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Program requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Business Administration, BS (Boston)

Artificial Intelligence Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Computer Science Overview   
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:  
CS 1200 First-Year Seminar  
or BUSN 1102 Personal Skill Development for Business 
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar 
CS 1210 Professional Development for Khoury Co-op 
or BUSN 1103 Professional Development for Business Co-op 
Fundamental Courses  
All students can take a self-assessment to attempt to place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001. Students who place out of CS 2000 and CS 2001 will instead substitute 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.  
CS 1800 Discrete Structures 
CS 2000 
and CS 2001 
Introduction to Program Design and Implementation 
and Lab for CS 2000 
CS 2100 
and CS 2101 
Program Design and Implementation 1 
and Lab for CS 2100 
DS 3500 Advanced Programming with Data 
CS 3200 Introduction to Databases 
Artificial Intelligence Foundations  
DS 3000 Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
DS 4200 Information Presentation and Visualization 
DS 4300 Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval 
DS 4400 Machine Learning 
DS 4420 Advanced Machine Learning 
Khoury-Approved Electives   
With advisor approval, directed study, research, project study, and appropriate graduate-level courses may also be taken as upper-division electives.  
Complete 4 semester hours from within the following options:  
CS 2300 or higher, except CS 5010  
CY 2000 or higher, except CY 4930  
DS 2500 or higher, except DS 4900  
EECE 2160 Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics  
EECE 2322 
and EECE 2323 
Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization 
and Lab for EECE 2322 
 
MKTG 4606 Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum  

Business Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Required Business Courses  
ACCT 1201 Financial Accounting and Reporting 
ACCT 2301 Profit Analysis for Managers and Advisors 
FINA 2201 Financial Management 
INTB 1203 International Business and Global Social Responsibility 
MKTG 2201 Introduction to Marketing 
ORGB 3201 Organizational Behavior 
or ORGB 3203 Behavioral Aspects of Digital Transformation 
Business Elective  
Complete one of the following: 
INNO 2301 Innovation!  
MISM 2301 Introduction to Information Systems and Digital Technologies  
SCHM 2301 Supply Chain and Operations Management  
STRT 4501 Strategy in Action  

Supporting Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Mathematics  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 
or MATH 1231 Calculus for Business and Economics 
or MATH 1241 Calculus 1 
or MATH 1245 Calculus with Applications 
or MATH 1340 Intensive Calculus for Engineers 
Statistics   
MGSC 2301 Business Statistics 
Economics  
ECON 1115 Principles of Macroeconomics 
or ECON 1116 Principles of Microeconomics 

Integrative Course 

Code Title Hours 
MKTG 4604 Creating Business Value with Data and AI Technologies 

Business Concentration 

Complete a four-course business concentration from the following list. 

Note: If the Marketing Analytics concentration is selected, an additional general elective is required. 

Writing Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing  
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 
or ENGW 3304 Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions 
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 

Required General Electives 

Code Title Hours 
Complete 16 semester hours of general electives. 16 

Business Experiential Learning 

Code Title Hours 
Complete at least one of the following experiences: 0-8 
BUSN 4945 In-the-Field Experiential Professional Practicum  
COOP 3945 Co-op Work Experience  
COOP 3946 Co-op Work Experience–Half Time  
COOP 3947 Co-op Work Experience Abroad–Half Time  
COOP 3948 Co-op Work Experience Abroad  
EEBA 2945 Internship Experience  
EEBA 2948 Internship Experience Abroad  

Business GPA Requirement 

Minimum 2.000 GPA required in business courses 

NUpath Requirements Satisfied 

Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience is satisfied through co-op 


Program Requirement 

130 total semester hours required