## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and theatre combined major is ideal for creative students
who love technology as a means to expand what is possible in the performing
arts. This major combines a strong foundation in computing with the
opportunity to acquire a deep knowledge of theatre through curriculum that
spans design, performance, and the production of innovative forms of theatre,
including interactive media, computer graphics, human-computer interaction,
and more.
It offers both classroom and experiential learning on the creative, social,
and technological relationship between theatre 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 Requirements
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 [THTR 1000](/search/?P=THTR%201000 "THTR 1000")|  Theatre 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  
[CS 4550](/search/?P=CS%204550 "CS 4550")| Web Development| 4  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction| 4  
Khoury Elective Courses|  
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](/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|  
## Theatre Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Theatre|  
A grade of C or higher is required for all THTR and INAM courses.|  
Foundational Courses|  
[INAM 2000](/search/?P=INAM%202000 "INAM 2000")| Ethics in Creativity| 4  
[THTR 1101](/search/?P=THTR%201101 "THTR 1101")| Introduction to Theatre| 4  
[THTR 1120](/search/?P=THTR%201120 "THTR 1120")| Acting 1| 4  
[THTR 1131](/search/?P=THTR%201131 "THTR 1131")| Introduction to Technical
Theatre| 4  
[THTR 1270](/search/?P=THTR%201270 "THTR 1270")| Introduction to Theatrical
Design| 4  
[THTR 3325](/search/?P=THTR%203325 "THTR 3325")| Dramaturgical Inquiry| 4  
Making Theatre|  
[THTR 1100](/search/?P=THTR%201100 "THTR 1100")| Production Experience 1| 1  
[THTR 2000](/search/?P=THTR%202000 "THTR 2000")| Production Experience 2| 1  
Texts, Community, & Social Context|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[INAM 1300](/search/?P=INAM%201300 "INAM 1300")  
and [INAM 1301](/search/?P=INAM%201301 "INAM 1301")| The Politics of Narrative
in Theatre  
and The Politics of Narrative in Theatre Seminar|  
[THTR 1215](/search/?P=THTR%201215 "THTR 1215")| Activism and Performance|  
[THTR 1220](/search/?P=THTR%201220 "THTR 1220")| Race, Power, and Performance|  
[THTR 1400](/search/?P=THTR%201400 "THTR 1400")| Documentary Theatre Project|  
[THTR 2200](/search/?P=THTR%202200 "THTR 2200")| The American Black Theatre
Experience|  
[THTR 2340](/search/?P=THTR%202340 "THTR 2340")| Theatre and Society|  
[THTR 2500](/search/?P=THTR%202500 "THTR 2500")| Breaking the Glass Ceiling:
Women in Theatre|  
[THTR 2983](/search/?P=THTR%202983 "THTR 2983")| Topics in Theatre History and
Culture|  
[THTR 3100](/search/?P=THTR%203100 "THTR 3100")| Creative Storytelling for
Social Engagement|  
[THTR 3200](/search/?P=THTR%203200 "THTR 3200")| Queer Theatre and
Performance|  
[THTR 3650](/search/?P=THTR%203650 "THTR 3650")| Performing Theory|  
Electives|  
Complete two of the following:| 8  
[THTR 2200](/search/?P=THTR%202200 "THTR 2200")| The American Black Theatre
Experience|  
[THTR 2310](/search/?P=THTR%202310 "THTR 2310")| History of Musical Theatre|  
[THTR 2330](/search/?P=THTR%202330 "THTR 2330")| Playwriting|  
[THTR 2335](/search/?P=THTR%202335 "THTR 2335")| Boston Theatre Experience|  
[THTR 2340](/search/?P=THTR%202340 "THTR 2340")| Theatre and Society|  
[THTR 2342](/search/?P=THTR%202342 "THTR 2342")| Acting 2|  
[THTR 2345](/search/?P=THTR%202345 "THTR 2345")| Acting for the Camera|  
[THTR 2346](/search/?P=THTR%202346 "THTR 2346")| Viewpoints|  
[THTR 2380](/search/?P=THTR%202380 "THTR 2380")| Costume Design|  
[THTR 2385](/search/?P=THTR%202385 "THTR 2385")| Fashion Construction and
Pattern Making|  
[THTR 2400](/search/?P=THTR%202400 "THTR 2400")| Scenic Design|  
[THTR 2500](/search/?P=THTR%202500 "THTR 2500")| Breaking the Glass Ceiling:
Women in Theatre|  
[THTR 2600](/search/?P=THTR%202600 "THTR 2600")| Voice and Speech Training|  
[THTR 2983](/search/?P=THTR%202983 "THTR 2983")| Topics in Theatre History and
Culture|  
[THTR 2993](/search/?P=THTR%202993 "THTR 2993")| Topics in Dance|  
[THTR 3100](/search/?P=THTR%203100 "THTR 3100")| Creative Storytelling for
Social Engagement|  
[THTR 3200](/search/?P=THTR%203200 "THTR 3200")| Queer Theatre and
Performance|  
[THTR 3400](/search/?P=THTR%203400 "THTR 3400")| Stage Combat|  
