8-SEMESTER GRADUATION PLANS

Below are links to the 8-semester graduation plans for each major at Purchase College. These 8-semester plans, in conjunction with your faculty advisor, will assist you with academic planning and progress leading to your graduation from Purchase College within four years.

These plans will also help you answer many major-specific questions, such as:

• When is the best time in my four years to study abroad?
• Is an internship possible during the regular academic year (Fall and Spring semesters)?Or will I have to wait until summer break to complete one?
• What will my senior year look like? How will I balance my coursework with my Senior Project?
• Will I have time and room during my 8-semesters to have a minor?

Please keep in mind that the plans provided are general guidelines. Students should work to make their own individual 8-semester roadmap to graduation with their faculty advisors. If you have any questions about a specific 8-semester graduation plan or concerns about your own academic progress, please contact your faculty advisor, the Registrar’s Office at Registrar@purchase.edu, or the Advising Center at Advising@purchase.edu.

Specific academic requirements can also be found on each program site; go to Major and Minors at a Glance for links to each site.

Acting: 
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after

Anthropology

Art History

Arts Management

Biochemistry

Biology_BA

Biology_BS
Chemistry

Cinema Studies

Creative Writing
Dance: Men's:

    Started major prior to 2011   or   Started major 2011 or after

Dance:  Women's:
     Started major prior to 2011  or  Started major 2011 or after
Design/Technology: Costume Design:

     Started major prior to 2011   or  Started major 2011 or after

Design/Technology: Costume Technology:
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after

Design/Technology: Lighting Design:
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after

Design/Technology:  Scenic Design:
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after

Design/Technology:  Stage Management::
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after

Design/Technology: Technical Direction/Production Management:
     Started major prior to 2011   or  Started major 2011 or after

Drama Studies

Dramatic Writing

Economics

Environmental Studies

Film:
     Started major prior to 2011  or  Started major 2011 or after 
Gender Studies

History

Journalism

Language and Culture
Latin American Studies

Literature

Mathematics_Computer Science

Media, Society, and the Arts
Music Composition:

     Started major prior to 2011  or    Started major 2011 or after
Music: Studio Composition:

     Started major prior to 2011  or    Started major 2011 or after
Music: Studio Production:

     Started major prior to 2011  or    Started major 2011 or after
Music Performance: Jazz Studies:

     Started major prior to 2011  or    Started major 2011 or after
Music Performance: Voice:

     Started major prior to 2011  or    Started major 2011 or after
Music Instrumental Performance: Brass

     Started major prior to 2011   or   Started major 2011 or after
Music Instrumental Performance: Classical Guitar

     Started major prior to 2011  or  Started major 2011 or after
Music Instrumental Performance: Harp

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after 
Music Instrumental Performance: Percussion

     Started major prior to 2011   or  Started major 2011 or after
Musci Instrumental Performance: Piano

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Music Instrumental Performance: Strings 

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Music Instrumental Performance: Woodwinds 

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started Major 2011 or after

New Media

Philosophy

Playwriting and Screenwriting  
Political Science prior to 2012   or   Political Science 2012 or after

Psychology

Sociology
Theatre and Performance
Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary:
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts: Printmaking:

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts: Sculpture:

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts:  Graphic Design:

     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts: Painting and Drawing:
     Started major prior to 2011  or   Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts:  Photography:

     Started major prior to 2011  or  Started major 2011 or after
Visual Arts:  BS