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Program checklist · Physics, BA Major in

Physics, BA Major in

Hofstra University · Hempstead, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Physics, BA Major in
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
40.1101
Total credits (published)
124
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191649
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191649_d899bfcc
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

20 items
  1. CHEM 003A
    (NS) General Chemistry I Semester Hours: 3 - 4
    Not resolved to a course
  2. CHEM 003B
    (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  3. CHEM 004A
    (NS) General Chemistry II Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  4. CHEM 004B
    (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  5. MATH 071
    (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  6. MATH 072
    (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  7. MATH 073
    (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus III Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  8. MATH 131
    (MA) Elementary Differential Equations Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  9. PHYS 011A
    (NS) General Physics Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  10. PHYS 011B
    (NS) General Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  11. PHYS 012A
    (NS) General Physics Semester Hours: 4
    Not resolved to a course
  12. PHYS 012B
    (NS) General Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  13. PHYS 104
    Electricity and Magnetism Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  14. PHYS 118A
    Modern Physics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  15. PHYS 135
    Optics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  16. PHYS 136
    Statistical Mechanics With Thermodynamics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  17. PHYS 137
    Advanced Physics Laboratory Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  18. PHYS 140
    Mechanics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  19. PHYS 159
    Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  20. Three additional semester hours of intermediate/advanced laboratory courses (listed below), distributed among at least two courses. Up to one semester hour of this 3 s.h. lab requirement may be fulfilled by a project course (listed below).
    Not resolved to a course

Intermediate/advanced laboratory requirement

10 items
  1. ASTR 031L
    Frontiers of Astronomy: Observations and Experimentalism Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ASTR 190L
    Independent Studies Laboratory Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course
  3. PHYS 118B
    Modern Physics Laboratory I Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  4. PHYS 118C
    Modern Physics Laboratory I Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  5. PHYS 157
    Applied Physics Laboratory I Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  6. PHYS 158
    Applied Physics Laboratory II Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  7. PHYS 163
    Independent Research Projects in Physics Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  8. PHYS 164
    Independent Research Projects in Physics Semester Hours: 1
    Not resolved to a course
  9. PHYS 170L
    Independent Undergraduate Research Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course
  10. PHYS 171L
    Independent Undergraduate Research Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course

Project Courses (for BA Major in Physics and BS Major in Physics)

6 items
  1. ASTR 031
    Frontiers of Astronomy: Black Holes, Pulsars, Supernovae and Quasars Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  2. ASTR 190
    Independent Studies Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course
  3. PHYS 100
    Departmental Honors Candidacy: Research Semester Hours: 3
    Not resolved to a course
  4. PHYS 170
    Independent Undergraduate Research Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course
  5. PHYS 171
    Independent Undergraduate Research Semester Hours: 1-3
    Not resolved to a course
  6. PHYS 185
    Physics Internship Semester Hours: 1-6
    Not resolved to a course

Complete BA Requirements

0 items
    Source. Hofstra University, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Bulletin — https://bulletin.hofstra.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=147&poid=32325&returnto=28222. Captured page pages/0281.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.