Sample Schedule: Geology, BS (124 Semester Hours)

FIRST-YEAR

SECOND-YEAR

THIRD-YEAR 
^{Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.**}
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FOURTH-YEAR

^{Updated March 2023}

^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 by taking five courses every semester because the required physics, chemistry, and calculus courses are 4 credit courses. Note that you can take up to 17 credits per semester without paying additional tuition.} 

^{GEOLOGY BS students should consider doing an internship or independent research project in preparation for graduate school or entering the geological or environmental consulting fields.} 

^{We encourage all GEOLOGY students to participate in internships, independent research, study abroad, or other forms of experiential learning:  https://www.hofstra.edu/geology/internships/.}

^{*Statistics and calculus are preferred for GEOLOGY BS majors because both courses are required by New York State to obtain a Professional Geologist license.}

^{**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. Also, you may consider taking the 3-credit January Session study abroad program in the Galàpagos Islands and Ecuador (additional tuition and program fees).}