## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The cybersecurity and economics combined degree applies a multidisciplinary
approach integrating fundamental economics courses with a strong programming
foundation. Students will study both the behavior of individuals and the
collective behavior of industries and governments, utilizing computing skills
to ensure the reliability and security of cyberspace.
* * *
  * 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.
## Cybersecurity Major Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Computer Science Overview|  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200")| First Year Seminar| 1  
or [ECON 1000](/search/?P=ECON%201000 "ECON 1000")|  Economics 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 Fundamentals 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 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| Computer Systems| 4  
[CS 4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700")| Network Fundamentals| 4  
or [CS 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730 "CS 4730")|  Distributed Systems  
Cybersecurity Required Courses|  
[CY 2550](/search/?P=CY%202550 "CY 2550")| Foundations of Cybersecurity| 4  
[CY 3740](/search/?P=CY%203740 "CY 3740")| Systems Security| 4  
[CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170")| The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data
and Digital Technologies| 4  
or [CY 5240](/search/?P=CY%205240 "CY 5240")|  Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and
Digital Rights  
[CY 4740](/search/?P=CY%204740 "CY 4740")| Network Security| 4  
Cybersecurity Elective|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[COMM 2551](/search/?P=COMM%202551 "COMM 2551")| Free Speech in Cyberspace|  
[CRIM 2340](/search/?P=CRIM%202340 "CRIM 2340")| Corporate Security: Securing
the Private Sector|  
[CRIM 3030](/search/?P=CRIM%203030 "CRIM 3030")| Global Criminology|  
[CRIM 4040](/search/?P=CRIM%204040 "CRIM 4040")| Crime Prevention|  
[CS 2800](/search/?P=CS%202800 "CS 2800")| Logic and Computation|  
[CS 4400](/search/?P=CS%204400 "CS 4400")| Programming Languages|  
[CS 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| Software Development|  
or [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")|  Fundamentals of Software
Engineering  
[CS 4710](/search/?P=CS%204710 "CS 4710")| Mobile and Wireless Systems|  
[CY 4760](/search/?P=CY%204760 "CY 4760")| Security of Wireless and Mobile
Systems|  
[CY 4770](/search/?P=CY%204770 "CY 4770")| Cryptography|  
[CY 5200](/search/?P=CY%205200 "CY 5200")| Security Risk Management and
Assessment|  
[CY 5210](/search/?P=CY%205210 "CY 5210")| Information System Forensics|  
[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|  
[EECE 2310](/search/?P=EECE%202310 "EECE 2310")  
and [EECE 2311](/search/?P=EECE%202311 "EECE 2311")| Introduction to Digital
Design and Computer Architecture  
and Lab for EECE 2310|  
[EECE 3324](/search/?P=EECE%203324 "EECE 3324")| Computer Architecture and
Organization|  
[EECE 4534](/search/?P=EECE%204534 "EECE 4534")  
and [EECE 4535](/search/?P=EECE%204535 "EECE 4535")| Microprocessor-Based
Design  
and Lab for EECE 4534|  
[IS 4300](/search/?P=IS%204300 "IS 4300")| Human Computer Interaction|  
[LPSC 1101](/search/?P=LPSC%201101 "LPSC 1101")| Introduction to Law|  
[LPSC 2301](/search/?P=LPSC%202301 "LPSC 2301")| Introduction to Law, Policy,
and Society|  
[LPSC 3303](/search/?P=LPSC%203303 "LPSC 3303")| Topics in Law and Public
Policy|  
[MATH 3527](/search/?P=MATH%203527 "MATH 3527")| Number Theory 1|  
[MATH 4575](/search/?P=MATH%204575 "MATH 4575")| Introduction to Cryptography|  
[PHIL 1145](/search/?P=PHIL%201145 "PHIL 1145")| Technology and Human Values|  
[POLS 2390](/search/?P=POLS%202390 "POLS 2390")| Science, Technology, and
Public Policy|  
[POLS 3307](/search/?P=POLS%203307 "POLS 3307")| Public Policy and
Administration|  
[POLS 3324](/search/?P=POLS%203324 "POLS 3324")| Law and Society|  
[POLS 3406](/search/?P=POLS%203406 "POLS 3406")| International Law|  
[POLS 3420](/search/?P=POLS%203420 "POLS 3420")| U.S. National Security
Policy|  
[POLS 3423](/search/?P=POLS%203423 "POLS 3423")| Terrorism and
Counterterrorism|  
## Supporting Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[MATH 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")| Calculus for Business and
Economics (It is highly recommended that students who take [MATH
1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231") take sections devoted to econ
students only.)| 4  
or [MATH 1241](/search/?P=MATH%201241 "MATH 1241")|  Calculus 1  
or [MATH 1245](/search/?P=MATH%201245 "MATH 1245")|  Calculus with
Applications  
or [MATH 1251](/search/?P=MATH%201251 "MATH 1251")|  Calculus and Differential
Equations for Biology 1  
or [MATH 1340](/search/?P=MATH%201340 "MATH 1340")|  Intensive Calculus for
