General Information

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January Session 2008 at Hofstra University provides students with the opportunity to take new and exciting courses or popular existing courses and earn up to three credits in a shortened session. As you will see by looking at this schedule, we offer a broad range of courses. The emphasis of this session is on diversity - there are beginning, advanced and graduate courses, and courses of general interest; one-, two- and three-credit courses; day, evening or weekend courses; on- and off-campus courses and those that involve travel.

Students attending the January Session will find readily available resources and services including 1.4 million volumes in the collection. A vast electronic library with over 26,000 electronic books and 29,500 full-text journals is available via the Internet on campus and from home or office. Computer equipment is up-to-date, service is helpful and friendly, stacks are open and furnished with work tables and group study rooms. Come to study, read and work with friends at Hofstra University.

As the focal point of student activities, the Student Center stands on the University’s north campus opposite the Axinn Library. The two buildings are linked by the Clifford L. Lord Unispan, a covered footbridge over Hempstead Turnpike.

The University Bookstore is in full operation during the January Session.

The Winterfest Program provides social events which include movie and bowling trips, as well as game room activities. All events are available to both undergraduate and graduate students. Please call (516) 463-6914 or stop by 260 Student Center to pick up a January calendar of events.

During the January Session, all residential facilities at Hofstra are open to any resident who would like to remain on campus. Hofstra’s residence facilities offer a comfortable, pleasant blend of privacy and small community life. The residence halls have multiple occupancy rooms with all necessary furnishings except linens. For additional information on residential programs, please visit the Web site at www.hofstra.edu/StudentAffairs/StudentServices/ResLife.

Students attending the January Session may not earn more than three semester hours of credit, or four semester hours if a course is offered on that basis.

Students may attend the January Session include:

• former or continuing students in good standing;
• students who are attending Hofstra University for the first time;
• visiting undergraduate students from other colleges or universities for January Session only*;
• high school graduates interested in taking a January Session course; and
• non-matriculated graduate students.

All students who are not currently enrolled at Hofstra University must complete a Visiting Student Application. This application is available at www.hofstra.edu/apply.

* Required of students visiting from a college or university

• Visiting Student Application;
• Written approval by the appropriate officials from student’s home institution certifying the student’s good academic standing; and
• a nonrefundable check or money order for $50 made payable to Hofstra University.

Note: Undergraduate students are not permitted to enroll in graduate courses at Hofstra University.

The Hofstra Online Information System, my.hofstra.edu, offers a quick and simple way to register. Looking up classes, registering for open classes, and dropping or adding classes are all just a click away via the Internet. Payments can also be made online on the student’s portal, by check, Visa or MasterCard.

Pre-advised, matriculated, and continuing graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Communication, School of Education and Allied Human Services, Frank G. Zarb School of Business and Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences* may register using the Hofstra Online system. Law School students should refer to the registration material provided by the Law School. New College, School for University Studies and NOAH students are not able to register online. To access the Hofstra Online registration system, log on to my.hofstra.edu with your network ID and password.

All freshmen as well as those graduate students who have not been pre-advised must obtain an alternate PIN from their adviser prior to accessing the online registration system. Non-matriculated graduate students must register in person or by mail. Students on academic probation (GPA below 2.0) are not eligible for Web registration, and must register in person after meeting with an adviser from the Office of Academic Advisement. Visiting undergraduate students please see the attached Student Registration Form. New non-matriculated graduate students will contact the Office of Graduate Admissions, show proof of a baccalaureate degree and complete Graduate Non-Matriculated Application Form. (Not applicable to business students.)

* With the exception of graduate students in the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and Applied Linguistics (TESOL) programs.

Tuition and other fees are payable as specified in the following schedule. Please make all checks and money orders payable to Hofstra University for the exact amount of your tuition and fee payment due. We also accept Visa and MasterCard payments. To pay online, visit the Hofstra University Web site at my.hofstra.edu and select the Hofstra Online Information System link. You may pay online with your Visa or MasterCard and by check. This is a fast, convenient and easy way to pay your bill. The privileges of the University are not available to students until they have completed their registration and payment of all fees and tuition due at the time of registration.

egistration cannot be accepted for any student whose account remains unpaid for a prior semester. Returned checks are not redeposited. A personal check returned by the bank will be charged back to the student’s account and the student’s account will be assessed a $25 returned check fee. The student would need to remit payment in the form of cash, certified bank check, money order or credit card within 10 business days to satisfy the outstanding balance or the student will also be subject to account restrictions, including but not limited to cancellation of future classes for non-payment, restriction from payment by personal check, etc.

