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Program requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, BS (Boston)

Artificial Intelligence Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
Computer Science Overview  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:  
CS 1200 First-Year Seminar 
or PHIL 1000 Philosophy at Northeastern 
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar 
CS 1210 Professional Development for Khoury Co-op 
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for 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 
or DS 4440 Modern Neural Networks 
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  
Total Hours 48 

Philosophy Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
PHIL 1115 Introduction to Logic 
PHIL 1145 Technology and Human Values 
PHIL 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought 
or POLS 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought 
or PHIL 2330 Modern Philosophy 
PHIL 4515 Advanced Deductive Logic 
or PHIL 4516 Advanced Inductive Logic 
Philosophy Electives  
Complete two additional PHIL courses, one of which must be 3000 level or above: 
Critical Philosophy Elective  
Complete 4 semester hours from the following: 
AFCS 1101 Introduction to African American and Africana Studies  
PHIL 1104 Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion  
PHIL 1271 Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam  
PHIL 2155 Human Rights  
PHIL 2410 Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions  
PHIL 2619 Race and Religion in Film  
PHIL 3492 Indigenous Philosophy  
PHIL 3512 Religion, Race, and Politics  
PHIL 3822 Philosophy of Race and Racism  
Total Hours 28 

Integrative Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
PHIL 3050 Information and Uncertainty 
or PHIL 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World 
or PHIL 2001 Ethics and Evolutionary Games 
PHIL 5005 Information Ethics 
or PHIL 4050 Artificial Intelligence and Society 
or PHIL 5010 AI Ethics 
Total Hours 

Supporting Courses

Code Title Hours 
Mathematics Requirement  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 
Statistics Foundation  
ECON 2350 Statistics for Economists 
Total Hours 

Writing Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing  
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
Complete one of the following: 
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions  
ENGW 3309 Advanced Writing in the Humanities  
ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
Total Hours 

Required General Electives 

Complete 28 semester hours of general electives