Undergraduate Catalog

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.

Visual Arts

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
ARS112 Art Seminar3
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I3
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (The Arts)3
ARS102 Design: Color3
Total15
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH)3
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II3
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (The Arts)3
ARS103 Design: Form (The Arts)3
Total15

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST)3
Studio Elective3
Studio or General Elective3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Total15
CourseCredits
300-or 400-level Art History or Art Theory Course3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
Studio Elective3
Studio Elective3
Total15

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
300-or 400-level Art History or Art Theory Course3
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD)3
Studio or General Elective3
Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR)3
Total15
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI)3
Studio Elective3
Studio Elective3
General Elective3
Total15

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
300-or 400-level Art History or Art Theory Course3
Studio Elective3
Studio Elective3
General Elective3
General Elective3
Total15
CourseCredits
ARS491 Creative Art Projects: BA/BS3
Studio Elective3
Studio Elective3
General Elective3
General Elective3
Total15

Total Credits: 120