## ##   * Overview
  * Program Requirements
  * Plan of Study
The computer science and business administration combined major delivers a
technical degree with a strong grounding in business. Students will complete
most of the requirements of a business major, including macroeconomics and
microeconomics, while also focusing on technical skills like program design,
software development, computer organization, systems and networks, theories of
computation, principles of languages, and advanced algorithms and data.
* * *
  * 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 [BUSN 1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")|  Personal Skill
Development for Business  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210")| Professional Development for Khoury
Co-op| 1  
or [BUSN 1103](/search/?P=BUSN%201103 "BUSN 1103")|  Professional Development
for Business 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  
_Computer Science Required Electives_|  
Complete two of the following:| 8  
[CS 3650](/search/?P=CS%203650 "CS 3650")| Computer Systems|  
[CS 4700](/search/?P=CS%204700 "CS 4700")| Network Fundamentals|  
[CS 4730](/search/?P=CS%204730 "CS 4730")| Distributed Systems|  
[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|  
Khoury Elective|  
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and
appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division
electives.|  
Complete four credits of CS, CY, DS, or IS classes that are not already
required. Choose courses within the following ranges:| 4  
[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|  
## Business Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Required Business Courses|  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| Financial Accounting and
Reporting| 4  
[ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301 "ACCT 2301")| Profit Analysis for Managers
and Advisors| 4  
[FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| Financial Management| 4  
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| Business Statistics| 4  
[MKTG 2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| Introduction to Marketing| 4  
[ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| Organizational Behavior| 4  
[STRT 4501](/search/?P=STRT%204501 "STRT 4501")| Strategy in Action| 4  
## Business Concentration
Complete a business concentration from the following list.
  * [Accounting](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/accounting)
  * [Accounting and Advisory Services](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/accounting-advisory-services/index.html)
  * [Brand Management ](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/brand-management/    )
  * [Corporate Innovation](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/corporate-innovation)
  * [Entrepreneurial Startups](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/entrepreneurial-startups/)
  * [Family Business](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/family-business/)
  * [Finance](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/finance)
  * [Fintech](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/fintech/)
  * [Healthcare Management and Consulting](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/healthcare-management-consulting/)
  * [International Business](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/international-business/) (available only as a second concentration)
  * [Management](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/management)
  * [Marketing](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/marketing)
  * [Marketing Analytics](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/marketing-analytics/)
  * [Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/social-innovation-entrepreneurship/)
  * [Supply Chain Management](/undergraduate/business/concentrations/supply-chain-management)
## Integrative Course
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Information Resource Management|  
[MISM 2301](/search/?P=MISM%202301 "MISM 2301")| Introduction to Information
Systems and Digital Technologies| 4  
## Supporting Courses
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Mathematics|  
[MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341")| Calculus 1 for Science and
Engineering| 4  
or [MATH 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")|  Calculus for Business and
Economics  
Economics|  
[ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| Principles of Macroeconomics|
4  
[ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| Principles of Microeconomics|
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 3315](/search/?P=ENGW%203315 "ENGW 3315")|  Interdisciplinary
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
or [ENGW 3304](/search/?P=ENGW%203304 "ENGW 3304")|  Advanced Writing in the
Business Administration Professions  
## Required General Electives
Course List Code | Title | Hours  
---|---|---  
Complete 16 semester hours of general electives.| 16  
## Business Cooperative Education
Complete one cooperative education experience.
