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2024 Summer Sessions Bulletin

Courses for High School Students and Incoming First-year Students

Courses Suitable for High School Students

Summer Courses for Incoming First-year Students

 

 Hofstra University has a dynamic course schedule information system. For available course schedules, click the link below:

 

 Courses Suitable for High School Students

  • Summer Session I
    • AH 003 - (AA) Gods and Kings
    • ASTR 011 - (NS) The Solar System
      (MATH 050 placement on placement exam to qualify – see Physics Department.)
    • BIOL 111 - (NS) Introduction to Big Ideas in Biology
    • BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology II
    • BIOL 122 - (QR) Genetics
    • BIOL 134 - (QR) Microbiology
    • CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I
      (Pre-requisite MATH 006A  or math placement test score of 16 or higher or ALEKS score of 55 or higher.)
    • CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I
      (Prerequisite/Co-requisite: CHEM 003A – see Chemistry Department.)
    • CLL 044 - (LT) Greek and Roman Epics (DL)
    • CLL 172 - (LT) European Literature of 17th and 18th Centuries (DL)
    • CRM 007- (IS) Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (DL)
    • DNCE 127 - (AA) Dance Appreciation
    • DNCE 128 - History of Dance
    • ECO 001 - Principles of Economics
    • ECO 002 - Principles of Economics
    • ENGG 010 - Computational Methods in Engineering
    • ENGL 198S - (LT) The Hate U Give: Learning from Young Adult Literature
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • FA 045 - (CP) Beginning Painting
    • FA 080 - (CP) Beginning Ceramics
    • FREN 003 – Intermediate French (DL) (Pre-requisite of FREN 002 or equivalent placement test score)
    • FRLT 046 (LT) – Sex, Gender, and Love in 20th Century French Prose (DL)
    • GEOG 003 – (BH) Geography of a Globalizing World
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department. Same as GS 001)
    • GEOG 106 - (BH, CC) Urbanization in the Developing World
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • GEOL 001 – (NS) Planet Earth
    • LIT 071 - (LT) Russian Culture and the West (DL)
    • MATH 030A - (MA) Mathematical Excursions
    • MATH 040 - (MA) Linear Mathematics and Matrices
    • MATH 050 - (MA) Precalculus
      (Must have prerequisites - see Math Department.)
    • MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
      (Must have prerequisites - see Math Department.
    • PHYS 001A - (NS) Elementary Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 001B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PSY 001 - Introduction to Psychology
    • PSY 034 Organizational Psychology
      (Prerequisite: PSY 001 Introduction to Psychology or PSY AP credit)
    • PSC 001 – (BH) American Politics (DL course)
    • SOC 004 -(BH) Contemporary Society (Hybrid: Meets IP TR and Online Synchronous MW)
    • SPAN 002 Elementary Spanish 2
      (Pre-requisite of SPAN 001 or equivalent placement test score)
  • Summer Session II
    • ANTH 116 - (BH, CC) Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective
    • ASST 011 - (CC, IS) Introduction to Chinese Culture (DL)
    • ASTR 012 - (NS) Stars and Galaxies
      (MATH 050 placement on placement exam to qualify – see Physics Department.)
    • BIOL 113 - General Biology II
      (Pre-requisite: C- or better in Chem 3A and BIOL 112)
    • BIOL 123 - (QR) Cell Biology 
      (Prerequisite: Biol 112, Pre- or Co-requisite: Chem 131)
    • BIOL 124 - (QR) Biostatistics
      (Prerequisite: lab skills course (chosen from Biol 125-129)
    • BIOL 124 - (QR)Biostatistics
      (Prerequisite: lab skills course (chosen from Biol 125-129
    • CLL 039 - (LT) Goddesses, Gods, & Heroes (DL)
    • CLL 151 - (LT) Studies in Lit
    • CRWR 133 (CP) General Creative Writing (DL)
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • DNCE 127 - (AA) Dance Appreciation
    • ENGL 072 (LT) The American Experience in Context (DL)
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • FA 080 - (CP) Beginning Ceramics
    • GEOG 145 - (BH, CC) Geography of Africa
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • GEOL 015 (NS) Global Climate Change
    • HIST 020 - (HP) Why History Matters
    • ITLT 042 - (LT) Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Short Stories of Decameron (DL)
    • ITST 141C -(AA) Comedy, Italian Style (DL)
    • LIT 087 - (LT, CC) Modern China in Fiction and Film
    • MATH 045 - (MA) Logic, Sets, and Probability
    • MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
      (Take placement exam to qualify - see Math Department.)
    • MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 071 – see Math Department.)
    • MATH 073 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 072 – see Math Department.)
    • MATH 131 - (MA) Elementary Differential Equations
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 072 – see Math Department.)
    • PHI 014 - (HP) Ethics
    • PHYS 002A - (NS) Elementary Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 002B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • SOC 172 - (BH) Punishment and Society
    • SPAN 003 - Intermediate Spanish 1 
      (Pre-requisite of SPAN 002 or equivalent placement test score)
  • Summer Session III
    • ANTH 150 - (BH, CC) Pre- and Non-Industrial Technology, Economies and Material Culture
    • ASTR 011 - (NS) The Solar System
      (MATH 050 placement on placement exam to qualify – see Physics Department.)
    • CLL 182 – (LT) Robot Dreams (DL)
    • CRM 009 - (IS) Surveillance (DL)
    • ECO 001 - Principles of Economics
    • GEOG 003 – (BH) Geography of a Globalizing World
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department. Same as GS 001)
    • GEOG 106 - (BH, CC) Urbanization in the Developing World
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • GS 001 - (IS) Introduction to Global Studies
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • HIST 014C - (HP) United States History: Reconstruction to the Present
    • ITLT 041 - (LT) To Hell and Back: Dante’s Inferno (DL)
    • LING 101 - (IS) Introduction to Linguistics (DL)
    • SOC 004 – (BH) Contemporary Society

