Schools Offering Courses

Office: Second Floor, Heger Hall
Telephone: (516) 463-5412

The Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is made up of the Division of the Humanities; the Division of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and the Division of the Social Sciences. Courses in the liberal arts stress the power of intellectual questioning and discovery, as well as the development of the creative imagination and of clarity of thought and expression. 

Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are accredited by the American Chemical Society, the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, the American Psychological Association, and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Office: Third Floor, Weller Hall
Telephone: 516-463-5678

Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. In addition, the Department of Accounting, Taxation, and Legal Studies in Business has a special accreditation from AACSB International. The Zarb School offers a broad, well-rounded program of study guided by an experienced faculty committed to excellence. Today, numerous Zarb School of Business graduates are leaders of some of the largest corporations in the United States.

The School offers a full range of courses during the summer to enable full-time, part-time, and visiting students to continue their studies year-round. Courses are offered in accounting, finance, general business, information technology, international business, legal studies in business, management, marketing, and quantitative methods. See course listings for complete course requirements and prerequisites, which must be met by all students.

Office: Second Floor, Hagedorn Hall
Telephone: 516-463-5740

Hofstra University’s School of Education prepares teachers, administrators, and professionals in the fields of exercise science and athletic training at the undergraduate, master’s, C.A.S. and doctoral levels. Our curriculum reflects contemporary issues in school and society, with multicultural and global perspectives, and provides a sound base for educational theory and practice.

The Teacher Education Program and the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Educational Leadership Program are fully accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC). The Athletic Training Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE).

Office: 318 Dempster Hall
Telephone: 516-463-5215

The School of Communication at Hofstra University offers a wide range of courses to meet the challenges of today’s changing world of communication. Students have the opportunity to study with a nationally recognized faculty, and work in one of the largest state-of-the-art, noncommercial broadcast facilities on the east coast. The School is composed of three departments: Radio, Television, Film; Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations; and Speech Communication, Rhetoric, and Performance Studies. Each department provides opportunities for personal self-expression, scholarly inquiry, and technical mastery. Within each department students will find a curriculum that explores the theoretical and practical nature of communication. The School offers the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees as well as a master of arts degree in speech communication and rhetorical studies; a master of arts degree in journalism; and a master of fine arts degree in documentary studies and production.

The newly established School of Engineering and Applied Sciences holds accreditations from the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), and offers bachelor’s degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, engineering science (with Biomedical, and Civil Engineering options available), and mechanical engineering. The Department of Computer Science offers bachelor’s degrees in computer science, computer engineering and a dual major with the mathematics department. A graduate M.S. degree, both online and on campus, is also available within the Computer Science Department. The school teaches and encourages leadership, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

All new students will be eligible for a “co-op” experience, where classroom learning is blended with a real-life occupational experience with our partners, lasting for a summer and the proceeding or following semester. Not only does this educational methodology ease the transition from University to work, but the co-op experience also frequently results in an offer of full-time employment upon graduation.

Our faculty are dedicated, committed teachers with strong advisory skills. Both classroom and laboratory courses are deliberately limited in size, creating a pervasive, intimate atmosphere and easy rapport between student peers and our highly qualified faculty. Up to date laboratories support theoretical teaching, and our distinguished faculty constantly update courses as new technological developments ensue. The School’s research involvement is high, and many instructors hold grant awards supporting their investigations.

Office: 901A Axinn Library
Telephone: 516-463-7323

Bringing together the fields of rehabilitation, counseling and therapy, physician assistant studies, speech-language pathology, audiology, public health and health management, the Hofstra University School of Health Sciences and Human Services offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate and programs designed to educate the next generation of practitioners, advocates, managers and health care policymakers. Through partnerships with arts and sciences, medicine, education, business, communication and law, the School of Health Sciences and Human Services provides an interdisciplinary environment where students learn to provide therapeutic and developmental services; prevent, diagnose and treat illness and disabilities; and design, implement, administer and evaluate health promotion programs, policies and systems. The school offers several undergraduate programs that provide students with excellent preparation for work in health care settings and a foundation for graduate study in education and health-related professions. Programs include study in the liberal arts and sciences to develop analytic skills, encourage critical thinking, and foster personal development and engagement in the world.

The mission of the Hofstra University School of Health Sciences and Human Services is to educate students in the theory and practices of their specialized area of study, with a strong foundation in the natural, social and behavioral sciences. Through competency based instruction, field experience and research training, students are educated to become effective and compassionate clinicians, evidence-based practitioners, policy makers, managers and advocates who promote health equity. Students learn to provide therapeutic and developmental services, prevent, diagnose and treat illness and disabilities, and design, implement, administer and evaluate health promotion programs, policies and systems. Students receive clinical education in approaches that maximize occupational, communicative, biological, psychological, social and interpersonal development across the lifespan. Students are prepared to work in settings that include the home, the school, the clinic, the hospital and other health care facilities, the work place, the government and community agencies. The School of Health Sciences and Human Services serves as a community resource by offering continuing education opportunities, promoting collaborative clinical and research initiatives, advocating for underserved populations, and providing services that model best practices.