HCLAS - 4-Year Schedule - Geology BA

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

THE GEOLOGY BA MAJOR AN 8-SEMESTER STUDY GRID

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This is simply an example of what 8 semesters might look like for incoming First-Year students. Shown below are major requirements, but not 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 all of your NS/MA/CS Distribution requirements taking degree courses. Advanced Geology courses are numbered GEOL 015 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.

GEOL 033, 019, and 135 are required courses, but they do not need to be taken in any particular year.

FIRST YEAR Fall GEOL 001 – Planet Earth

Spring GEOL 002 – Historical Geology

Summer/January Sessions*

Spring Advanced GEOL elective

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SECOND YEAR Fall GEOL 033 Environ. Geomorphology GEOL 019 Structural Geology

THIRD YEAR Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.* Fall Advanced GEOL elective

Spring Advanced GEOL elective GEOL 135 Sedimentation

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Spring Advanced GEOL elective

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FOURTH YEAR Fall Advanced GEOL elective

For more information and to meet your faculty, visit our Department website at:

https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/ geol/index.html WHY STUDY GEOLOGY? https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/geol/geol-careers.html What can I do with a GEOLOGY degree? https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/geol/geol-careersgeology.html

NOTES Some Geology and Environmental Science courses (AP/IB/Transfer) taken prior to Hofstra can count toward the major. Non-Geology courses taken prior to your first year can count toward general education requirements or elective credits, whether taken at Hofstra or transferred in.

You are not required to take Summer or January courses (for which there is no financial aid). You can complete your degree of 124 credits with 5 3-credit courses every semester provided you take an additional 4 credits during your time at Hofstra or transfer in AP or other pre-college credits. Note that you can take up to 17 credits per semester without paying additional tuition. Some courses such as math, physics, and chemistry are 4 credit courses.

Also, you may consider taking the 3 credit January Session study abroad program in the GalĂ pagos Islands and Ecuador (additional tuition and program fees) or doing an internship or independent research project.

We encourage GEOLOGY students to participate in internships, independent research, or other forms of experiential learning: https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/geol/geol-experiential.html *In addition to going on study abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for the entire academic year in their third year, for a semester in their second or fourth years, or for a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.