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.
Photography
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | ARS112 Art Seminar | 3 | | ARS100 Drawing: Visual Thinking I | 3 | | ARS102 Design: Color | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | ARS230 Basic Digital Photography | 3 | | ARS103 Design: Form (The Arts) | 3 | | ARH201 Art of the Western World I (The Arts) | 3 | | ARS101 Drawing: Visual Thinking II | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | ARS307 Typography | 3 | | ARS250 Basic Analog Photography | 3 | | ARS333 Advanced Digital Color Photography | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| ARS280 Basic Printmaking | 3 | | ARS350 The Constructed Image | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | ARS332 The Large Format Image | 3 | | ARH202 Art of the Western World II (The Arts) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 3 | | ARS331 Image in Context | 3 | | ARS450 The Document | 3 | | ARH358 Early 20th-Cent Art or ARH359 Art of the Later 20th Cent. | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | ARS451 Contemporary Ideas in Photography | 3 | | ARS334 Digital Video | 3 | | ARH368 History of Photography | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | ARS490 BFA Seminar (WI) | 3 | | Upper-Division Studio Elective | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | ARS452 Senior Studio in Photography I | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Studio Electives | 3 | | Upper-Division Studio Electives | 6 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | ARS453 Senior Studio in Photography II | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Total Credits: 120
