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.
Political Science
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | POL229 Comparative Politics - GE (WRLD)/Major | 4 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | POL216 Amer Govt & Politics - GE (USST)/Major | 4 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3-4 | | Total | 16-17 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | POL227 Intro Intl Politics - GE (SSCI)/Major | 4 | | Upper-Division Major Course | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | POL220 Athens & Jerus. OR POL323 Sovereigns, Subjects, State | 4 | | Upper-Division Major Elective Course - Note 1 | 3 | | Upper-Division Major Course | 3 | | Total | 13 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| POL300 Scope & Methods of Political Science | 4 | | Upper-Division Major Elective Course - Note 1 | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Upper-Division Major Elective Course - Note 1 | 3 | | Upper-Division Major Elective Course - Note 1 | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| POL390 Junior Seminar - Note 2 | 4 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| POL4xx Senior Seminar (Writing Intensive) | 4 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 13 |
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Notes
Twelve (12) credits are to come from courses in one of the following sub-fields (concentrations): American government, political theory, comparative politics, international politics, law. The remaining six (6) credits are to be in courses from the other four sub-fields.
Optional course to prepare students for the demands of the senior seminar. May count toward the sub-field requirement or as an upper-division Political Science elective.
Total Credits: 121-122
