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

Artificial Intelligence Courses 

Code Title Hours 
Computer Science Required 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 4 
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 
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 the following: 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  
Total Hours 42 

Sociology Requirements 

Code Title Hours 
Required Sociology Courses  
SOCL 1101 Introduction to Sociology 4 
SOCL 3300 Social Theory 4 
Research Methods  
SOCL 2321 Research Methods in Sociology 4 
or INSH 3101 Research Methods in the Social Sciences 
Capstone  
SOCL 4600 Senior Seminar 4 
Sociology Electives  
Sociology Elective—Introductory  
Complete two courses between SOCL 1000 and SOCL 2999 not used to satisfy another requirement. 8 
Sociology Elective—Intermediate  
Complete three courses between SOCL 3000 and SOCL 4999 not used to satisfy another requirement. 12 
Total Hours 36 

Supporting Courses     

Code Title Hours 
Overview Course  
Must be taken in alignment with your home college:   
CS 1200 First-Year Seminar 1 
or SOCL 1000 Sociology at Northeastern 
or INPR 1000 First-Year Interdisciplinary Seminar 
CS 1210 Professional Development for Khoury Co-op 1 
or EESH 2000 Professional Development for Co-op 
Mathematics  
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4 
SOCL 2320 Statistical Analysis in Sociology 4 
or INSH 3102 Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences 
Total Hours 10 

Writing Courses 

Code Title Hours 
College Writing   
ENGW 1111 First-Year Writing 4 
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers 
or ENGW 1114 First-Year Writing with Service-Learning 
Advanced Writing in the Disciplines   
ENGW 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 4 
or ENGW 3308 Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences 
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 
Total Hours 8 

Integrative Course 

Code Title Hours 
Complete one of the following: 4 
SOCL 2485 Environment, Technology, and Society  
SOCL 4528 Technology and Society  
Total Hours 4 

Required General Electives 

Code Title Hours 
Complete 28 semester hours of general electives 28 

NUpath Requirements Satisfied 

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

Program Requirement 

128 total semester hours required