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.
Asian Studies
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 4 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | Gen Ed: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) - Note 1 | 3 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 4 | | Gen Ed: United States Studies (USST) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 2
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
|---|
| Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | Asian Studies language requirement - Note 2 | 3-4 | | Social Sciences major requirement - Note 3 | 3 | | Asian Studies Perspectives requirement - Note 4 | 3-4 | | Total | 15-17 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Asian Studies language requirement - Note 2 | 3-4 | | Asian Studies Arts requirement - Note 5 | 6 | | Total | 15-16 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Social Sciences major requirement - Note 3 | 3 | | Non-China/Japan courses - Note 6 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Writing Intensive (WI) | 3 | | Upper-Division Electives | 6 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Asian Studies Arts requirement - Note 5 | 3 | | Upper-Division Electives | 12 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Upper-Division Electives | 13 | | Total | 13 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Diversity (DIVR) | 3 | | Upper-Division Elective | 12 | | Total | 15 |
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Notes
GE: World Civilizations and Cultures (WRLD) also fulfilling Asian Studies major requirements:ASN200 Introduction to Asia (WRLD), ENG211 Great Bks Asian Classics (WRLD), HIS200 Ancient World (WRLD), HIS216 Modern China (WRLD), PHI251 Indian Philosophy (WRLD), PHI252 East Asian Philosophy (WRLD), REL270 Religions of the World (WRLD)
GE: Foreign Languages (FLNG) also fulfilling Asian Studies major requirements:CHI101 Elementary Chinese I (FLNG), CHI102 Elementary Chinese II (FLNG), CHI201 Intermediate Chinese 1 (FLNG), CHI202 Intermediate Chinese II (FLNG), CHI310 Spoken Mandarin, JPN101 Elementary Japanese 1 (FLNG), JPN102 Elementary Japanese 2 (FLNG), JPN201 Intermediate Japanese I (FLNG), JPN202 Intermediate Japanese 2 (FLNG), JPN301 Japanese Comp and Conv (FLNG)
Courses that are eligible to fulfill distribution major requirements in Social Sciences (9-12 credits required):ANT370 Cultures of East Asia (WRLD), ANT414 The Anthropology of Performance, ECO493 Economics Selected Topics, HIS200 Ancient World (WRLD), HIS215 China to 1800, HIS216 Modern China (WRLD), HIS315 History of China to 1800, HIS335 Modern Japan, HIS337 Ancient India, HIS339 Indian Ocean World, HIS393 History Selected Topic, HIS480 Women in China, POL363 Chinese Foreign Pol and US, POL365 International Politics of the Asia-Pacific, POL369 Governments and Politics of China and Japan, POL393 Pol Sci Selected Topic, SOC381 Immigration & Identity
Asian Studies Perspectives courses:ASN200 Introduction to Asia (WRLD), HIS216 Modern China (WRLD), JPN320 Asian Americans (DIVR), POL365 International Politics of the Asia-Pacific
Courses that fulfill distribution major requirements in Arts (9-12 credits required):ARH340 The Arts of Early China, ARH341 The Arts of Later China, ARH342 The Arts of Japan (WRLD), ARH343 Japanese Arts of the Edo Period, ARH344 History of Buddhist Art, ARH345 Art in Modern China, ARH378 Sacred Spaces, Divine Images, ARH393 Art History Selected Topic, CHI199 Chinese Modular, ENG211 Great Bks Asian Classics (WRLD), ENG366 Contemporary Ethnic Literature of the United States (DIVR), JPN300 Japanese Aesthetics and Culture (HUM), JPN310 Japanese Poetry (HUM), JPN311 Japanese Fiction (WRLD), JPN320 Asian Americans (DIVR), PHI251 Indian Philosophy (WRLD), PHI252 East Asian Philosophy (WRLD), PHI330 Chinese Philosophy, PHI332 Buddhist Philosophy, REL270 Religions of the World (WRLD)
Non-China/Japan courses:ANT370 Cultures of East Asia (WRLD), ARH378 Sacred Spaces, Divine Images, ARH393 Art History Selected Topic, ENG211 Great Bks Asian Classics (WRLD), HIS200 Ancient World (WRLD), HIS337 Ancient India, HIS339 Indian Ocean World, PHI251 Indian Philosophy (WRLD)
Majors or minors in Asian Studies must receive no less than a C- in any course that is used to satisfy the major.
Total Credits: 120-123
