Nov 15, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sample Schedule: Biochemistry, BS (124 Semester Hours)


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I  

3

CHEM 105 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry  

3

CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I   

1

CHEM 109 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory  

1

WSC 001 - Composition  

3

CHEM 112 - Excel for Chemists   

3

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I  

4

WSC 002 - Composition  

3

BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I  

4

MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II  

4

 

 

BIOL 113 - (NS) General Biology II  

4

Total Semester Hours

15

​Total Semester Hours

16


SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

CHEM 113 - Molecular Modeling for Chemists  

1

CHEM 139 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry  

3

CHEM 131 - Organic Chemistry I  

3

CHEM 140 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory  

1

CHEM 137 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory  

1

CHEM 132 - Organic Chemistry II   

3

Distribution Course  

3

Distribution Course  

3

PHYS 011A  and PHYS 011B  

5

PHYS 012A  

4

Elective Course

3

PHYS 012B ​ 

1

​Total Semester Hours

16

​Total Semester Hours

15


 

THIRD-YEAR 

Study Abroad Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.
Click here for more information on Study Abroad Options.

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

CHEM 145 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry  

4

BCHM 173 - Experimental Biochemistry  

3

CHEM 147 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry Laboratory  

1

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

BCHM 162 - Foundations of Biochemistry 

 

3

BCHM 163 - Bio-Organic Chemistry of Metabolism 

 

3

Elective Course

3

BCHM 176 - Seminar in Biochemistry  

1

Elective Course

3

Distribution Course  

3

 

 

Elective Course

3

​Total Semester Hours

14

​Total Semester Hours

16


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

CHEM 124 - Instrumental Analysis  

3

Elective Course

3

CHEM 125 - Advanced Laboratory: Instrumental Analysis  

2

 Elective Course

3

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

Distribution Course  

3

Distribution Course  

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

 

 

​Total Semester Hours

17

​Total Semester Hours

15

Program ​Total

124

Updated November 2022

NOTES

Some Chemistry courses (AP/IB/Transfer) taken prior to Hofstra can count toward the major. Non-Chemistry 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. Alternatively, you can take 4 4-credit courses every semester, and some chemistry, math, and physics courses are offered as 4-credit courses. 

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.

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

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