## Khoury College GPA Requirement
Minimum cumulative 2.000 GPA required in all CS, CY, DS, and IS courses
## Business GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.000 GPA required in business courses
## NUpath Requirements Satisfied
  * Engaging with the Natural and Designed World
  * Conducting Formal and Quantitative Reasoning
  * Analyzing and Using Data
  * Understanding Societies and Institutions
  * 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
## 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  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| 4| [CS
2510](/search/?P=CS%202510 "CS 2510")  
and [CS 2511](/search/?P=CS%202511 "CS 2511")| 5| [ECON
1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| 4| [MISM
2301](/search/?P=MISM%202301 "MISM 2301")| 4  
[CS 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [BUSN
1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")| 1| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200
"CS 3200")| 4| Elective| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| 4|  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [ 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")| 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  
[ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301 "ACCT 2301")| 4| [CS
1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [BUSN 1103](/search/?P=BUSN%201103
"BUSN 1103")| 1| [MKTG 2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| 4| Co-op|  
[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| Business concentration 1| 4|  
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| 4| [FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| 4|  |   
Elective| 4| Computing and social issues| 4|  |   
| Elective| 4|  |   
| 17|  | 17|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
Co-op| | CS Required Elective 1| 4| [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4| Co-op|   
| Business concentration 2| 4| [ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201
"ORGB 3201")| 4|  
| Business concentration 3| 4|  |   
| Khoury Elective| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | 8|  | 0  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
Co-op| | [CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530")| 4|  |   
| [STRT 4501](/search/?P=STRT%204501 "STRT 4501")| 4|  |   
| CS Required Elective 2| 4|  |   
| Business concentration 4| 4|  |   
| 0|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134  
## 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  
[ACCT 1201](/search/?P=ACCT%201201 "ACCT 1201")| 4| [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 1200](/search/?P=CS%201200 "CS 1200") or [BUSN
1102](/search/?P=BUSN%201102 "BUSN 1102")| 1| [CS 3200](/search/?P=CS%203200
"CS 3200")| 4| [ECON 1115](/search/?P=ECON%201115 "ECON 1115")| 4| Elective| 4  
[CS 1800](/search/?P=CS%201800 "CS 1800")  
and [CS 1802](/search/?P=CS%201802 "CS 1802")| 5| [ECON 1116](/search/?P=ECON%201116 "ECON 1116")| 4|  |   
[CS 2500](/search/?P=CS%202500 "CS 2500")  
and [CS 2501](/search/?P=CS%202501 "CS 2501")| 5| [MATH 1341](/search/?P=MATH%201341 "MATH 1341") or [ 1231](/search/?P=MATH%201231 "MATH 1231")| 4|  |   
[ENGW 1111](/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111")| 4|  |  |   
| 19|  | 17|  | 9|  | 8  
Year 2  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[ACCT 2301](/search/?P=ACCT%202301 "ACCT 2301")| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | [ENGW 3302](/search/?P=ENGW%203302 "ENGW 3302")| 4  
[CS 1210](/search/?P=CS%201210 "CS 1210") or [BUSN 1103](/search/?P=BUSN%201103 "BUSN 1103")| 1|  |  | [MKTG 2201](/search/?P=MKTG%202201 "MKTG 2201")| 4  
[CS 3000](/search/?P=CS%203000 "CS 3000")| 4|  |  |   
[MGSC 2301](/search/?P=MGSC%202301 "MGSC 2301")| 4|  |  |   
Elective| 4|  |  |   
| 17|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 3  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours| Summer 1| Hours| Summer 2| Hours  
[FINA 2201](/search/?P=FINA%202201 "FINA 2201")| 4| Co-op| | Co-op| | [ORGB 3201](/search/?P=ORGB%203201 "ORGB 3201")| 4  
[MISM 2301](/search/?P=MISM%202301 "MISM 2301")| 4|  |  | Elective| 4  
CS Required Elective 1| 4|  |  |   
Khoury Elective| 4|  |  |   
| 16|  | 0|  | 0|  | 8  
Year 4  
Fall| Hours| Spring| Hours|  |   
[CS 4530](/search/?P=CS%204530 "CS 4530") or [ 4500](/search/?P=CS%204500 "CS 4500")| 4| CS Required Elective 2| 4|  |   
[STRT 4501](/search/?P=STRT%204501 "STRT 4501")| 4| Computing and Social Issues| 4|  |   
Business concentration 1| 4| Business concentration 3| 4|  |   
Business concentration 2| 4| Business concentration 4| 4|  |   
| 16|  | 16|  | |  |   
Total Hours: 134