HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
THE URBAN ECOLOGY BA MAJOR AN 8-SEMESTER STUDY GRID
This is simply an example of what 8 semesters might look like for incoming First-Year students. Shown below are major requirements and university general education requirements. If you declare your major later, or are a Transfer Student, your grid will look considerably different. Your course choices may vary. Note that you will complete your NS Distribution requirements taking degree courses. Advanced BIO courses are numbered BIO 020 and above. Up to 6 credits of Distribution courses may be taken during Study Abroad. At least 15 semester hours in the major field of study must be taken at Hofstra. BIO 100 is a required course, but can be taken in second or fourth years.
FIRST YEAR Fall BIO 12 – Animal Form & Function BIO 20 – Urban Habitats CHEM 3A,B WSC 001 Distribution Course (AA, CP, or LT)
Spring BIO 11 – Intro Cell Biology & Genetics BIO 15 – Scientific Process Skills CHEM 4A,B WSC 002 Distribution Course (AA, CP, or LT)
Summer/January Sessions
Fall BIO 14 - Ecology & Evolution
Spring BIO 13 - Plants, Protists, and Prokaryotes
Summer/January Sessions
CHEM 185 – Environmental Chemistry GEOG 006 (BH) – Resources and Energy Geography Language #1
GEOL 5 – Environmental Geology TPP 115 – Environmental Planning
SECOND YEAR
Language #2
Distribution Course (AA, CP, or LT) THIRD YEAR Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.1 Fall Bio 114 – General Ecology Bio 100 – Biostatistics2 Geog 106 (BH, CC) – Urbanization in a Developing World Language #3
Spring Bio 115 – Conservation Biology Geog 161 – GIS course PHI 133 (HP) – Ethics and the Natural Environment MATH 50/71 – Calculus
Summer/January Sessions
Spring Bio 170 - Urban Ecology Advanced Bio elective3 SBLY 001 (IS) - Introduction to Sustainability
Summer/January Sessions
FOURTH YEAR Fall Bio 185 - Urban Ecology Internship Advanced BIO elective3 ENGG 110 – Project Management Soc 141 (BH) – Urban and Community Studies
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