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.
Mathematics
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements | 0 | | ENG160 Composition I (GE Basic Communication prereq, if needed) | 3 | | MAT251 Calculus I (GE Mathematics) | 4 | | General Education course | 3 | | General Education course | 3 | | General Education course | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements | 0 | | ENG170 Writing & Rhetoric (4) or equiv (3-4) - GE Basic Comm | 3-4 | | MAT252 Calculus II | 4 | | MAT260 Introduction to Proof | 3 | | General Education course | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16-17 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| MAT353 Calculus III | 4 | | Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 2 | 3 | | Science req'mt: PHY201/211 Gen Phys 1/Lab or CPS210 Comp Sci I | 4 | | General Education course | 3 | | Total | 14 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| MAT304 Foundations of Algebra | 3 | | MAT362 Linear Algebra | 3 | | MAT359 Ordinary Differential Equations | 3 | | Science req'mt: PHY202/212 Gen Phys 2/Lab or CPS310 Comp Sci II | 4 | | General Education course | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| MAT364 Introduction to Abstract Algebra I | 3 | | MAT303 Foundations of Analysis | 3 | | Additional science course(s) - see NOTE 3 | 4 | | General Education course | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| MAT321 Intermediate Analysis I | 3 | | MAT381 Probability and Statistics I | 3 | | Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 2 | 3 | | Additional science course(s) - see NOTE 3 | 4 | | Total | 13 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 2 | 3 | | Diversity course | 3 | | Upper-division elective (WI) | 3 | | Electives | 6 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| General Education course, if needed | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Upper-division electives | 9 | | Total | 15 |
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Notes
1 - Students can often complete their General Education requirements at any time, based on course availability, individual preference and/or advisor input. However, ENG160 and ENG170 (or equivalent) should be taken in Year 1, and courses that fulfill both GE and major requirements should be take in the term your advisor recommends. See the Undergraduate Catalog for detailed General Education requirements.
2 - Upper-division Math electives tend to change each semester. Students may take some as early as their second semesters and should take the electives they want in the semesters they are offered.
3 - Select by advisement one of these GE Natural Science sequences:BIO201 General Biology I (NSCI), BIO202 General Biology II (NSCI), BIO211 Gen Bio 1 Lab, BIO212 Gen Bio 2 Lab, CHE201 General Chemistry I (NSCI), CHE202 General Chemistry II (NSCI), CHE211 General Chemistry I Lab, CHE212 General Chemistry II Lab, GLG201 Physical Geology (NSCI), GLG202 Historical Geology (NSCI), GLG211 Physical Geology Laboratory, PHY201 General Physics 1 (NSCI), PHY202 General Physics 2 (NSCI), PHY211 Physics 1 Laboratory, PHY212 General Physics 2 Lab
OR, if GE Natural Science is satisfied, select one of these sequences:CPS210 Computer Science I: Foundations, CPS310 Computer Science II: Data Structures, ECO206 Principles of Microeconomics (SSCI), ECO207 Principles of Macroeconomics (SSCI)
Total Credits: 121-122