Hofstra University reserves the right to rescind the option to pay via personal check. Hofstra University reserves the right to alter the schedule of charges without notice.

• Tuition per semester hour, payable at registration: for 1-199 numbered courses, $785. For 200 and above level courses in HCLAS, School of Communication, and School of Education and Allied Human Services, $790. For 200 and above level courses in the Zarb School of Business, $820.
• University fee: $50. This fee is not refundable except in cases where the University has cancelled the course(s).
• University activity fee: $10 for undergraduate students and $20 for graduate students. This fee is not refundable except where the University has cancelled the course(s).
• Late registration fee: $100 for all students who register after classes begin on January 3, 2008.
• Late program change fee: $25;approved program changes beginning January 7, 2008.
• No registrations will be honored after January 7, 2008.
• Residence hall fees: for information, contact Residential Life, (516) 463-6930.
• Transcript fee: There is no fee for official transcripts if being sent to a third party or for transcripts ordered through the Hofstra Online Information System. Upon written application to the Academic Records Office and payment of $5 for each student copy ordered, the University will furnish transcripts of each student’s scholastic record. (A student in good standing may receive a transcript required by the armed forces without charge.) Transcripts will not be issued for any student who is in arrears.

Refunds will be calculated based upon documentation of the date of the student’s official application for withdrawal or reduction in total semester hours due to a program change processed by the Office of Student Accounts, Room 206, Memorial Hall.

Students enrolled in a course that is cancelled by the University must contact the Office of Student Accounts before any applicable refund of tuition and other fees can be processed.

The University will remit tuition as follows for those courses that last the full three weeks:

• If the application for withdrawal or reduction in total semester hours is received on the first or second day of the session, 100%
• on the third day of the session, 75%
• on the fourth day of the session, 50%
• on the fifth day of the session, 25%
• after the fifth day of the session, there will be no tuition refund

For courses that are one or two weeks in length, there will be a 100 percent refund if there is withdrawal during the first or second day, respectively. After that time, there will be no tuition refund.

Change of program of study may be made during the first three days of the session for those courses scheduled for three weeks. For those courses scheduled for shorter periods, change of program may be made no later than the second day of the session. The last day to drop a course is January 9, 2008. The first day of withdrawal (W grade) is January 10, 2008.

All preregistered students may withdraw from courses before classes begin. Should a student wish to withdraw from a course or from the University during the session, he/she must complete the appropriate forms at the Office of Student Accounts located in the Student Administrative Complex, second floor Memorial Hall. All withdrawals must be made by the last day of class prior to the start of the designated final examination period. During the January Session and the Summer Sessions, the designated final examination period is the last day of classes. See W Grade, Undergraduate Bulletin, page 51; Graduate Studies Bulletin, page 18.

Note: Non-attendance of classes does not constitute an official withdrawal, and does not relieve the student of his or her financial obligation, or entitle the student to a refund.

The last day to file the Repeated Course form is January 16, 2008.

The student has sole discretion to elect this option for the first one-third of the course (deadline is January 8, 2008).

Veterans and dependents of deceased or disabled veterans, and active duty personnel drawing veterans educational benefits should contact Student Accounts, 205 Memorial Hall, (516) 463-6824.

Unless otherwise noted, January Session courses meet January 2-18. Class hours and days for each course are listed immediately below the course title.

See Undergraduate Bulletin, page 51 (see it online); Graduate Studies Bulletin, page 18 (see it online).

Courses numbered from 1 to 199 are for undergraduates only. Courses numbered 200 and above are for graduate students only, unless special permission is received. (Some 200 and above level business courses are open only to graduate business students.)

Note: Computing Lab hours: fall and spring semesters: Calkins Hall is open from 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Saturday; and noon to midnight on Sunday. Summer sessions: Calkins Lab is closed. Hammer Lab, located across from the Axinn Library is open 24 hours/day,
7 days/week. Hofstra ID is required for admission to computer labs.

For information during inclement weather, call: (516) 463-SNOW or visit www.hofstra.edu.