## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and media arts combined major is ideal for creative
students who love technology. Students have an opportunity to acquire a solid
foundation in both fields through a curriculum that spans photography,
animation, video, database design, computer graphics, and 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|  
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 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 4300](/search/?P=CS%204300 "CS 4300")| Computer Graphics| 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  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction| 4  
Khoury 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](/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|  
## 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  
## Media Arts Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Fundamentals Required|  
[ARTF 1200](/search/?P=ARTF%201200 "ARTF 1200")| Representational Drawing| 2  
[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| 2  
Fundamentals Electives|  
Complete two of the following:| 4  
[ARTF 1210](/search/?P=ARTF%201210 "ARTF 1210")| Abstract Drawing|  
[ARTF 1220](/search/?P=ARTF%201220 "ARTF 1220")| Elements of Visual
Composition (with optional [ARTF 1221](/search/?P=ARTF%201221 "ARTF 1221"))|  
[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 1250](/search/?P=ARTF%201250 "ARTF 1250")  
and [ARTF 1251](/search/?P=ARTF%201251 "ARTF 1251")| Designing Interactive
Experiences  
and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools|  
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Media Arts Required|  
[ARTD 1001](/search/?P=ARTD%201001 "ARTD 1001")  
and [ARTD 1002](/search/?P=ARTD%201002 "ARTD 1002")| Media Art, Culture, and
Social Justice  
and Seminar for ARTD 1001| 4  
[ARTD 2100](/search/?P=ARTD%202100 "ARTD 2100")| Narrative Basics| 4  
[ARTD 3000](/search/?P=ARTD%203000 "ARTD 3000")| Topics in Media Arts| 4  
Media Arts Electives|  
Complete any seven courses as long as prerequisites have been met. At least two must be a 3000-level course: | 28-31  
_Basics_|  
[ARTD 2000](/search/?P=ARTD%202000 "ARTD 2000")| Introduction to Immersive
Media|  
[ARTD 2360](/search/?P=ARTD%202360 "ARTD 2360")  
and [ARTD 2361](/search/?P=ARTD%202361 "ARTD 2361")| Introduction to
Photography  
and Photo Tools|  
[ARTD 2370](/search/?P=ARTD%202370 "ARTD 2370")  
and [ARTD 2371](/search/?P=ARTD%202371 "ARTD 2371")| Animation Basics  
and Animation Tools|  
[ARTD 2380](/search/?P=ARTD%202380 "ARTD 2380")  
and [ARTD 2381](/search/?P=ARTD%202381 "ARTD 2381")| Video Basics  
and Video Tools|  
_Photography_|  
[ARTD 3460](/search/?P=ARTD%203460 "ARTD 3460")| Photography: Concept +
Process|  
[ARTD 4565](/search/?P=ARTD%204565 "ARTD 4565")| Photography: Visual
Strategies + Context|  
[ARTD 4660](/search/?P=ARTD%204660 "ARTD 4660")| Studio Photography|  
[ARTD 4661](/search/?P=ARTD%204661 "ARTD 4661")| Photography: Experimental
Processes|  
_Animation_|  
[ARTD 3470](/search/?P=ARTD%203470 "ARTD 3470")| Animation 1|  
[ARTD 3471](/search/?P=ARTD%203471 "ARTD 3471")| Virtual Environment Design|  
[ARTD 3472](/search/?P=ARTD%203472 "ARTD 3472")| Character Design for
Animation|  
[ARTD 3473](/search/?P=ARTD%203473 "ARTD 3473")| Animation for Games|  
[ARTD 3490](/search/?P=ARTD%203490 "ARTD 3490")| Data Art and Hacktivism|  
[ARTD 4570](/search/?P=ARTD%204570 "ARTD 4570")| Animation 2|  
[ARTD 4575](/search/?P=ARTD%204575 "ARTD 4575")| Animation 3|  
_Video_|  
[ARTD 3480](/search/?P=ARTD%203480 "ARTD 3480")| Video: Sound and Image|  
[ARTD 3485](/search/?P=ARTD%203485 "ARTD 3485")| Experimental Video|  
_History_|  
[ARTH 2212](/search/?P=ARTH%202212 "ARTH 2212")| Survey of the Still and
Moving Image|  
Media Arts Capstone|  
[ARTD 4530](/search/?P=ARTD%204530 "ARTD 4530")| Media Arts Degree Project| 4  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Mathematics Requirement|  
[MATH 2331](/search/?P=MATH%202331 "MATH 2331")| Linear Algebra| 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|  
