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.
English
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 4 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| ENG300 - Seminar in Critical Practices (WI) | 4 | | ENG303 Introduction to British Literature | 4 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3-4 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | Total | 14-15 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| ENG333 Introduction to American Literature | 4 | | ENG343 Trans. Lit. or ENG353 Multiethnic & Diasp. Lit. | 4 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | Total | 14 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Upper-division English elective - Note 1 | 4 | | Upper-division elective - Literature before 1800 - Note 2 | 3-4 | | Upper-division elective: Literature before 1900 - Note 3 | 3-4 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16-18 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| ENG420 Literary Criticism or ENG423 Contemp Literary Theory | 4 | | English elective | 3-4 | | Upper-division elective | 4 | | Upper-division elective | 4 | | Total | 15-16 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| 400-level English elective - Note 4 | 4 | | Elective | 4 | | Elective | 4 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| ENG451 Senior Seminar | 4 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 4 | | Elective | 4 | | Total | 15 |
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Notes
An upper-division course in English, excluding the following:ENG348 Dramatic Writing Stag and Scrn, ENG452 The Craft of Fiction, ENG453 The Craft of Poetry, ENG454 The Craft of Creative Non Fiction, ENG455 The Craft of Dramatic Writing
Upper-division courses in literature before 1800 (ENG470 and ENG493 only if appropriate):ENG355 The Bible (WEST), ENG356 Greek and Roman Literature, ENG404 Medieval Literature, ENG405 Elizabethan Literature, ENG406 Shakespeare I: Selected Works, ENG407 Shakespeare II: Selected Works, ENG408 Seventeenth-Century Literature, ENG413 Eighteenth-Century English Literature, ENG414 The Rise of the Novel, ENG435 Early American Literature, ENG470 Major Authors, ENG493 English Selected Topics
Upper-division courses in literature before 1900 (ENG470 and ENG493 only if appropriate):ENG355 The Bible (WEST), ENG356 Greek and Roman Literature, ENG404 Medieval Literature, ENG405 Elizabethan Literature, ENG406 Shakespeare I: Selected Works, ENG407 Shakespeare II: Selected Works, ENG408 Seventeenth-Century Literature, ENG413 Eighteenth-Century English Literature, ENG414 The Rise of the Novel, ENG415 Nineteenth-Century English Novel, ENG417 The Romantics in England, ENG418 Victorian Literature, ENG435 Early American Literature, ENG436 Nineteenth-Century American Literature, ENG437 The American Renaissance, ENG469 Literature and Culture in the Age of Darwin, ENG470 Major Authors, ENG493 English Selected Topics
A 400-level course in English, excluding the following:ENG452 The Craft of Fiction, ENG453 The Craft of Poetry, ENG454 The Craft of Creative Non Fiction, ENG455 The Craft of Dramatic Writing
Total Credits: 120-124
