%204420 "DS 4420")| Machine Learning and Data Mining 2|  
[IS 2000](/search/?P=IS%202000 "IS 2000")| Principles of Information Science|  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
The following courses are used in the major but also count as the integrative
requirement:|  
[ARTG 4550](/search/?P=ARTG%204550 "ARTG 4550")| Design Degree Project|  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction|  
## 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 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
  * Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * 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 cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS and IS courses
## Computer Science and Design Major Credit Requirement
96 SH are required in the major.
## Program Requirement
129 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  
[ARTG 1001](/search/?P=ARTG%201001 "ARTG 1001")  
and [ARTG 1002](/search/?P=ARTG%201002 "ARTG 1002")| 4| [ARTG
1270](/search/?P=ARTG%201270 "ARTG 1270")  
and [ARTG 1271](/search/?P=ARTG%201271 "ARTG 1271")| 4| [CS
3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| Vacation|  
[ARTF 1220](/search/?P=ARTF%201220 "ARTF 1220") (with optional ARTF 1121)| 2|
[ARTG 1290](/search/?P=ARTG%201290 "ARTG 1290")  
and [ARTG 1291](/search/?P=ARTG%201291 "ARTG 1291")| 4| A+D Fundamentals
Elective 2| 2|  
A+D Fundamentals Elective 1| 2| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| A+D Fundamentals Elective 3|
2|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [ARTF 1000](/search/?P=ARTF%201000 "ARTF 1000")| 1| [ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |   
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5|  |  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 0  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ARTG 2262](/search/?P=ARTG%202262 "ARTG 2262")  
and [ARTG 2263](/search/?P=ARTG%202263 "ARTG 2263")| 4| Co-op | 0| Co-op | 0| Elective| 4  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [EEAM 2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000")| 1|  |  | Elective| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  |   
Design Option level 1| 4|  |  |   
Degree-focused elective 1| 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| Elective| 4  
Art+Design History elective| 4|  | [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4| Elective| 4  
Computing and social issues| 4|  |  |   
Design Option level 2| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 4|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500") or [ 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4| [ARTG 4550](/search/?P=ARTG%204550 "ARTG 4550")| 4|  |   
Art+Design elective| 4| CS elective| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| CS elective| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Degree-focused elective 2| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 130  
### Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1  
---  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ARTG 1001](/search/?P=ARTG%201001 "ARTG 1001")  
and [ARTG 1002](/search/?P=ARTG%201002 "ARTG 1002")| 4| [ARTG
1270](/search/?P=ARTG%201270 "ARTG 1270")  
and [ARTG 1271](/search/?P=ARTG%201271 "ARTG 1271")| 4| [CS
3500](/search/?P=CS%203500 "CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| Vacation|  
[ARTF 1220](/search/?P=ARTF%201220 "ARTF 1220") (with optional ARTF 1221)| 2|
[ARTG 1290](/search/?P=ARTG%201290 "ARTG 1290")  
and [ARTG 1291](/search/?P=ARTG%201291 "ARTG 1291")| 4| A+D Fundamentals
Elective 2| 2|  
A+D Fundamentals Elective 1| 2| [CS 2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| A+D Fundamentals Elective 3|
2|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [ARTF 1000](/search/?P=ARTF%201000 "ARTF 1000")| 1| [ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |   
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5|  |  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 0  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ARTG 2262](/search/?P=ARTG%202262 "ARTG 2262")  
and [ARTG 2263](/search/?P=ARTG%202263 "ARTG 2263")| 4| [CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| Elective| 4| Co-op | 0  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4| [IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300
"IS 4300")| 4| Elective| 4|  
Design Option level 1| 4| A+D History Elective| 4|  |   
Degree-focused elective 1| 4| Computing and Social Issues| 4|  |   
| Design Option level 2| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op | 0| [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4| Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
| Art + Design Elective| 4| Elective| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302
"ENGW 3302")| 4  
| Elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 4  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [ARTG 4550](/search/?P=ARTG%204550 "ARTG 4550")| 4|  |   
| CS elective| 4|  |   
| CS elective| 4|  |   
| Degree-focused elective 2| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 130