BS in Computer Science and Business Administration
The BS in Computer Science and Business Administration is a combined major (Khoury College and D’Amore-McKim School of Business) that delivers a technical degree with a strong grounding in business. The focus on technical skills — including program design and software development — will give you unique foundations to bring to your economics and business management courses. You’ll learn how industries use information and information technology to create better-managed, innovative, and more successful organizations.
Program details: BS in Computer Science and Business Administration
Foundations in both computer science and business administration open up a variety of exciting and fulfilling career paths. Some possibilities include:
- Technology consultant
- IT project manager
- Business intelligence analyst
- Entrepreneur or startup founder
- IT strategy consultant
Students in this combined major have opportunities to build on their classroom learning in industry settings through co-ops. Recent related co-op experiences include:
- Assistant AI architect at Shanghai Wutongshu Hi-Tech Co.
- AI software engineering co-op at Amplitude
- Digital business analyst co-op at MFS Investment Management
- eComm engineer co-op at ASICS Digital/FitnessKeeper
- Generative AI product development fellow at Northeastern Burnes Center for Social Change
- AI market research co-op at International Data Group (IDG)
Partner with top-tier researchers in our renowned facilities as you search for innovative solutions to real-world challenges. Research areas include:
- Data science
- Artificial intelligence
- Human-computer interaction
In this program, you’ll learn to:
- Apply design principles in the construction of software systems of varying complexity.
- Use current techniques, skills, and tools necessary for effective and secure computing practice.
- Apply mathematical foundations, algorithmic principles, and computer science theory in the modeling and design of computer-based systems in a way that demonstrates comprehension of the tradeoffs involved in design choices.
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