Courses for Incoming First-year Students

  • Summer Session I
    • AH 003 - (AA) Gods and Kings
    • ASTR 011 - (NS) The Solar System
      (MATH 050 placement on placement exam to qualify – see Physics Department.)
    • BIOL 111 - (NS) Introduction to Big Ideas in Biology
    • BIOL 112 - (NS) General Biology I
      (Requires a high school GPA of at least 3.4. Students with a high school GPA < 3.4 must take BIOL 111 first
    • CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I
      (MATH 006A  or math placement test score of 16 or higher or ALEKS score of 55 or higher.)
    • CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I
      (Prerequisite/Co-requisite: CHEM 003A – see Chemistry Department.)
    • CLL 044 - (LT) Greek and Roman Epics (DL)
    • CLL 172 - (LT) European Literature of 17th and 18th Centuries (DL)
    • CRM 007 - (IS) Delinquency and Juvenile Justice (DL)
    • CRWR 184G (CP) Finding Your Voice (DL)
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • DNCE 127 - (AA) Dance Appreciation
    • DNCE 128 - History of Dance
    • ECO 001 - Principles of Economics
    • ECO 002 - Principles of Economics
    • ENGG 010 - Computational Methods in Engineering
    • ENGL 198S - (LT) The Hate U Give: Learning from Young Adult Literature
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • FA 045 - (CP) Beginning Painting
    • FA 080 - (CP) Beginning Ceramics
    • FREN 003 - Intermediate FREN 1
      (Pre-requisite of FREN 002 or equivalent placement test score)
    • GEOG 003 – (BH) Geography of a Globalizing World
    • GEOG 106 - (BH, CC) Urbanization in the Developing World
      (For HS AP credit, see the Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • GEOL 001 – (NS) Planet Earth
    • GS 001 - (IS) Introduction to Global Studies
    • HPR 063 - Health Care Systems and Services
    • HPR 065 - Ethical, Legal, and Critical Health Problems
    • LIT 071 - (LT) Russian Culture and the West
    • MATH 030A - (MA) Mathematical Excursions
    • MATH 040 - (MA) Linear Mathematics and Matrices
    • MATH 050 - (MA) Precalculus
      (You must have prerequisites; see Math Department.)
    • MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
      (You must have prerequisites; see Math Department.)
    • PHYS 001A - (NS) Elementary Physics
      (You must have prerequisites; see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 001B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory
      (You must have prerequisites; see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics
      (You must have prerequisites; see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory
      (You must have prerequisites; see Physics Dept.)
    • PSC 001 – (BH) American Politics (DL course)
    • PSY 001 - Introduction to Psychology
      (Prerequisite: PSY 001 Introduction to Psychology or PSY 001A (BH) General Psychology)
    • PSY 034 Organizational Psychology
      (Prerequisite: PSY 001 Introduction to Psychology or PSY AP credit)
    • PSY 159 Social Psychology
      (Prerequisite: PSY 001 Introduction to Psychology or PSY AP credit)
    • SOC 004 -(BH) Contemporary Society (Hybrid: Meets IP TR and Online Synchronous MW)
    • SPAN 002 Elementary Spanish 2
