Eight Semester Plan
This eight-semester plan (see important details) is intended to guide students through a four-year undergraduate career, with completion of an academic major and all college-wide degree requirements. The plan is designed as an advising tool – a starting point for careful discussions between students and their academic advisors. In consultation, a student and advisor will adjust the plan to accommodate the student’s prerequisite needs, transferred credits, and other such variables.
The plan below reflects General Education (GE4) requirements in effect as of Fall 2019. Students who matriculated prior to that date will find the previous plan associated with their majors here. For a summary of GE4 requirements, see New Paltz General Education Requirements.
Students are responsible for reviewing their Progress Reports each semester to track their own progress toward degree requirements.
Adolescence Ed: Biology
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | BIO201 General Biology I (Natural Science Lecture) | 3 | | BIO211 Gen Bio 1 Lab (Natural Science Lab) | 1 | | MAT251 Calculus I (Mathematics) | 4 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | EDI293 Education Seminar | 1 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | BIO202 General Biology II (Natural Science Lecture) | 3 | | BIO212 Gen Bio 2 Lab (Natural Science Lab) | 1 | | MAT252 Calculus II | 4 | | Total | 17 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| EDS372 Developing Adolescence (Social Science) | 3 | | CHE201 General Chemistry I (Natural Science Lecture) | 3 | | CHE211 General Chemistry I Lab (Natural Science Lab) | 1 | | BIO320 Genetics | 3 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | Gen. Physics or Fund. Physics course with lab - see Note 1 | 4 | | Total | 17 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | EDS340 Sociological and Philosophical Foundations of Education (United States Studies) | 3 | | CHE202 General Chemistry II (Natural Science Lecture) | 3 | | CHE212 General Chemistry II Lab (Natural Science Lab) | 1 | | MAT241 Introduction to Statistics (Mathematics) | 3 | | Gen. Physics or Fund. Physics course with lab - see Note 1 | 4 | | Total | 17 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| EDS383 Introduction to Literacy for Diverse Learners | 3 | | SED354 Foundations of Secondary Education Seminar | 1 | | CHE318 Organic Chemistry I | 3 | | CHE306 Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 | | Choose 2 courses from different content areas - Notes 3-5 | 6-8 | | Total | 14-16 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| SED453 Curriculum and Assessment in the Secondary School | 3 | | SED353 Field Work #1 | 1 | | SPE385 Differentiating Instruction in the Secondary School | 3 | | One course from Content Area not yet taken - Notes 3-5 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Total | 13 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| SED356 Teaching and Learning in the Digital Environment | 3 | | SED374 Teaching Science in the Secondary School | 3 | | SED350 Fieldwork #2 | 1 | | Upper-level Biology elective (WI) | 3-4 | | One course from Content Area not yet taken - Note 6 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | Total | 16-17 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| SED407 Fieldwork #3 | 1 | | SED405 Student Teaching Secondary 10-12 | 6 | | SED406 Student Teaching Seminar | 1 | | SED404 Student Teaching Secondary, 7-9 | 6 | | Total | 14 |
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Notes
Choose PHY221 and PHY231 or PHY201 and PHY211.PHY201 General Physics 1 (NSCI), PHY211 Physics 1 Laboratory, PHY221 Fundamental Physics 1 (NSCI), PHY231 Fundamental Physics 1 Lab
Choose PHY222 and PHY232 or PHY202 and PHY212.PHY202 General Physics 2 (NSCI), PHY212 General Physics 2 Lab, PHY222 Fundamental Physics II (NSCI), PHY232 Fundamental Physics 2 Lab
CONTENT AREA - Environmental Biology:BIO301 Field Biology Fall, BIO302 Field Biology Spring, BIO303 Field Biology Summer, BIO340 Ecology, BIO440 Freshwater Biology
CONTENT AREA - Evolution and Diversity of Life:BIO305 Plant Morphology, BIO307 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, BIO335 Entomology, BIO350 General Microbiology, BIO412 Evolutionary Theory, BIO417 Animal Physiology, BIO418 Animal Behavior
CONTENT AREA - Architecture of Life:BCM360 Protein Structure and Function, BIO308 Basic Molecular Biology, BIO309 Basic Cell Biology, BIO311 Developmental Plant Anatomy, BIO313 Developmental Biology, CHE461 Biochemistry I
Choose one course from a Content Area not yet taken (3-4 credits): Environmental Biology, Evolution and Diversity of Life, Architecture of Life
Total Credits: 123-126