[THTR 3550](/search/?P=THTR%203550 "THTR 3550")| Directing for the Stage|  
[THTR 3650](/search/?P=THTR%203650 "THTR 3650")| Performing Theory|  
[THTR 3670](/search/?P=THTR%203670 "THTR 3670")| Mixed-Media Performance Lab|  
[THTR 4345](/search/?P=THTR%204345 "THTR 4345")| Advanced Acting for the
Camera|  
[THTR 5300](/search/?P=THTR%205300 "THTR 5300")| Devised Theatre Project|  
[THTR 5700](/search/?P=THTR%205700 "THTR 5700")| Design for Immersive
Performance|  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[THTR 2370](/search/?P=THTR%202370 "THTR 2370")| Lighting Design| 4  
[THTR 4702](/search/?P=THTR%204702 "THTR 4702")| Capstone: Creative Practice
Research Project| 4  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Mathematics|  
[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|  
## 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  
## Computer Science and Theatre Combined Major Credit Requirement
A minimum of 89 semester hours is required in the major.
## Combined Major GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA in all CS, CY, DS, IS courses
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Exploring Creative Expression and Innovation
  * Interpreting Culture
  * 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.
## Program Requirement
133 semester hours required
## Sample Pattern, 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| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CS
3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341
"MATH 1341")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |   
[THTR 1101](/search/?P=THTR%201101 "THTR 1101")| 4| [THTR 1131](/search/?P=THTR%201131 "THTR 1131")| 4|  |   
[THTR 1120](/search/?P=THTR%201120 "THTR 1120")| 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 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[INAM 2000](/search/?P=INAM%202000 "INAM 2000")| 4|  |  |   
[THTR 1100](/search/?P=THTR%201100 "THTR 1100")| 1|  |  |   
[THTR 1270](/search/?P=THTR%201270 "THTR 1270")| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective (1/2)| 4|  |  |   
| 18|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 4550](/search/?P=CS%204550 "CS 4550")| 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  
[THTR 2000](/search/?P=THTR%202000 "THTR 2000")| 1|  |  | Elective| 4  
[THTR 3325](/search/?P=THTR%203325 "THTR 3325")| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective (2/2)| 4|  |  |   
THTR Text, Community, & Social Context Course| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 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| [THTR 4702](/search/?P=THTR%204702 "THTR 4702")| 4|  |   
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4| Computing and social issues| 4|  |   
THTR Elective| 4| Integrative requirement| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| THTR Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 136  
## 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
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
3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 4| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341
"MATH 1341")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |   
[THTR 1101](/search/?P=THTR%201101 "THTR 1101")| 4| [THTR 1131](/search/?P=THTR%201131 "THTR 1131")| 4|  |   
[THTR 1120](/search/?P=THTR%201120 "THTR 1120")| 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")| 1| Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
[INAM 2000](/search/?P=INAM%202000 "INAM 2000")| 4| [CS 4550](/search/?P=CS%204550 "CS 4550")| 4| Elective | 4|   
[THTR 1100](/search/?P=THTR%201100 "THTR 1100")| 1| [THTR 2000](/search/?P=THTR%202000 "THTR 2000")| 1|  |   
[THTR 1270](/search/?P=THTR%201270 "THTR 1270")| 4| [THTR 3325](/search/?P=THTR%203325 "THTR 3325")| 4|  |   
Khoury elective (1/2)| 4| Khoury elective (2/2)| 4|  |   
| THTR Text, Community & Social Context| 4|  |   
| 18|  | 18|  | 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| [ENGW
3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3314](/search/?P=ENGW%203314
"ENGW 3314"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4| Co-op| 0  
| [IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4| Elective| 4|  
| THTR Elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [THTR 4702](/search/?P=THTR%204702 "THTR 4702")| 4|  |   
| Computing and social issues| 4|  |   
| Integrative requirement| 4|  |   
| THTR Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 136