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.

Mathematics

Year 1

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements0
ENG160 Composition I (GE Basic Communication prereq, if needed)3
MAT251 Calculus I (GE Mathematics)4
General Education course3
General Education course3
General Education course3
Total16
CourseCredits
See NOTE 1 regarding General Education requirements0
ENG170 Writing & Rhetoric (4) or equiv (3-4) - GE Basic Comm3-4
MAT252 Calculus II4
MAT260 Introduction to Proof3
General Education course3
Elective3
Total16-17

Year 2

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MAT353 Calculus III4
Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 23
Science req'mt: PHY201/211 Gen Phys 1/Lab or CPS210 Comp Sci I4
General Education course3
Total14
CourseCredits
MAT304 Foundations of Algebra3
MAT362 Linear Algebra3
MAT359 Ordinary Differential Equations3
Science req'mt: PHY202/212 Gen Phys 2/Lab or CPS310 Comp Sci II4
General Education course3
Total16

Year 3

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
MAT364 Introduction to Abstract Algebra I3
MAT303 Foundations of Analysis3
Additional science course(s) - see NOTE 34
General Education course3
Elective3
Total16
CourseCredits
MAT321 Intermediate Analysis I3
MAT381 Probability and Statistics I3
Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 23
Additional science course(s) - see NOTE 34
Total13

Year 4

Fall SemesterSpring Semester
CourseCredits
Upper-division Math elective - see NOTE 23
Diversity course3
Upper-division elective (WI)3
Electives6
Total15
CourseCredits
General Education course, if needed3
Elective3
Upper-division electives9
Total15

Notes

1 - Students can often complete their General Education requirements at any time, based on course availability, individual preference and/or advisor input. However, ENG160 and ENG170 (or equivalent) should be taken in Year 1, and courses that fulfill both GE and major requirements should be take in the term your advisor recommends. See the Undergraduate Catalog for detailed General Education requirements.

2 - Upper-division Math electives tend to change each semester. Students may take some as early as their second semesters and should take the electives they want in the semesters they are offered.

3 - Select by advisement one of these GE Natural Science sequences:BIO201 General Biology I (NSCI), BIO202 General Biology II (NSCI), BIO211 Gen Bio 1 Lab, BIO212 Gen Bio 2 Lab, CHE201 General Chemistry I (NSCI), CHE202 General Chemistry II (NSCI), CHE211 General Chemistry I Lab, CHE212 General Chemistry II Lab, GLG201 Physical Geology (NSCI), GLG202 Historical Geology (NSCI), GLG211 Physical Geology Laboratory, PHY201 General Physics 1 (NSCI), PHY202 General Physics 2 (NSCI), PHY211 Physics 1 Laboratory, PHY212 General Physics 2 Lab

OR, if GE Natural Science is satisfied, select one of these sequences:CPS210 Computer Science I: Foundations, CPS310 Computer Science II: Data Structures, ECO206 Principles of Microeconomics (SSCI), ECO207 Principles of Macroeconomics (SSCI)

Total Credits: 121-122