Extended Realities, MS (Boston)
Source: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/university-interdisciplinary-programs/extended-realities-ms-bos/ Parent: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/university-interdisciplinary-programs/
Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.
Extended Reality Core
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | EXRE 5010 and EXRE 5011 | Immersive Media: Extended Realities (XR) History, Theory, and Impact and Seminar for EXRE 5010 | 5 | | EXRE 5020 | Developing Extended Realities (XR) | 4 | | EXRE 5030 | Designing Extended Realities (XR) | 4 | | EXRE 7500 | Extended Realities (XR) Project | 4 | | or EXRE 7990 | Thesis | | | GSND 5122 | Business Models in the Game Industry | 1 |
Extended Reality Concentration Options
Complete one of the following options:
- Artificial Intelligence—Khoury College of Computer Sciences
- Entrepreneurship—D’Amore-McKim School of Business
- Human Computer Interaction—Khoury College of Computer Sciences
- Human Movement Science—Bouvé College of Health Sciences
- Information Ethics—College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Marketing—D’Amore-McKim School of Business
- Public History—College of Social Sciences and Humanities
- Wireless Networking—College of Engineering
- XR and Design—College of Arts, Media and Design
- XR and Games—College of Arts, Media and Design
- XR and Media—College of Arts, Media and Design
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
34 total semester hours required. Some concentrations may require more than 34 semester hours to complete.\ Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Concentration in Artificial Intelligence—Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Requires a background in computer science. | | | | CS 5097 | Mixed Reality | 4 | | CS 5100 | Foundations of Artificial Intelligence | 4 | | CS 6120 | Natural Language Processing | 4 | | CS 6140 | Machine Learning | 4 | | or DS 5220 | Supervised Machine Learning and Learning Theory | |
Concentration in Entrepreneurship—D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | INNO 6200 | Enterprise Growth and Innovation | 3 | | MKTG 6285 | Creating Customer Value through Artificial Intelligence | 3 | | Electives | | | | Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | | 12 | | ENTR 6210 | Managing Operations in Early Stage Ventures | | | ENTR 6212 | Business Planning for New Ventures | | | ENTR 6214 | Social Enterprise | | | ENTR 6218 | Business Model Design and Innovation | | | ENTR 6240 | Emerging and Disruptive Technologies | | | ENTR 6241 | Entrepreneurial Marketing and Selling | | | ENTR 6250 | Lean Design and Development | | | ENTR 6300 | Managing a Technology-Based Business | | | GE 5030 | Iterative Product Prototyping for Engineers | | | INNO 6230 | Platform Innovation | | | MKTG 6214 | New Product Development | |
Concentration in Human Computer Interaction—Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | CS 5340 | Computer/Human Interaction | 4 | | Electives | | | | Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | | 12 | | ARTG 5710 | Design for Dignity | | | CS 5097 | Mixed Reality | | | CS 5170 | Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction | | | CS 6350 | Empirical Research Methods | | | CS 7390 | Special Topics in Human-Centered Computing | | | GSND 6340 | Biometrics of Design | |
Concentration in Human Movement Science—Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | GSND 6340 | Biometrics of Design | 4 | | PT 7001 | Core Concepts in Rehabilitation Science and Research | 3 | | PT 7005 | Experimental Design and Applied Statistics | 4 | | Electives | | | | Complete 7–8 semester hours from the following: | | 7-8 | | PT 5133 | Kinesiology | | | PT 5150 | Motor Control, Development, and Learning | | | PT 5321 | Applications of Biomechanics in Human Function and Movement | | | PT 5410 | Functional Human Neuroanatomy | | | PT 7010 | Measurement and Analysis of Human Movement and Bioinstrumentation | | | PT 7020 | Technologies in Movement and Rehabilitation Science | |
Concentration in Information Ethics—College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | CY 5240 | Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights | | | PHIL 5005 | Information Ethics | | | PHIL 5010 | AI Ethics | | | Electives | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | CY 5240 | Cyberlaw: Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights | | | PHIL 5001 | Global Justice | | | PHIL 5002 | Ethics and Public Policy | | | PHIL 5005 | Information Ethics | | | PHIL 5010 | AI Ethics | |
