## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and cognitive psychology combined major provides a
foundation in general psychology, psychology of language, cognition, and
statistics—all supplemented by an experimental laboratory course, seminar
course, and psychology electives. Students who choose this program often have
a general interest in human psychology or specific interests in artificial
intelligence or human-computer interaction.
* * *
  * 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  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
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 4100](/search/?P=CS%204100 "CS 4100")| Artificial Intelligence
(Integrative course)| 4  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| Software Development (Integrative
course)| 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
(Integrative course)| 4  
Khoury Elective Courses|  
With advisor approval, a directed study, research, project study, or
appropriate graduate-level course may also be taken as a computer science
elective.|  
Complete twelve credits of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already
required. Choose courses within the following ranges:| 12  
[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|  
## Psychology Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Required Courses|  
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| Foundations of Psychology| 4  
[PSYC 3464](/search/?P=PSYC%203464 "PSYC 3464")| Psychology of Language| 4  
[PSYC 3466](/search/?P=PSYC%203466 "PSYC 3466")| Cognition| 4  
Statistics|  
Complete the following course. Students who receive transfer credit for the
Advanced Placement Statistics exam may complete the 1 SH [PSYC
2315](/search/?P=PSYC%202315 "PSYC 2315") course (requires department
approval):| 4-5  
[PSYC 2320](/search/?P=PSYC%202320 "PSYC 2320")| Statistics in Psychological
Research|  
Advanced Psychology|  
[PSYC 3452](/search/?P=PSYC%203452 "PSYC 3452")| Sensation and Perception| 4  
or [PSYC 3458](/search/?P=PSYC%203458 "PSYC 3458")|  Biological Psychology  
Laboratory in Psychology|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[PSYC 4604](/search/?P=PSYC%204604 "PSYC 4604")| Laboratory in Learning and
Motivation|  
[PSYC 4610](/search/?P=PSYC%204610 "PSYC 4610")| Laboratory in
Psycholinguistics|  
[PSYC 4612](/search/?P=PSYC%204612 "PSYC 4612")| Laboratory in Cognition|  
[PSYC 4622](/search/?P=PSYC%204622 "PSYC 4622")| Laboratory in Sensation and
Perception|  
Seminar in Psychology|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[PSYC 4658](/search/?P=PSYC%204658 "PSYC 4658")| Seminar in Psycholinguistics|  
[PSYC 4660](/search/?P=PSYC%204660 "PSYC 4660")| Seminar in Cognition|  
[PSYC 4668](/search/?P=PSYC%204668 "PSYC 4668")| Seminar in Sensation and
Perception|  
[PSYC 4674](/search/?P=PSYC%204674 "PSYC 4674")| Seminar in Cognitive
Neuroscience|  
Psychology Electives|  
Note: Courses satisfying the categories above cannot be reused.|  
Complete two of the following:| 8  
[PSYC 3402](/search/?P=PSYC%203402 "PSYC 3402")| Social Psychology|  
[PSYC 3404](/search/?P=PSYC%203404 "PSYC 3404")| Developmental Psychology|  
[PSYC 3450](/search/?P=PSYC%203450 "PSYC 3450")| Learning and Motivation|  
[PSYC 3451](/search/?P=PSYC%203451 "PSYC 3451")| Learning Principles and
Behavior Analysis|  
[PSYC 3452](/search/?P=PSYC%203452 "PSYC 3452")| Sensation and Perception|  
[PSYC 3458](/search/?P=PSYC%203458 "PSYC 3458")| Biological Psychology|  
[PSYC 4512](/search/?P=PSYC%204512 "PSYC 4512")| Neuropsychology|  
[PSYC 4524](/search/?P=PSYC%204524 "PSYC 4524")| Cognitive Development|  
[PSYC 4610](/search/?P=PSYC%204610 "PSYC 4610")| Laboratory in
Psycholinguistics|  
[PSYC 4612](/search/?P=PSYC%204612 "PSYC 4612")| Laboratory in Cognition|  
[PSYC 4622](/search/?P=PSYC%204622 "PSYC 4622")| Laboratory in Sensation and
Perception|  
[PSYC 4628](/search/?P=PSYC%204628 "PSYC 4628")| Laboratory in Developmental
Psychology|  
[PSYC 4658](/search/?P=PSYC%204658 "PSYC 4658")| Seminar in Psycholinguistics|  
[PSYC 4660](/search/?P=PSYC%204660 "PSYC 4660")| Seminar in Cognition|  
[PSYC 4668](/search/?P=PSYC%204668 "PSYC 4668")| Seminar in Sensation and
Perception|  
[PSYC 4674](/search/?P=PSYC%204674 "PSYC 4674")| Seminar in Cognitive
Neuroscience|  
[PSYC 4676](/search/?P=PSYC%204676 "PSYC 4676")| Seminar in Developmental
Psychology|  
With prior approval, directed study research and Honors Project courses can
also be counted:|  
[PSYC 4970](/search/?P=PSYC%204970 "PSYC 4970")| Junior/Senior Honors Project
1|  
[PSYC 4971](/search/?P=PSYC%204971 "PSYC 4971")| Junior/Senior Honors Project
2|  
[PSYC 4991](/search/?P=PSYC%204991 "PSYC 4991")| Directed Study Research|  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Calculus|  
[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 3307](/search/?P=ENGW%203307 "ENGW 3307")|  Advanced Writing in the
Sciences  
or [ENGW 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")|  Interdisciplinary
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 32 semester hours of general electives.| 32  
## 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
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * 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 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| [PSYC
3466](/search/?P=PSYC%203466 "PSYC 3466")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| Elective| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| 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  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[PSYC 3464](/search/?P=PSYC%203464 "PSYC 3464")| 4|  |  |   
Computing and social issues| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500") or [ 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530
"CS 4530")| 4| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302
"ENGW 3302")| 4  
[PSYC 2320](/search/?P=PSYC%202320 "PSYC 2320")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[PSYC 3452](/search/?P=PSYC%203452 "PSYC 3452") or [ 3458](/search/?P=PSYC%203458 "PSYC 3458")| 4|  |  |   
PSYC elective| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4| [CS 4100](/search/?P=CS%204100 "CS 4100")| 4|  |   
PSYC lab| 4| PSYC Seminar| 4|  |   
PSYC elective| 4| Khoury elective| 4|  |   
Khoury elective| 4| 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")| 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| [PSYC
3466](/search/?P=PSYC%203466 "PSYC 3466")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| Elective| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| Elective| 4|  |   
[PSYC 1101](/search/?P=PSYC%201101 "PSYC 1101")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4| [CS
1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| 1| Khoury Elective| 4| Co-op| 0  
[PSYC 3464](/search/?P=PSYC%203464 "PSYC 3464")| 4| [IS
4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4| Elective| 4|  
Computing and social issues| 4| [PSYC 2320](/search/?P=PSYC%202320 "PSYC 2320")| 4|  |   
Khoury Elective| 4| [PSYC 3452](/search/?P=PSYC%203452 "PSYC 3452") or [ 3458](/search/?P=PSYC%203458 "PSYC 3458")| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| 0| PSYC lab elective| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302
"ENGW 3302") or [ 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4| Co-op| 0  
| PSYC Seminar| 4| Elective| 4|  
| PSYC elective| 4|  |   
| PSYC elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [CS 4100](/search/?P=CS%204100 "CS 4100")| 4|  |   
| [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4|  |   
| Khoury elective| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134