Suggested Courses to Remove UNL Admission Deficiencies For Students
who Graduated High School January 1997 or Later
Units Required for Admission
Courses to clear the deficiency [one community
college course = one unit (year) of high school work]
English: 4 units
Intensive reading & writing experience
ENGL 1010- Expository Writing I
ENGL 1020-Expository Writing II
ENGL 2060- 20th Century Fiction
ENGL 2510 - Science Fiction: Supernatural Literature
Foreign Language: 2 units
In one language
FREN 1020 French II (some students may need to complete
FREN 1010 to prepare for FREN 1020; 1020 is the course
which will fulfill the UNL admission deficiency).
SPAN 1020 Beginning Spanish (some students may need to
complete SPAN 1010 to prepare for SPAN 1020; 1020 is the
course which will fulfill the UNL admission deficiency)
Mathematics: 4 units
Algebra I
Algebra II
Geometry
A fourth year that builds on algebra
Algebra I : MATH 0900 Elementary Algebra
Geometry: Not Available
Algebra II: MATH 1010 Intermediate Algebra
Fourth Year Math (course that builds upon Algebra II):
MATH 1150-College Algebra OR MATH 1250-Trigonometry
Natural Sciences: 3 units
At least 2 from biology, chemistry, physics & earth sciences.
At least one lab.
If you are deficient in a lab, you MUST take
a science course that has a lab.
BIOS 1010 General Biology (has a lab)
BIOS 1400 Intro to Nutrition (does not have a lab)
CHEM 1050 Survey of Chemistry I (has a lab)
CHEM 1090 General Chemistry (has a lab)
FACS/BIOS 1400 Nutrition (does not have a lab)
GEOG 1050 Physical Geography (has a lab)
PHYS 1100 Physical Science (has a lab)
PHYS 1150 Descriptive Physics (has a lab)
PHYS 1410 General Physics I (has a lab)
Social Sciences: 3 units
One or 2 units History AND 1 or 2 units American government,
geography or one other social science
GEOG 1400 Cultural Geography
HIST 1000 Western Civilization I to 1715
HIST 1010 Western Civilization II after 1715
HIST 2010 American History I to 1877
HIST 2020 American History II after 1877
POLS 1000 American Government and Politics
POLS 1600 International Relations
SOCI 1120 Intro to Anthropology
SOCI 1530 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 2010 Social Problems
SOCI 2200 Criminology
SOCI 2250 Marriage and Family Relationships
Note: Your UNL college will determine whether or not courses used
to meet admission requirements can also apply toward your UNL degree
requirements.