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.

Music - Classical Performance

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS201 Basic Piano - See Note 12
MUS203 Theory 13
MUS220-227 Applied Music2
MUS103 Basic Sight Singing and Ear Training - See Note 11
MUS110 Introduction to Music Studies1
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total16
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS202 Piano 12
MUS204 Theory 23
MUS220-227 Applied Music2
MUS231 Sight Singing and Ear Training 11
Gen Ed: Composition (COMP)3
Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG)3
Total15

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS301 Piano 22
MUS232 Sight Singing and Ear Training 21
MUS331 Music to 17503
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
MUS3xx Music Elective2
Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH)3
Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR)3
Total16
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS303 Theory 33
MUS335 Sight Singing & Ear Training 31
MUS333 Music since 1750 (Humanities)3
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3-4
Gen Ed: The Arts (ART)3
Total15-16

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
MUS3xx Music Elective3
Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST)3
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI)3-4
Elective3
Total15-16
CourseCredits
MUS150 Concert Series Attendance0
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) - See Note 23
Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST)3
Electives6
Total15

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS364 Form and Analysis3
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI)3
Electives6
Total15
CourseCredits
MUS141-146 Music Ensemble1
MUS483 Senior Recital1
MUS420-427 Applied Music2
Electives9
Total13

Notes

If required by placement test.

Recommended: MUS330 Music Cultures of the World

This program includes 37 upper-division credits. To meet the College requirement of 45, the student must choose courses representing at least 8 more upper-division credits (General Education courses or general elective courses).

Classical Voice Performance majors should take MUS228/428 Applied Studio Class as an elective every semester, concurrently with Applied Music.

Total Credits: 120-122