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.

Music - Recording and Electronic Music

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS103 Basic Sight Singing and Ear Training*1
MUS110 Introduction to Music Studies1
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS210 Basic Piano*2
MUS203 Theory 13
MUS1xx Ensemble1
ENG160 Composition I3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total14
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS202 Piano 12
MUS204 Theory 23
MUS231 Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
MUS1xx Ensemble1
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
ENG180 Composition II3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total16

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS1xx Ensemble1
MUS2xx Applied Music2
MUS232 Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS301 Piano 22
MUS303 Theory 3 or MUS310 Jazz Theory I3
MUS331 Music to 17503
Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH)3
Total15
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS1xx Ensemble1
MUS2xx Applied Music2
MUS302 Piano 3: Jazz & Popul Styles or MUS320 Keyb Harm&2
MUS335 Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS350 Computer and Electronic Music3
MUS333 Music since 1750 (Humanities)3
Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR)3
Total15

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS1xx Ensemble1
MUS4xx Applied Music2
MUS351 Advanced Computer and Electronic Music3
Choose one of the concentration courses - Note 23
MUS380 Basic Recording Techniques3
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
Total15
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS1xx Ensemble1
MUS4xx Applied Music2
MUS381 Advanced Recording3
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD)3
Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST)3
Elective3
Total15

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS432 Writing about Music (WI)3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Upper-division Elective3
Elective4
Music Elective3
Total16
CourseCredits
MUS490 Senior Project Seminar2
Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI)3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
General Electives (including Music Electives)6
Total14

Notes

*If required by placement test.

Choose one of the following courses:MUS312 Jazz Instrumentation and Arranging, MUS364 Form and Analysis, PHY109 Physics of Sound and Music (NSCI)

Total Credits: 120