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Sample Schedule: Forensic Science, BS (124 Semester Hours)


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

FOR 100 - (NS) Survey in Forensic Science  

3

FOR 101 - (NS) Crime Scene Investigation Methods  

3

CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I  

3

CHEM 004A - (NS) General Chemistry II  

3

CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I  

1

CHEM 004B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II  

1

MATH 050 - (MA) Precalculus  

3

BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I  

4

WSC 001 - Composition  

3

WSC 002 - Composition   

3

RHET 007 - (CP) Public Speaking  

3

 

 

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

14



SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

BIOL 113 - (NS) General Biology II  

4

CHEM 105 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry  

3

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I  

4

CHEM 109 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory  

1

CRM 001 - (IS) Introduction to Criminology  

3

PHYS 001A - (NS) Elementary Physics  

3

FA 170C - (CP) Introduction to Digital Photography  

3

PHYS 001B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory  

1

Literature (LT) Distribution Course  

3

CHEM 112 - Excel for Chemists  

1

 

 

FOR Elective Course

3

 

 

PHI 014 - (HP) Ethics  

3

Total Semester Hours

17

Total Semester Hours

15


 

THIRD-YEAR 

Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.
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Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

FOR 120 - Forensic Microscopy  

4

FOR 130 - Methods in Trace Analysis  

4

CHEM 131 - Organic Chemistry I  

3

PHYS 002A - (NS) Elementary Physics  

3

CHEM 137 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory  

1

PHYS 002B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory  

1

CHEM 124 - Instrumental Analysis   

3

CHEM 132 - Organic Chemistry II   

3

FOR Elective Course

3

CHEM 125 - Advanced Laboratory: Instrumental Analysis  

2

FOR 110 - Forensic Science Seminar  

1

FOR Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

16


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

FOR 135 - Quality Assurance in Forensic Science  

3

Students must select one of the following: FOR 180 - Forensic Science Internship  or FOR 185 - Forensic Science Independent Study  

3

FOR Elective Course

3

FOR 195 - Forensic Expert Witness Testimony  

3

BCHM 162 - Foundations of Biochemistry  

3

Specialized Science 

3

Students must select one of the following: BIOL 124 - Biostatistics  PSY 040 - Statistics , or SOC 180 - Statistics in Sociology  

4

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

PSC 129 - (BH) The Administration of Justice in America  

3

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

15

Program Total

124

Updated November 2023

NOTES

Some Chemistry and/or Forensic Science courses (AP/IB/Transfer) taken before Hofstra can count toward the major. Non-Chemistry courses taken before 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 five 3-credit courses every semester, provided you take an additional four credits during your time at Hofstra or transfer in AP or other pre-college credits. Alternatively, you can take four 4-credit courses every semester and some chemistry, math, and physics courses are offered as 4-credit courses. 

In addition to studying abroad for either semester in their third year, students can go for the entire academic year in their third year, a semester in their second or fourth years, or a short-term program in the summer or during the January break.

See the Chemistry Department website for possible Internship venues and opportunities. 

https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/chem/index.html