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Sample Schedule: Chemistry, 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  

1

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I  

4

WSC 002 - Composition   

3

Elective Course

1

MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II  

4

History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course  

3

Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Course  

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15



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

PHYS 012A  and PHYS 012B  

5

Literature (LT) Distribution Course  

3

CHEM 132 - Organic Chemistry II  

3

PHYS 011A  and PHYS 011B  

5

Students must select one of the following: Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Course  

3

Elective Course

3

 

 

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

15


 

THIRD-YEAR 

Study Abroad during the 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 080 - Seminars in Chemistry  

2

CHEM Advanced Lab

2

CHEM 145 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry  

4

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

CHEM 147 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry Laboratory  

1

Elective Course

3

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

BCHM 162 - Foundations of Biochemistry  

3

Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH), or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP), or Literature (LT), or Appreciation and Analysis (AA), or Creative Participation (CP), or Cross-Cultural (CC) or Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Distribution Course  

3

CHEM 152 - Undergraduate Research  

1

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

15


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

CHEM 124 - Instrumental Analysis  

3

CHEM 152 - Undergraduate Research  

1

CHEM 125 - Advanced Laboratory: Instrumental Analysis  

2

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

CHEM 151 - Undergraduate Research  

2

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

CHEM Advanced Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

16

Total Semester Hours

16

Program Total

124

Updated March 2023

NOTES

Some Chemistry courses (AP/IB/Transfer) taken prior to 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 at Hofstra or transfer in AP or other pre-college honors. 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 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