## Integrative Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
The following courses are fulfilled through the computer science requirement: |   
[CS 4300](/search/?P=CS%204300 "CS 4300")| Computer Graphics|  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction|  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 16 semester hours of general electives.| 16  
## 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
  * Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience
  * Demonstrating Thought and Action in a Capstone
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## Program Requirement
133 total semester hours required
## Sample Plan of Study: 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 [ARTF
1000](/search/?P=ARTF%201000 "ARTF 1000")| 1| [ARTF
1200](/search/?P=ARTF%201200 "ARTF 1200")| 2| [CS 3500](/search/?P=CS%203500
"CS 3500")  
and [CS 3501](/search/?P=CS%203501 "CS 3501")| 5| Elective| 4  
[ARTD 1001](/search/?P=ARTD%201001 "ARTD 1001")  
and [ARTD 1002](/search/?P=ARTD%201002 "ARTD 1002")| 4| [ARTF
1240](/search/?P=ARTF%201240 "ARTF 1240")  
and [ARTF 1241](/search/?P=ARTF%201241 "ARTF 1241")| 2| ARTF elective| 2|
Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ARTD
2100](/search/?P=ARTD%202100 "ARTD 2100")| 4| ARTF elective| 2|  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 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 [EEAM
2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000")| 1| Co-op| 0| Co-op| 0| [MATH
2331](/search/?P=MATH%202331 "MATH 2331")| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4|  |  |   
Khoury elective| 4|  |  |   
ARTD elective| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[CS 4300](/search/?P=CS%204300 "CS 4300")| 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  
Khoury elective| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
ARTD elective| 4|  |  |   
ARTD elective| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[ARTD 3000](/search/?P=ARTD%203000 "ARTD 3000")| 4| [ARTD 4530](/search/?P=ARTD%204530 "ARTD 4530")| 4|  |   
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500") or [ 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4| Computing and social issues| 4|  |   
ARTD elective| 4| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
ARTD elective| 4| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134  
## Sample Plan of Study: 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 [ARTF
1000](/search/?P=ARTF%201000 "ARTF 1000")| 1| [ARTF
1200](/search/?P=ARTF%201200 "ARTF 1200")| 2| [CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000
"CS 3000")| 4| Elective| 4  
[ARTD 1001](/search/?P=ARTD%201001 "ARTD 1001")  
and [ARTD 1002](/search/?P=ARTD%201002 "ARTD 1002")| 4| [ARTF
1240](/search/?P=ARTF%201240 "ARTF 1240")  
and [ARTF 1241](/search/?P=ARTF%201241 "ARTF 1241")| 2| ARTF elective| 2|
Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ARTD
2100](/search/?P=ARTD%202100 "ARTD 2100")| 4| ARTF elective| 2|  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200 "CS 3200")| 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 [EEAM 2000](/search/?P=EEAM%202000
"EEAM 2000")| 1| [MATH 2331](/search/?P=MATH%202331 "MATH 2331")| 4| Co-op| 0  
Computing and scial issues| 4| [IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| 4|
Elective| 4|  
Khoury elective| 4| Khoury elective| 4|  |   
ARTD elective| 4| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| 17|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| 0| [ARTD 3000](/search/?P=ARTD%203000 "ARTD 3000")| 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  
| [CS 4300](/search/?P=CS%204300 "CS 4300")| 4| Elective| 4|  
| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [ARTD 4530](/search/?P=ARTD%204530 "ARTD 4530")| 4|  |   
| [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4|  |   
| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| ARTD elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134