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.

Metal

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ARH201 Art of the Western World I (The Arts)3
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
ARS112 Art Seminar3
ARS102 Design: Color3
ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I3
Total15
CourseCredits
ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II3
ARS103 Design: Form (The Arts)3
ARH202 Art of the Western World II (The Arts)3
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
ARS220 Basic Metal3
Total15

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ARS321 Construction and Fabrication3
ARS322 Processes and Experimental Techniques I3
Cognate Course (2-D or 3-D) or DDF205 Computer-Aided Design I3
Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total15
CourseCredits
ARS326 Metal Forming3
ARS323 Processes and Experimental Techniques II3
ARH359 Contemporary Art, 1970 to the Present3
Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total15

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Cognate Course (2-D or 3-D) or DDF205 Computer-Aided Design I3
300-level Studio elective3
ARS324 Enameling OR ARS420 Cont Ideas in Metal3-4
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Total15-16
CourseCredits
300-level Studio Elective3
ARS324 Enameling OR ARS420 Cont Ideas in Metal3-4
Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH)3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
Total15-16

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ARS421 Senior Studio in Metal I3
ARS490 BFA Seminar (WI)3
300-level Studio elective3
300-level Art History elective3
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD)3
Total15
CourseCredits
ARS422 Senior Studio in Metal II3
Elective3
300-level Studio electives6
Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST)3
Total15

Total Credits: 120-122