2012-13 Department of Music Handbook - Christopher Newport ...

CNU EXCEL
The Department of Music is committed to helping its majors excel in mind, body,
and spirit. Classes, workshops, equipment, faculty, staff, and facilities are dedicated
to the success of those who participate. Academic progress is monitored closely by
highly engaged faculty advisors who expect students to be well prepared for every
class, lesson, rehearsal, performance, and examination. Students exercise under the
guidance of certified fitness experts, consult weekly with certified health professionals,
and train in the Alexander Technique. Participants are expected to nurture positive
thoughts, to be passionate in what they do, and to build positive relationships with
their faculty and peers. Through exercise, good nutrition, rest, wise personal choices,
and careful monitoring of one’s progress, students are well prepared for the rigors
of academe and performance. Registration is the first week of classes at which time
students are provided with the CNU EXCEL Journal in which they track and reflect
on their progress throughout the semester. The program may be repeated for as long
as the student is a full-time music major.
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
THE LIBERAL LEARNING CORE CURRICULUM
I. Liberal Learning Foundations
A. Communication Literacy (6 semester hours)
1. ENGL 123—Communication Literacy (freshman year)
2. ENGL 223 (sophomore year)
B. Second Language Literacy (3 semester hours)
(One foreign language course at the 200-level or higher)
C. Mathematical Literacy (6 – 8 semester hours)
II. Liberal Learning Area of Inquiry (22 semester hours)
• No more than one course in the major
• No more than three courses across the AI may be taken
from any single discipline to satisfy the AI requirement.
A. Western Traditions (3 semester hours)
B. Global & Multicultural Perspectives (3 semester hours)
C. Investigating the Natural World (minimum 7 semester hours)
Non-Science majors may choose two lectures, one laboratory
from multiple disciplines.
D. Identity, Institutions, and Societies (3 semester hours)
E. Creative Expressions (3 semester hours)
F. Formal and Informal Reasoning (3 semester hours)
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