Sample Schedule: Criminology, BA (124 Semester Hours) - Hofstra University

Mar 17, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

FIRST-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
Students must select one of the following: CRM 001 or SOC 007 *	3	CRM Category I Elective Course	3
WSC 001 - Composition	3	WSC 002 - Composition	3
Students must select one of the following: Appreciation and Analysis (AA) or Creative Participation (CP) Distribution Courses	3	Students must select one of the following: Natural Science (NS) or Math (MA) or Computer Science (CS) Distribution Courses	3
Foreign Language Course	3	Foreign Language Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15

SECOND-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
CRM Category II Elective Course	3	CRM 002 - (IS) Theoretical Perspectives on Crime and Justice	3
CRM Elective Course	3	CRM Elective Course	3
History/Philosophy/Religion (HP) Distribution Course	3	Cross-Cultural (CC) Distribution Courses	3
Foreign Language Course	3	Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT) or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Courses	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Elective Course (One semester hour)	1	Elective Course (One semester hour)	1
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	16

THIRD-YEAR

^{Study Abroad during the Fall/Spring semester or an entire academic year; not restricted to Junior Year.**}

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
SOC 180 - Statistics in Sociology	4	SOC 181 - Research Methods in Sociology	4
CRM Elective Course	3	Natural Science (NS) Distribution Courses	3
Literature (LT) Distribution Courses	3	Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) Distribution Courses	3
Math (MA) Distribution Courses	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	16	Total Semester Hours	16

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall	S.H.	Spring	S.H.
CRM 191 - (IS) Advanced Research Seminar in Criminology	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Distribution Courses	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH) or History/Philosophy/Religion (HP) Distribution Courses	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Liberal Arts Elective Course	3	Liberal Arts Elective Course	3
Total Semester Hours	15	Total Semester Hours	15
Program Total		124

^{Updated July 2023}

^Notes

^{* Credit toward the major or minor is given for one of these courses, not both.}

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