Program: Environmental Resources, B.S. Specialization in - Hofstra University

Apr 23, 2025

2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin

The B.S. degree in Environmental Resources: students are exposed to the conflicts between modern resource development and conservation. This interdisciplinary program prepares the student for middle management positions in earth and energy resource industries and government service.

Program Requirements - Total Semester Hours: 124

Candidates for graduation must fulfill the following requirements:

1. The Successful Completion of at Least 124 Semester Hours

The successful completion of at least 124 semester hours and a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in work completed at Hofstra.

2. Liberal Arts

At least 62 semester hours must be completed in the liberal arts, excluding courses in geology.

3. Residence Requirements

There are two requirements that must ordinarily be completed in residence at Hofstra: 15 semester hours in the major field of specialization and the last 30 semester hours. The 15 semester hours need not be included within the last 30 hours.

4. General Requirements

(The humanities and social science electives must be satisfied with approved distribution courses, see Distribution Courses program.) Foreign language: level 4, or 6 additional semester hours in humanities electives.

Humanities Electives Credits: 6 s.h.
Social Science Electives Credits: 6 s.h.

ENGL 1 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or
ENGL 2 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or placement examination*

5. Major and Additional Requirements

The fulfillment of the following major and additional requirements:

Introductory Courses - Semester Hours: 38 to 42

BIO 11 - (NS) Introductory Cell Biology and Genetics Semester Hours: 4 s.h.
BIO 12 - (NS) Animal Form and Function Semester Hours: 4 s.h.
CHEM 3A - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
and
CHEM 3B - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
and
CHEM 4A - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
and
CHEM 4B - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
ECO 1 - Principles of Economics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
ECO 2 - Principles of Economics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 5 - (NS) Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
MATH 40 - (MC) Linear Mathematics and Matrices Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or
MATH 50 - (MC) Precalculus Semester Hours: 4 s.h.
PSC 1 - (BH) American Politics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
TPP 1 - (NS) Introduction to Environmental Systems Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or
TPP 149 - Technology and Society-Impact and Implication Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Primary Curriculum - Semester Hours: 42

BIO 114 - General Ecology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
CHEM 185 - Environmental Chemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or GEOL 132 - Geochemistry - 3 s.h.
CSC 5 - (MC) Overview of Computer Science Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
ENGL 1 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
and
ENGL 2 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or equivalent
GEOG 60 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 19 - Structural Geology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 31 - Crystallography and Mineralogy Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 33 - Environmental Geomorphology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 121 - Hydrology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 132 - Geochemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 133 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology and Petrography Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 135 - Sedimentation Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 140 - Paleoclimatology Semester Hours: 3
MATH 61A - (MC) Basic Calculus Semester Hours: 3
or
MATH 71 - (MC) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Semester Hours: 4 s.h.
PSC 135 - International Politics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Footnote

* See University Degree requirements.

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