Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts at Norfolk State
University! We are very excited you have chosen to join us
for your postsecondary education.
The College of Liberal Arts comprises ten
academic departments in the visual and performing arts,
humanities, and social sciences. The departments are English
and Foreign Languages, Fine Arts, General Studies, History,
Interdisciplinary Studies, Mass Communications and
Journalism, Music, Political Science, Psychology, and
Sociology. The Army ROTC program is located in the College
of Liberal Arts as well.
Students in the College of Liberal Arts
participate in a broad range of high-quality learning
experiences. The courses and majors in the College offer
students an opportunity to understand and appreciate world
cultures as reflected in languages, the arts, and the social
sciences.
As a Liberal Arts student you will embark
on an extremely important journey, transitioning from high
school to college and seeking a baccalaureate degree. One of
the initiatives to help you make a successful transition to
college is a summer reading program. All entering students
are asked to read two books before enrolling in the
university. One book is a common reading for all Liberal
Arts students. The other will depend upon your major. The
books you should read before arriving on campus are listed
below by major.
Common Reading
Gladwell, Malcolm , Blink: The Power of Thinking
Without Thinking (Little Brown and Company, ISBN:
9780316172325)
English and Foreign Languages Majors
Mathabane, Mark, Kaffir Boy (Simon and
Schuster, ISBN: 0-684-84828-7)
Fine Arts Majors
Edmonds, David, and Eidinow, John, Wittgenstein’s
Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two
Great Philosophers (Harper Perennial, ISBN:
0060936649)
History Majors
Ellison, Ralph, Invisible Man (Vintage, ISBN:
978-0-679-73276-1)
Interdisciplinary Studies Majors
Miller, John G., QBQ! The Question Behind the
Question (Penguin, ISBN: 0399152334)
Mass Communications and Journalism Majors
Bogle, Donald, Primetime Blues: African-Americans
on Network Television (Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
ISBN: 0-374-52718-0)
Music Majors
Mark, Michael , A Concise History of American
Music Education (paperback, Rowman & Littlefield,
ISBN: 10:1578868513)
Political Science Majors
Ogletree, Charles, Jr., All Deliberate Speed,
(W.W. Norton & Company, ISBN: 0393326861)
Psychology Majors
Seligman, Martin, Learned Optimism: How to Change
Your Mind and Your Life (Free Press, paperback,
ISBN: 978-0671019112)
Sociology Majors
DuBois, W.E.B., The Souls of Black Folk
(Penguin Classics, ISBN: 014018998X)
Undeclared Majors
Johnson, Spencer, and Blanchard, Kenneth H., Who
Moved My Cheese? (Vermilion, ISBN: 0091816971)
Additional
instructions regarding the discussion of and assignments for
these readings will be provided at New Student Orientation
and in UNI 101, Introduction to University Life, a required
course for all entering students. Since each major has a
specific reading selection, please notify us as soon as
possible if you decide to change your major.
We are looking forward to meeting you, working with you,
and having you become involved in the activities of the
college.
BEHOLD THE GREEN AND GOLD!
