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.
Theatre Arts - Theatre Studies
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | THE260 Introduction to Design | 3 | | THE251 Foundations: Theory and Collaboration | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | THE253 Introduction to Costume and Apparel Production | 3 | | THE231 Introduction to Performance | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 3 | | Minor | 3 | | THE252 Introduction to Theater Production | 3 | | THE233 Western Drama I (GE ART) | 3 | | Theatre Studies Literature Course - Note 1 | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | THE324 Dramaturgy | 3 | | THE301 Theatre Arts Participation | 1 | | THE234 Western Drama II (Humanities) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Minor | 3 | | Gen Ed: Writing Intensive (WI) | 3 | | THE301 Theatre Arts Participation | 1 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Upper-division Concentration Elective | 3 | | THE321 Theatre History I (GE WEST) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Elective | 3 | | Minor/Elective | 6 | | THE301 Theatre Arts Participation | 1 | | Theatre Studies Management Course - Note 2 | 3 | | THE322 Theatre History 2 (The Arts) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| THE465 Senior Seminar: Professional Development | 3 | | Theatre Studies Directing Course - Note 3 | 3 | | Theatre Elective | 3 | | Minor | 6 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Minor | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Non-concentration Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Theatre Elective | 3 | | Total | 12 |
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Notes
Take any one of the following literature courses:THE237 African American Drama (DIVR), THE271 Page to Stage: Dramatic Text Analysis (HUM), THE327 Race Gender and Performance (DIVR), THE420 American Musical Theatre (DIVR)
Take one of the following management courses:THE342 Stage Management, THE344 Theatre Management
Take one of the following directing courses:THE325 Devising Theatre, THE441 Directing I
Total Credits: 120