      (Pre-requisite of SPAN 001 or equivalent placement test score)
  • Summer Session II
    • ANTH 116 - (BH, CC) Religion in Cross-Cultural Perspective
    • ASST 011 - (CC, IS) Introduction to Chinese Culture
    • ASTR 012 - (NS) Stars and Galaxies
    • BIOL 113 - (NS) General Biology II
      (Pre-requisite: C- or better in Chem 3A and BIOL 112)
    • CHEM 004A - (NS) General Chemistry II
    • (Pre-requisite: CHEM 003A – see Chemistry Department.)
    • CHEM 004B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II
      (Pre-requisite: CHEM 003B. Pre-requisite/Co-requisite: CHEM 004A – see Chemistry Department.)
    • CLL 039 - (LT) Goddesses, Gods, and Heroes Mythologies and Literature of the Ancient World (DL)
    • CLL 151 - (LT) Studies in Lit
    • CRWR 133 (CP) General Creative Writing
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • DNCE 127 - (AA) Dance Appreciation
    • ECO 142 - International Economics
      (Pre-requisite: ECO 001 or 002 – see Economics Department.)
    • ENGL 072 (LT)  The American Experience in Context (DL)
      (Prerequisite: WSC 001 or HS AP Credit – see English Department.)
    • FA 080 - (CP) Beginning Ceramics
    • GEOG 145 - (BH, CC) Geography of Africa
      (HS AP credit – see Global Studies and Geography Department.)
    • GEOL 015 – (NS) Global Climate Change
    • HIST 020 - (HP) Why History Matters
    • HPR 073 - Framework and Design in Healthcare Studies
    • ITLT 042 - (LT) Lie, Cheat, and Steal: Short Stories of Decameron (WDL)
    • ITST 141C -(AA) Comedy, Italian Style (DL)
    • MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I
      (Take placement exam to qualify - see Math Department.)
    • MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 071 – see Math Department.)
    • MATH 073 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus III
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 072 – see Math Department.)
    • MATH 131 - (MA) Elementary Differential Equations
      (Pre-requisite: MATH 072 – see Math Department.)
    • PHI 014 - (HP) Ethics
    • PSY 011 – Behavior Modification
    • PHYS 002A - (NS) Elementary Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 002B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory
      (Must have prerequisites - see Physics Dept.)
    • SOC172 - (BH) Punishment and Society (DL)
    • SPAN 002 Elementary Spanish 2
      (Pre-requisite SPAN 001 or equivalent by placement test score)
  • Summer Session III
    • ANTH 150 - (BH, CC) Pre- and Non-Industrial Technology, Economies, and Material Culture
    • ASTR 011 - (NS) The Solar System
      (MATH 050 placement on placement exam to qualify – see Physics Department.)
    • CLL 182 – (LT) Robot Dreams (DL)
    • CRM 009 - (IS) Surveillance (DL)
    • CSC 005 - (CS) Overview of Computer Science
    • ECO 001 - Principles of Economics
    • GEOG 003 – (BH) Geography of a Globalizing World
    • GS 001 - (IS) Introduction to Global Studies
    • HIST 014C - (HP) United States History: Reconstruction to the Present
    • HIST 030 - (HP) Contemporary American Lives
    • ITLT 041 - (LT) To Hell and Back: Dante’s Inferno (DL)
    • LING 101 - (IS) Introduction to Linguistics
    • SOC 004 - (BH) Contemporary Society