BS Computer Science and Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at Northeastern University

Programme overview

The computer science and the environmental and sustainability sciences combined major focuses on the major environmental challenges facing our planet and provides broad training to understand how these challenges can be met through advances in computer science and artificial intelligence. Understanding these processes requires both the acquisition and computational analysis of large amounts of data—underscoring the synergistic relationship between computer science and environmental and sustainability sciences. Offered at: Boston.

Faculty: Khoury College of Computer Sciences | Department: Computer Information Science Combined Majors | Duration: 133 semester hours | Study mode: co-op | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

Requires 133 semester hours. Required courses include 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; MATH 1365 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning; CS 2700 and CS 2701 Data Structures and Analysis and Lab for CS 2700; CS 3100 and CS 3101 Program Design and Implementation 2 and Lab for CS 3100; CS 3200 Introduction to Databases.

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year applicants apply for Fall entry through Early Decision I, Early Decision II, Early Action or Regular Decision. Transfer applicants can apply for Fall or Spring entry.

First-year deadlines: Early Decision I and Early Action November 1; Early Decision II and Regular Decision January 1. Decision notifications: ED I by January 1, EA by February 15, ED II by March 1, RD by April 1.

Transfer deadlines: Fall April 1; Spring October 15 (extended).

First-year and transfer applicants apply through the Common Application or Coalition Application; the application fee is $75 (non-refundable). SAT/ACT is optional (test-optional).

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.northeastern.edu/

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