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.
English - Creative Writing
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition I (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition II (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | ENG303 Introduction to British Literature | 4 | | ENG345 Creative Writing Workshop I | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | ENG333 Introduction to American Literature | 4 | | ENG445 Creative Writing Workshop II | 4 | | Total | 14 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| ENG343 Transnat. Lit. or ENG353 Multiethnic & Diasporic Lit. | 4 | | Craft Course - Note 1 | 4 | | Upper-division Elective in English Literature | 3 | | Elective in English (Writing Intensive) | 3 | | Total | 14 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| 400-level Elective in English Literature | 4 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Craft Course - Note 1 | 4 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| Literature 400-level Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Notes
Choose as least 2 of the following Craft courses (taken only after passing the portfolio review):ENG452 The Craft of Fiction, ENG453 The Craft of Poetry, ENG454 The Craft of Creative Non Fiction, ENG455 The Craft of Dramatic Writing
Total Credits: 121
