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.

Economics - Business Economics

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
MAT152 College Algebra (MATH) - see Note 13
ECO100 American Economic Development (USST) - see Note 23
ECO130 Economics of Globalization (WRLD) - see Note 23
Total15
CourseCredits
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
MAT181 Precalculus (MATH) - see Note 14
Gen Ed: The Arts (ART)3
Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM)3
Total16

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ECO207 Principles of Macroeconomics (Social Science)3
BUS309 Statistics for Business and Economics I (Mathematics)3
MAT251 Calculus I - see Note 14
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3-4
Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR)3
Total16-17
CourseCredits
ECO206 Principles of Microeconomics (Social Science)3
BUS311 Statistics for Business and Economics II3
MAT252 Calculus II - see Note 14
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3-4
Elective3
Total16-17

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ECO306 Intermediate Microeconomics3
ECO303 Money and Banking3
Upper-division Economics elective3
Upper-division elective3
Elective3
Total15
CourseCredits
ECO307 Intermediate Macroeconomics3
ECO351 History of Economic Thought (Western Civilization)3
ECO304 Public Finance - see Note 34
Upper-division elective3
MAT362 Linear Algebra - see Note 13
Total16

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
ECO435 Econometrics3
Upper-division Economics elective3
Upper-division elective3
Elective3
Total12
CourseCredits
ECO450 Senior Seminar in Economics3
ECO312 Labor Economics & Labor Relations - see Note 34
ECO404 Industrial Organization - see Note 34
Elective3
Total14

Notes

Note 1 - These Mathematics courses are recommended but not required.

Note 2 - These courses are recommended but not required. Other GE courses in these categories are accepted.

Note 3 - ECO304 Public Finance, ECO312 Labor Economics and Labor Relations, and ECO404 Industrial Organization will be offered in the spring semester as of 2017-2018. Until then, they will be offered during the summer.

Total Credits: 120-122