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.
Women's, Gender & Sexuality St
Year 1
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP I) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Mathematical Inquiry (MATH) | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Gen Ed: The Arts (ART) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Social Sciences (SSCI) | 4 | | Total | 16 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Composition (COMP II) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 4 | | Gen Ed: World Civizations and Cultures (WRLD) | 3 | | WOM220 Introduction to Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies | 4 | | Total | 14 |
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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 | | WOM314 Violence Against Women - Note 1 | 3 | | WOM311 Gender, Race, and Work (United States Studies) | 3 | | Individualized Program Elective - Note 5 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Humanities (HUM) | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
|---|
| Gen Ed: Foreign Languages (FLNG) | 3 | | Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (NSCI) | 4 | | WGSS or any elective | 3 | | BLK221 The Black Woman (DIVR) - Note 2 | 3 | | Gen Ed: Western Civilization (WEST) | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Year 3
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Elective | 3 | | WOM322 Masculinities - Note 3 | 3 | | WOM316 Hst Women In US To 1880 (United States Studies) | 3 | | WOM421 Feminist Theory | 4 | | Total | 13 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| WOM319 Feminist Art & Culture - Note 4 | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | WOM317 History of Women from 1880 to Present (United States Studies) | 3 | | WOM321 Feminist Methods | 3 | | Individualized Program Elective - Note 5 | 3 | | Total | 15 |
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Year 4
| Fall Semester | Spring Semester |
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| Course | Credits |
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| Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | WOM420 Practicum in WGSS | 3 | | Individualized Program Elective - Note 5 | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 15 |
| | Course | Credits |
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| WOM490 Seminar in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WI) | 4 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Upper-division Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Elective | 3 | | Total | 16 |
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Notes
Choose one course from the Historical and Political Contexts Cluster:WOM311 Gender, Race, and Work (USST), WOM314 Violence Against Women, WOM316 Hst Women In US To 1880 (USST)
Choose one course from the Race, Culture, Nation Cluster:BLK221 The Black Woman (DIVR), HIS480 Women in China, WOM340 Transnational Feminism, WOM430 Women in the Caribbean
Choose one course from the Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies Cluster:SOC360 Sociology of Gender, SOC410 Sociology of Sex & Sexualities, WOM315 Queer Women (DIVR), WOM318 Women Love and Sex, WOM322 Masculinities, WOM330 Intro to Queer Studies
Choose one course from the Culture and Representation Cluster:THE327 Race Gender and Performance (DIVR), THE421 Queer Theatre (DIVR), WOM222 The Queer Experience (DIVR), WOM313 Women and Drugs, WOM319 Feminist Art and Subculture, WOM325 Women and Popular Culture
Individualized Program Electives - Choose three electives around a theme or, for double majors, that relate to the other major (no more than 3 lower-division credits). All Individualized Programs must be designed in consultation with, and approved by, the student's major advisor.
Total Credits: 120