Engineers  
or [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")|  Calculus 1 for Science
and Engineering  
## Economics Requirements
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Required Courses|  
[ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| Principles of Macroeconomics|
4  
[ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| Principles of Microeconomics|
4  
[ECON 2315](/search/?P=ECON%202315 "ECON 2315")| Macroeconomic Theory| 4  
[ECON 2316](/search/?P=ECON%202316 "ECON 2316")| Microeconomic Theory| 4  
[ECON 2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| Statistics for Economists| 4  
Electives|  
Complete four ECON electives that are found in the following range with, at
most, two at the 1000 level. Unless otherwise noted in specific combined
majors, required core economics courses cannot be counted as electives by
students completing Department of Economics programs:| 16  
ECON 1200 to ECON 1999|  
[ECON 2990](/search/?P=ECON%202990 "ECON 2990") to ECON 3559|  
ECON 3561 to ECON 4689|  
ECON 4900 to [ECON 4996](/search/?P=ECON%204996 "ECON 4996")|  
[ECON 5200](/search/?P=ECON%205200 "ECON 5200") to ECON 5999|  
## Integrative Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Capstone|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[CY 4930](/search/?P=CY%204930 "CY 4930")| Cybersecurity Capstone|  
[ECON 4692](/search/?P=ECON%204692 "ECON 4692")| Senior Economics Seminar|  
or [ECON 4997](/search/?P=ECON%204997 "ECON 4997")|  Senior Economics Thesis  
Integrative Requirement |   
[ECON 2560](/search/?P=ECON%202560 "ECON 2560")| Applied Econometrics| 4  
## Writing Requirement
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
College Writing|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGW 1102](/search/?P=ENGW%201102 "ENGW 1102")| First-Year Writing for
Multilingual Writers|  
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| First-Year Writing|  
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines|  
Complete one of the following:| 4  
[ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| Advanced Writing in the
Technical Professions|  
[ENGW 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308")| Advanced Writing in the
Social Sciences|  
[ENGW 3311](/search/?P=ENGW%203311 "ENGW 3311")| Advanced Writing for Prelaw|  
[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  
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## Economics GPA Requirement
Grades in the following four Economics courses must average to a minimum of C
(2.000):
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
[ECON 2315](/search/?P=ECON%202315 "ECON 2315")| Macroeconomic Theory|  
[ECON 2316](/search/?P=ECON%202316 "ECON 2316")| Microeconomic Theory|  
[ECON 2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| Statistics for Economists|  
[ECON 2560](/search/?P=ECON%202560 "ECON 2560")| Applied Econometrics|  
## 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 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| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [CY
2550](/search/?P=CY%202550 "CY 2550")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| 4|  |   
[ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| 4| [MATH 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231"), [ 1241](/search/?P=MATH%201241 "MATH 1241"), [ 1245](/search/?P=MATH%201245 "MATH 1245"), [ 1251](/search/?P=MATH%201251 "MATH 1251"), [ 1340](/search/?P=MATH%201340 "MATH 1340"), or [ 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 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| ECON elective 1| 4| Co-op| 0  
[CS 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| 4| [CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000
"CS 3000")| 4|  Elective| 4|  
[ECON 2315](/search/?P=ECON%202315 "ECON 2315")| 4| [CS 4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700") or [ 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730 "CS 4730")| 4|  |   
[ECON 2350](/search/?P=ECON%202350 "ECON 2350")| 4| [ECON 2316](/search/?P=ECON%202316 "ECON 2316")| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 17|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| 0| [CY 3740](/search/?P=CY%203740 "CY 3740")| 4| ECON elective 3| 4|
Co-op| 0  
| [ECON 2560](/search/?P=ECON%202560 "ECON 2560")| 4| ECON elective 4| 4|  
| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302"), [ 3308](/search/?P=ENGW%203308 "ENGW 3308"), [ 3311](/search/?P=ENGW%203311 "ENGW 3311"), or [ 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")| 4|  |   
| ECON elective 2| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| 0| [CY 4170](/search/?P=CY%204170 "CY 4170") or [ 5240](/search/?P=CY%205240 "CY 5240")| 4|  |   
| [CY 4740](/search/?P=CY%204740 "CY 4740")| 4|  |   
| Capstone| 4|  |   
| Cybersecurity Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134