Concentration in Marketing—D’Amore-McKim School of Business
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | MKTG 6200 | Creating and Sustaining Customer Markets | 3 | | MKTG 6285 | Creating Customer Value through Artificial Intelligence | 3 | | Electives | | | | Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | | 12 | | MKTG 6210 | Marketing Research | | | MKTG 6212 | International Marketing | | | MKTG 6214 | New Product Development | | | MKTG 6216 | Market Focused Strategy | | | MKTG 6218 | Managing Customer Engagement in a Service World | | | MKTG 6222 | Digital Marketing | | | MKTG 6223 | Brand and Advertising Management | | | MKTG 6226 | Consumer Behavior | | | MKTG 6230 | Driving Marketing Performance: Measure, Analyze, Profit | | | MKTG 6234 | Marketing Analytics | |
Concentration in Public History—College of Social Sciences and Humanities
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | HIST 5237 | Issues and Methods in Public History | 4 | | Complete the following (repeatable) course twice: | | 4 | | HIST 8410 | Fieldwork in History 1 (to be taken twice) | | | Electives | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | HIST 5241 | Exhibits and Museums | | | HIST 7250 | Topics in Public History (Public History and Slavery) | | | HIST 7250 | Topics in Public History (Sites of Violence and Public Memory) | |
Concentration in Wireless Networking—College of Engineering
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | EECE 5512 | Networked XR Systems | | | EECE 7374 | Fundamentals of Computer Networks | | | Electives | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | EECE 5155 | Wireless Sensor Networks and the Internet of Things | | | EECE 5576 | Wireless Communication Systems | | | EECE 7364 | Mobile and Wireless Networking | |
Concentration in XR and Design—College of Arts, Media and Design
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | ARTG 5150 and ARTG 5151 | Information Visualization Principles and Practices and Information Design Critique Seminar | 4 | | ARTG 5640 | Prototyping for Experience Design | 4 | | EXRE 6500 | Extended Realities (XR) Studio | 4 | | Elective | | | | Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | | 4 | | ARTG 5310 | Visual Cognition | | | ARTG 5330 | Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals | | | ARTG 5600 | Experience Design Studio 1: Principles | | | ARTG 5610 | Design Systems | | | ARTG 5620 | Notational Systems for Experience | | | ARTG 6110 | Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking | | | ARTG 6310 | Design for Behavior and Experience | | | ARTG 6330 | Information Design Mapping Strategies | |
Concentration in XR and Games—College of Arts, Media and Design
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | EXRE 6500 | Extended Realities (XR) Studio | 4 | | GSND 5110 and GSND 5111 | Game Design and Analysis and Seminar for GSND 5110 | 5 | | Electives | | | | Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | | 8 | | GSND 6000 | Advanced Topics in Game Design | | | GSND 6001 | Advanced Topics in Game Science | | | GSND 6240 | Exploratory Concept Design | | | GSND 6250 | Spatial and Temporal Design | | | GSND 6330 | Player Experience | | | GSND 6340 | Biometrics of Design | | | GSND 6350 | Data-Driven Game Design | | | GSND 6460 | Generative Game Design | |
Concentration in XR and Media—College of Arts, Media and Design
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Required Courses | | | | EXRE 6500 | Extended Realities (XR) Studio | 4 | | JRNL 5400 | Media and Advocacy in Theory and Practice | 4 | | JRNL 6340 | Fundamentals of Digital Journalism | 4 | | Elective | | | | Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | | 4 | | ARTG 5150 and ARTG 5151 | Information Visualization Principles and Practices and Information Design Critique Seminar | | | JRNL 5311 | Design for Storytelling | | | JRNL 6305 | Topics | | | JRNL 6341 | Telling Your Story with Data | |
Sample Plan of Study
The following is a sample plan of study for a student in the Concentration in XR and Games.
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| EXRE 5010 and EXRE 5011 | 5 | EXRE 5030 | 4 |
| EXRE 5020 | 4 | GSND 5110 and GSND 5111 | 5 |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours |
| EXRE 6500 | 4 | EXRE 7500 | 4 |
| GSND 5122 | 1 | XR and games elective 2 | 4 |
| XR and games elective 1 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 8 | ||
| Total Hours: 35 |