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Program requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Justice, BS (Boston)

Artificial Intelligence Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Computer Science Overview  
CS 1200 First-Year Seminar 
or CRIM 1000 Criminal Justice 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 
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 44 

Criminal Justice Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Introduction to Crime, Law, and the Justice System  
What do we know about crime and justice? In these three courses, students have an opportunity to develop a foundational understanding of three related phenomena: why crime exists, how our criminal justice system responds to crime, and the constitutional and legal oversight of this process.  
CRIM 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice 
CRIM 1110 Criminal Due Process 
CRIM 1120 Criminology 
Current Crime and Justice Issues  
These courses introduce students to topical issues related to crime and justice.  
Complete one of the following: 
CRIM 1300 The Death Penalty  
CRIM 1400 Human Trafficking  
CRIM 1500 Corruption, Integrity, and Accountability  
CRIM 1700 Crime, Media, and Politics  
Crime Problems and Criminal Justice Institutions  
The 2000-level courses in this list ask how does justice work and for whom? These courses introduce students to the systems and institutions tasked with providing justice. Each includes experiential learning components in cooperation with local criminal justice institutions. The 3000-level courses in this list provide students with a deeper look at a range of crime problems.  
Complete one of the following: 
AFCS 3210 Black Abolition Studies: Carcerality, Liberation, and Resistance  
CRIM 2310 Courts: The Third Branch of Government  
CRIM 2320 Youth Crime and Justice  
CRIM 2330 Punishment in the Age of Mass Incarceration  
CRIM 2350 Policing a Democratic Society  
CRIM 2370 Restorative Justice: Transforming the System  
CRIM 2380 Black Families and Incarceration  
CRIM 3010 Criminal Violence  
CRIM 3030 Global Criminology  
CRIM 3040 Psychology of Crime  
CRIM 3070 Corporate and White-Collar Crime  
CRIM 3050 Organized Crime  
CRIM 3060 Political Crime and Terrorism  
CRIM 3100 Criminal Law  
CRIM 3540 Substance Use and Social Justice  
Systemic Issues  
These courses consider systemic issues facing the criminal justice system.  
Complete one of the following: 
CRIM 3110 Gender, Crime, and Justice  
CRIM 3120 Race, Crime, and Justice  
Creating Knowledge About Crime and Justice   
How do we know what we know about crime and justice—and how do we develop new knowledge? This course covers how to harness data to learn about issues, identify solutions, and advocate for change.  
CRIM 3600 Criminal Justice Research Methods 
Criminal Justice Capstone  
CRIM 4949 Senior Capstone Seminar 
Criminal Justice Elective  
These courses round out our knowledge of crime and justice  
Complete two additional criminal justice electives from the 3000, 4000, or 5000 level. 
Total Hours 40 

Integrative Course Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
Complete one of the following: 
CRIM 3700 Analyzing and Using Data on Crime and Justice  
CRIM 4040 Crime Prevention  
Total Hours 

Supporting Courses 

Course List 
Code Title Hours 
Mathematics Requirement  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 
Statistics Foundation  
ECON 2350 Statistics for Economists 
Computing and Social Issues  
Complete one of the following: 
AFCS 2600 Issues in Race, Science, and Technology  
CY 4170 The Law, Ethics, and Policy of Data and Digital Technologies  
CY 5240 Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights  
DS 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World  
or PHIL 1300 Knowledge in a Digital World 
HIST 2220 History of Technology  
INSH 2102 Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks  
JRNL 3700 Data Storytelling  
PHIL 1145 Technology and Human Values  
SOCL 1280 The Twenty-First-Century Workplace  
SOCL 2485 Environment, Technology, and Society  
SOCL 4528 Technology and Society  
Total Hours 12 

English Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing  
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
Complete one of the following: 
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions  
ENGW 3308 Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences  
ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
Total Hours 

Required General Electives 

Code Title Hours 
Complete 24 semester hours of general electives. 24 

NUpath Requirements Satisfied 

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

Program Requirement 

128 total semester hours required