Geology, B.S. Specialization in

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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 65 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

Humanities electives - Semester Hours: 6
Social science electives - Semester Hours: 6 (The humanities and social science electives must be satisfied with approved distribution courses, see Distribution Courses program.)
Foreign language: fulfillment of one of the following options:
1. Complete 2 semesters of a language not previously studied;
2. A student who continues the study of a foreign language begun before coming to Hofstra must take the language placement test (administered by the Language Laboratory) and fulfill one of the options listed below:
  1. Place above level 4 of that language;
  2. Complete level 4 of that language;
  3. Complete 2 semesters of that language.

Credit will not be given toward completion of the language requirement or toward graduation for any language course taken below the level of placement in that language.

ENGL 1 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
and
ENGL 2 - Composition Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
or placement examination
see University Degree requirements

5. Science Requirements

a) Geology - Semester Hours: 30

30 semester hours in geology, including

GEOL 1 - (NS) Physical Geological Science 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
GEOL 19 - Structural Geology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 2 - (NS) Historical Geological Science Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 31 - Crystallography and Mineralogy Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
GEOL 33 - Environmental Geomorphology Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

b) Chemistry and Physics Requirements

CHEM 3A - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
CHEM 3B - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
CHEM 4A - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
CHEM 4B - (NS) General and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
PHYS 1A - (NS) Elementary Physics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
PHYS 1B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.
PHYS 2A - (NS) Elementary Physics Semester Hours: 3 s.h.
PHYS 2B - (NS) Elementary Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1 s.h.

c) Mathematics - Semester Hours: 6

6 semester hours in mathematics (including calculus).

d) Choose One Option From - Semester Hours: 6

6 semester hours in computer science, or
6 semester hours in biology, or
3 semester hours in computer science and 3 semester hours in biology.

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