Sample Schedule: Physics, BA (124 Semester Hours) - Hofstra University - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 30, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics	4	PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics	4
PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory	1	PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory	1
MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	4	MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	4
WSC 001 - Composition	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
Students must select one of the following: Language 001 or LA Elective Course	3	Students must select one of the following: Language 002 or LA Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PHYS 118A - Modern Physics	3	PHYS 140 - Mechanics	3
Elective Course	1	MATH 131 - (MA) Elementary Differential Equations	3
MATH 073 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus III	4	Liberal Arts Elective/Writing Intensive (WI) Course	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
Students must select one of the following: Language 003 or LA Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	16

THIRD-YEAR
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Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PHYS 104 - Electricity and Magnetism	3	PHYS 159 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics	3
Liberal Arts Elective/Writing Intensive (WI) Course	3	Students must select one of the following: Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Course	3	Literature (LT) Distribution Course	3
Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Course	3	PHYS (intermediate/advanced) Lab	3
Elective Course	1	PHYS (intermediate/advanced) Lab	1
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	16

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
PHYS 135 - Optics	3	PHYS 136 - Statistical Mechanics With Thermodynamics	3
PHYS 137 - Optics Laboratory	1	History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3	Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	15
Program Total		124

^{Updated December 2022}