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Economics at Hofstra
Economics studies how people, individually and collectively, go about the everyday business of making a living. Evolving forms of economic activity have brought constant change, making it crucial for modern-day economists to understand and explain the varieties of economic life across communities and nations, and the forces transforming economies over time. Within this general framework, economics addresses a broad variety of issues that are highly relevant to decision-making in business and public policy: the evolution of industrial competition, international trade, growth and development, labor markets, technological change, antitrust and regulatory policy, and the legal foundations of the economic system. Studying economics allows you to learn about important problems, to understand challenges that the future holds and those overcome in the past, to analyze events whose consequences influence the well-being of millions and of you individually.
The economics faculty at Hofstra includes teachers-scholars with doctoral degrees from leading graduate institutions. The research and teaching interests of our faculty covers a wide variety of subject areas in economics and of public policy issues. Because of this variety, economics students at Hofstra have a rare opportunity to become familiar with a variety of approaches to the study of the discipline, emphasizing institutional and historical perspectives in addition to more traditional theoretical and quantitative methodologies. To learn more, we invite you to explore the teaching and research activities of individual members of the economics faculty.
Geography at Hofstra
The Bachelor of Arts in Geography is offered by Hofstra's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Department offers a wide selection of geography courses, balancing offerings in thematic and regional geography. Particular strengths are urban, transportation, economic and Latin American geography. The small size of the Department allows for very close interaction between faculty and students, and the possibility to build customized programs around students' specific interests. Hofstra University, located in Hempstead (Long Island), 25 miles east of Manhattan, is very well placed to take advantage of the wealth of research and educational opportunities provided by the New York metropolitan area. Abundant internship opportunities for majors and minors is available, and New York City provides a wide variety of urban research possibilities. The Department is located in Barnard Hall, near the center of the 240-acre campus.
The department of Economics and Geography offers to the Hofstra community a variety of services related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer mapping.
200 Barnard Hall
Department Phone Number: (516) 463-5592
Fax: (516) 463-6519
Office Hours: Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CHAIR
Dr. Robert Guttmann
200 Barnard Hall
Phone: (516) 463-5292
SECRETARY
Rose-Marie Augustin
200 Barnard Hall
Office: (516) 463-5592
Fax: (516) 463-6519