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.

Chemistry AP

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ENG160 Composition I3
CHE201 General Chemistry I (Natural Science Lecture)3
CHE211 General Chemistry I Lab (Natural Science Lab)1
MAT251 Calculus I (Mathematics)4
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total14
CourseCredits
ENG180 Composition II3
CHE202 General Chemistry II (Natural Science Lecture)3
CHE212 General Chemistry II Lab (Natural Science Lab)1
SED354 Foundations of Secondary Education Seminar1
MAT252 Calculus II4
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total15

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
PHY201 General Physics 1 (Natural Science Lecture)3
PHY211 Physics 1 Laboratory (Natural Science Lab)1
CHE318 Organic Chemistry I3
CHE306 Organic Chemistry I Lab1
Gen Ed: The Arts (ART)3
EDS372 Developing Adolescence (Social Science)3
Total14
CourseCredits
EDS340 Sociological and Philosophical Foundations of Education (United States Studies)3
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
CHE319 Organic Chemistry II3
CHE309 Organic Chemistry II Lab1
PHY202 General Physics 2 (Natural Science Lecture)3
PHY212 General Physics 2 Lab (Natural Science Lab)1
Total14

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
CHE314 Inorganic Chemistry3
CHE303 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry4
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
MAT341 Applied Mathematics I3
Upper-division Elective3-4
Total16-17
CourseCredits
CHE321 Physical Chemistry I3
EDS383 Introduction to Literacy for Diverse Learners3
Course with Lab - Note 14
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD)3
Upper-division Elective3-4
Total16-17

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
BCM 461 Biochemistry I or 400-level Chemistry Elective3-4
CHE322 Physical Chemistry II3
Liberal Arts Upper-division Elective3
SED/EDS/EDI/CHE 500-level Elective3
See Note 14
Total16-17
CourseCredits
SED453 Curriculum and Assessment in the Secondary School3
SED353 Field Work #11
SED356 Teaching and Learning in the Digital Environment3
CHE323 Experimental Physical Chemistry3
SED/EDS/EDI/CHE 500-level Elective3
SED493 Secondary Education Selected Topic3
Total16

Year 5

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Note 23
Total3
CourseCredits
SED543 Science in the Secondary School3
SED552 Field Experience II1
SPE565 Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms3
Note 33
Total10

Notes

One of the following courses with a lab or elective:BIO201 General Biology I (NSCI), BIO211 Gen Bio 1 Lab, GLG201 Physical Geology (NSCI), GLG211 Physical Geology Laboratory

For Term 9, Summer Session, choose one of the following: SED5xx/SED7xx Discipline-specific Education course, SED/EDS/EDI5xx Diversity Elective, or XXX5xx/XXX7xx Course in discipline or alternative approved by advisor.

Take two of the following NOT taken in summer: SED5xx/SED7xx Discipline-specific Education course, SED/EDS/EDI5xx or SED/EDS/EDI7xx Diversity elective, XXX5xx/XXX7xx Course in discipline or alternative approved by advisor.

Total Credits: 134-137