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Program requirements: Artificial Intelligence and Linguistics, 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 1 
or INSC 1000 Science at Northeastern 
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar 
CS 1210 Professional Development for Khoury Co-op 1 
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 4-5 semester hour of CS, CY, or DS coursework at the 3000 level or higher not otherwise required in the degree.  
MATH 1365 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning 4 
or MATH 1465 Intensive Mathematical Reasoning 
CS 2000 
and CS 2001 		Introduction to Program Design and Implementation 
and Lab for CS 2000 		5 
CS 2100 
and CS 2101 		Program Design and Implementation 1 
and Lab for CS 2100 		5 
DS 3500 Advanced Programming with Data 4 
CS 3200 Introduction to Databases 4 
Artificial Intelligence Foundations  
DS 3000 Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 4 
DS 4200 Information Presentation and Visualization 4 
DS 4300 Large-Scale Information Storage and Retrieval 4 
DS 4400 Machine Learning 4 
DS 4420 Advanced Machine Learning 4 
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:  4 
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  

Linguistics Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
Linguistics Foundations  
LING 1150 Introduction to Linguistics 4 
LING 2350 Linguistic Analysis 4 
LING 3412 Language and Culture 4 
Linguistic Structure  
Complete four of the following: 16 
LING 3420 Phonetics  
LING 3422 Phonology  
LING 3424 Morphology  
LING 3450 Syntax  
LING 3452 Semantics  
Laboratory/Directed Study  
Complete one of the following: 4 
LING 4891 Research Seminar in Linguistics  
LING 4991 Directed Study Research  
PSYC 4610 Laboratory in Psycholinguistics  
Seminar Requirement  
LING 4654 Seminar in Linguistics 4 
or PSYC 4658 Seminar in Psycholinguistics 
Linguistics Electives  
Complete two courses not used to fulfill other degree requirements from the following options: 8 
DEAF 2700 ASL Linguistics  
LING 3000 to LING 4999 1  

1 Please visit the Linguistics Courses page within the catalog to review the list of courses in the LING 3000 – LING 4999 range

Supporting Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Mathematics Requirement  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4 
PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology 4 
PSYC 2320 Statistics in Psychological Research 4 

Integrative Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
Integrative Course  
CS 4120 Natural Language Processing 4 

Writing Requirement 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing  
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 4 
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines  
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 4 
or ENGW 3307 Advanced Writing in the Sciences 
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 

Required General Electives 

Code Title Hours 
Complete 16 semester hours of general electives 16 

Science GPA Requirement (Linguistics) 

A minimum 2.000 GPA in the following course codes is required: LING. 

NUpath Requirements Satisfied 

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

Program Requirement 

130 total semester hours required