Analytics, BS (Boston)

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Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Universitywide Requirement

Minimum 120 total semester hours required

Minimum 2.000 GPA required

Students must earn a minimum of 60 Northeastern University semester hours in order to receive a bachelor’s degree.

Note: Individual program requirements may exceed the above minima.

CPS Undergraduate Core Requirements

All College of Professional Studies undergraduate students are required to complete the CPS Undergraduate Core Requirements.

Foundation Courses

30 semester hours required

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Computer Engineering Technology | | | | CET 2200 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 | | English | | | | ENG 1105 and ENG 1106 | College Writing 1 and Lab for ENG 1105 | 4 | | ENG 1107 and ENG 1108 | College Writing 2 and Lab for ENG 1107 | 4 | | ENG 3105 and ENG 3106 | Writing for the Professions: Science and Engineering and Lab for ENG 3105 | 4 | | Information Technology | | | | ITC 2016 | End-User Data Analysis Tools | 3 | | Management | | | | MGT 1100 | Introduction to Business | 3 | | or MGT 2210 | Information within the Enterprise | | | Mathematics | | | | MTH 1100 | College Algebra | 3 | | MTH 2400 | Technology and Applications of Discrete Mathematics | 3 | | Philosophy | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 3 | | ITC 3620 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Cybersecurity | | | PHL 2100 | Business Ethics | | | PHL 2140 | Ethical Issues in Science and Engineering | |

Major Required Courses

33 semester hours required

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Analytics | | | | ALY 2010 | Probability Theory and Introductory Statistics | 3 | | ALY 2100 | Introduction to Programming for Data Analytics | 3 | | ALY 3015 | Intermediate Statistics for Data Analytics | 3 | | ALY 3040 | Data Mining | 3 | | ALY 3070 | Communication and Visualization for Data Analytics | 3 | | ALY 3110 | Big Data and Web Mining | 3 | | ALY 4000 | Analytics Using R | 3 | | ALY 4020 | Predictive Analytics Using R and Python | 3 | | Information Technology | | | | ITC 2300 | Database Management Systems | 3 | | ITC 3320 | Data Warehousing Technologies | 3 | | ITC 3300 | Structured Query Language (SQL) | 3 | | or ITC 3310 | Exploring NoSQL Databases | |

Professional Electives

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Complete 30 semester hours in the following subject areas below: | | 30 | | ALY, AVM, BTC, CET, FIN, GET, HMG, ITC, LDR, MGT, MKT, PJM | | | | Suggested Electives: | | | | ACC 2100 | Financial Accounting | | | HRM 2320 | Human Resources Management | | | MKT 2100 | Principles of Marketing | | | PJM 1100 | Project Management Fundamentals - Project Initiation and Close | |

Capstone

3 semester hours required

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | ALY 4850 | Analytics Capstone | 3 |

Concentration or Electives Option

A concentration is not required. Students may complete the electives option in lieu of the concentration.

• Applied AI
• Electives Option

Note:Please consult with your advisor.

Concentration in Applied AI

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Complete the following courses: | | | | ALY 2550 | Generative AI | 3 | | ALY 3510 | AI Foundations: An Interdisciplinary Approach | 3 | | ALY 4520 | MLOps: Operationalizing AI | 3 | | ALY 4570 | Social Impacts and Issues of AI | 3 | | Complete one ALY or ITC course that has not been taken to fulfill major or concentration requirements. | | 3 |

Electives Option

Course List

 | Code | Title | Hours |

| --- | --- | --- | | Complete a minimum of 24 semester hours to reach 120 semester hours. Courses from the major may not double count for Electives. | | |