Hofstra University Top Questions

What are the academics like at Hofstra University?

Lorie

The classes here are great sizes, its small enough that you get to know your professor and obtain personal help if you need it. They are genuinely interested in you doing well in the class. Office hours are always posted and kept. Professors (especially mentors at Honors College) always plan field trips and events outside of class that are fun and educational at the same time.

Brianna

Chemistry. The chem dept is very exclusive, and once you declare, they are very helpful and protective over you. It's a small department, and only a few kids graduate from it every year. The professors will help you wherever they can, they know your name, your personality, they joke with you and will go out of their way for you if you need them. The kids in the department, with the exception of a few, generally think about helping each other through the tough classes rather than getting better grades than the next person. We all look out for eachother, whether we're friends or just classmates.

Matthew

I have cool professors. My favority class is Information Technology because the prof. is funny. My least favorite class is speech communications. Students are not generally competitive but I'm not in the law school.

Samantha

Every professor knows my name. They are all always at their office during their posted office hours, which every professor is required to have. They are always willing to help and always go the extra mile. There isn't so much work so that it takes up all of your time but it's enough so that you are fully knowledgeable in the subject area. You truly get out of it what you put in, plus more.

Bevan

I am very close with my professors. They are very smart. I have had many intellectual conversations outside of class, but I wish I had more.

Mary

The professors here are really easy to get ahold of and are really easy to talk to about questions or if you are having trouble.

Jessica

My favorite class would be C&E, because we get to read classic literature and relate the ideas to some of the common debates of today.

linda

if u get to know your profs they get to know you too, they're really helpful and really want to see you do well

Ryan

Most of my professor are terrific. I have only had one or two encounters where I have run into some disagreements with professors. Normally they know my name and they get to know the students. They are very understanding and wise about college life. Most of them are very helpful with helping outside of class and they are understanding when it comes to knowing that college students have lives outside of the classroom.

Ash

My favorite class this semester is Intro to Electronic Music because the professor personally knows many of the composers and inventors we discuss since he helped invent the synthesizer. It's really cool to learn about a topic from someone that invested his life into it and really knows what he is talking about.