Liberal Learning Core Curriculum (all prerequisites must be met) 46 hour minimum

I. Liberal Learning Foundations (18 hours minimum) 11

• First Year Seminar   (3 hours)
• ULLC 100 (all first-year students and transfer students with less than 30 transferable hours at CNU are required to complete this course)
• Written Communication Literacy   (completed with grade of C- or better) (6 hours)
  • 1st year   ENGL 123
  • 2nd year  ULLC 223
• Second Language Literacy  (completed at the 200-level or higher) (3 hours minimum) 2
• Three years of high school language study (in the same language) is a prerequisite for a 200 language course.
• 101, 102 and either 200 or 201 are required of those who have not studied three years of language in high school
• Transfer students satisfy this requirement with equivalent foreign language course: 201 or higher.
• Mathematical Literacy  (Prerequisites must be met) ( 6 hours minimum)
  • MATH 115, 121, 123, 125, 130, 135, 140, or a course above 140

II. Liberal Learning Areas of Inquiry (A of I) (22 hours minimum) 3,4,5
Allows students to explore important facets of themselves and their world - past, present, and future.

• Western Traditions   3 hours minimum
• Global and Multicultural Perspectives   3 hours minimum
• Investigating the Natural World 3  7 hours minimum
• Identity, Institutions, and Societies   3 hours minimum
• Creative Expressions   3 hours minimum
• Formal and Informal Reasoning   3 hours minimum

III. Liberal Learning Emphasis (LLE) (6 hours minimum) 5, 7
Students take at least six additional hours in an A of I, with at least three hours at the 300-level or higher

IV. Writing Intensive

Completion of two 300- or 400-level courses that are designed as Writing Intensive (WI); prerequisites must be met

V. Major and Elective Studies

Courses drawn from major and elective studies must be used to complete all remaining requirements of a baccalaureate degree program offered by Christopher Newport University. In addition to completing these requirements as specified by the appropriate department, the total number of credits applied toward a degree must be at least 120 credit hours.

1. Foundation courses may NOT be used to satisfy the A of I requirements
2. Second Language Literacy is a graduation requirement for all students.
3. No more than one course in the discipline of the major may be presented to satisfy the A of I requirements
4. No more than eight hours across the Areas of Inquiry may be taken from any single discipline to satisfy the A of I requirements
5. WI courses may be use to satisfy the A of I requirement and LLE requirement
6. The seven hours must include two lecture courses and one accompanying laboratory from this A of I
7. Courses taken to satisfy the LLE may NOT be in the department of the major or, except in the case of the interdisciplinary studies degree, in any discipline for which the major requires coursework at the 300-level or above.

Additional lower level classes (100 or 200 level) at any of the local Virginia Community Colleges may satisfy Liberal Learning Core Curriculum requirements with CNU.  Please refer to the complete listing of transferable classes with in this guide.

If you hold one of these degrees and it is native credit (only from the community college system) from a Virginia community college, we will consider you to have satisfied lower-level Liberal Learning Core Curriculum requirements at CNU with the exception of the Second Language Literacy requirment.  This does not apply to the AAS or other applied associate's degrees. If you hold an associate's degree (transfer-oriented) and have successfully completed at least 60 hours of credit, junior status will be granted.