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.
Finance
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| BUS093 Business Workshop | 0 | | BUS095 Excel Tutorial | 0 | | BUS250 Principles of Management | 3 | | MAT171 Mathematical Methods for Business (Mathematics) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Composition I (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| ECO206 Principles of Microeconomics (Social Science) | 3 | | BUS271 Legal Environment of Business | 3 | | Gen Ed: Composition II (COMP) - see Note 2 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| BUS201 Financial Accounting | 3 | | ECO207 Principles of Macroeconomics (Social Science) | 3 | | BUS309 Statistics for Business and Economics I (Mathematics) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| BUS202 Managerial Accounting | 3 | | BUS301 Career and Internship Prep | 1 | | BUS311 Statistics for Business and Economics II | 3 | | BUS325 Marketing | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
|---|
| BUS341 Fundamentals of Corporate Finance | 3 | | BUS312 Operations Management | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Finance elective from Group 1 - see Note 3 | 3 | | BUS441 Financial Management and Policy | 3 | | BUS445 International Financial Management | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 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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| BUS443 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | | BUS459 Intro to Risk Management and Derivatives | 3 | | Finance elective from Group 1 - see Note 3 | 3 | | Liberal Arts elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| BUS450 Strategic Management | 3 | | Finance elective from Group 2 - see Note 4 | 3 | | Applied Learning requirement - see Note 5 | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Notes
1 - Courses will be offered during the specified semester(s).
2 - The order of GE courses listed here is suggestive, with the exception of Composition, which must be completed in the first year, and GE/major overlap courses, which should be taken in the year specified.
3 - Group 1 electives (select two):BUS347 Introduction to Business Analytics, BUS447 Personal Financial Planning, ECO306 Intermediate Microeconomics, ECO307 Intermediate Macroeconomics
4 - Group 2 electives (select one):BUS368 Intermediate Accounting I, BUS371 Concepts in Federal Income Taxation, BUS389 Times Series Analysis for Business, BUS460 Financial Analytics, ECO303 Money and Banking, MAT251 Calculus I (MATH)
5 - Students must choose one of the following:BUS453 Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA), BUS457 Entrepreneurship and Business Planning, BUS461 Business Analytics Capstone, BUS494 Fieldwork In Business
Total Credits: 121
