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Program requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Biology, 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 BIOL 1000 Biology at Northeastern 
or INSC 1000 Science at Northeastern 
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar 
CS 1210 Professional Development for Khoury Co-op 
or EESC 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 with 4-5 semester hours of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.   
MATH 1365 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 
or MATH 1465 Intensive Mathematical Reasoning 
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 
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 Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization  
MKTG 4606 Digital, Analytics, Technology, and Automation Research Practicum  
Statistics Foundations  
ENVR 2500 
and ENVR 2501 
Biostatistics 
and Lab for ENVR 2500 

Writing Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing  
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 
or ENGW 3307 Advanced Writing in the Sciences 

Biology Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
Biology Core Courses  
BIOL 1107 
and BIOL 1108 
Foundations of Biology 
and Lab for BIOL 1107 
BIOL 2299 Inquiries in Biological Sciences 
BIOL 2301 
and BIOL 2302 
Genetics and Molecular Biology 
and Lab for BIOL 2301 
BIOL 2309 Biology Project Lab 
or BIOL 2407 Computational Project Lab 
BIOL 3611 
and BIOL 3612 
Biochemistry 
and Lab for BIOL 3611 
Intermediate and Advanced Biology Elective  
Complete one of the following: 
BIOL 2327 to BIOL 3999  
BIOL 4705 to BIOL 5999  
EEMB 2290 to EEMB 5515   
EEMB 5520 to EEMB5534  
EEMB 5548 to EEMB 5569  
Research  
BIOL 4991 Research  
BIOL 4970 Junior/Senior Honors Project 1  
BIOL 4971 Junior/Senior Honors Project 2  
BIOL 4994 Internship  
Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Elective  
Complete one course and its corresponding lab, if indicated: 4-5 
BIOL 2327 Human Parasitology  
BIOL 3401 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy  
BIOL 3413 Current Topics in Organismal and Population Biology  
BIOL 3427 Microbial Evolution  
BIOL 3451 Avian Biology  
BIOL 5585 Evolution  
EEMB 2302 
and EEMB 2303 
Ecology 
and Lab for EEMB 2302 
 
EEMB 2400 Introduction to Evolution  
EEMB 2700 
and EEMB 2701 
Marine Biology 
and Lab for EEMB 2700 
 
EEMB 3460 Conservation Biology  
EEMB 3466 Disease Ecology  
EEMB 3600 Animal Behavior  
Supporting Courses for Biology  
Chemistry  
A grade of D or better is required in CHEM 1161 and CHEM 1162 
CHEM 1161 
and CHEM 1162 
General Chemistry for Science Majors 
and Lab for CHEM 1161 
CHEM 2311 
and CHEM 2312 
Organic Chemistry 1 
and Lab for CHEM 2311 
CHEM 2313 
and CHEM 2314 
Organic Chemistry 2 
and Lab for CHEM 2313 
Physics  
PHYS 1145 
and PHYS 1146 
Physics for Life Sciences 1 
and Lab for PHYS 1145 (Preferred) 
or PHYS 1151 Physics for Engineering 1 
or PHYS 1161 Physics 1 
Math  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 

Integrative Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
Integrative Course  
Complete one of the following: 
BINF 6310 Introduction to Bioinformatics  
BIOL 4707 Cell and Molecular Biology  
BIOL 5581 Biological Imaging  
BIOL 5591 Advanced Genomics  
Capstone  
Choose one: 
BIOL 4701 Biology Capstone  
BIOL 4900 Biology Research Capstone (concurrent with BIOL 4991 or BIOL 4994, which may be used toward Intermediate/Advanced Biology Electives)  
BIOL 4971 Junior/Senior Honors Project 2  

Required General Electives 

Code Title Hours 
Complete 20 semester hours of general electives 20 

Science GPA Requirement (Biology) 

A minimum 2.000 GPA in the following course codes is required: BIOC, BIOL, BNSC, CHEM, EEMB, ENVR, MATH, PHYS, PSYC 

NUpath Requirements Satisfied 

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

Program Requirement 

138 total semester hours required