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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 English Composition I
  • ENGL 1020 English Composition II
  • ENGL 2200 Survey English Literature I
  • ENGL 2210 Survey English Literature II

Foreign Language: 2 units
In one language

  • FREN 1210 Elementary French II OR SPAN 1210 (some students may need to complete 1200 to prepare for 1210; 1210 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 0950 Elementary Algebra or MATH 1045 Applied Math, Elem. Algebra
  • Geometry: (Not available)
  • Algebra II: MATH 1060 Applied Math II (3 hours) or MATH 1140 Intermediate Algebra (4 hours)
  • Fourth Year Math (course that builds upon Algebra II): MATH 1150 College Algebra (3 hours) OR MATH 1200 (5 hours) Algebra and Trigonometry OR MATH 1200 (3 hours) Algebra only OR MATH 1200 (2 hours) Trigonometry only

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)
  • CHEM 1140 General Chemistry I (has a lab)
  • GEOG 1010 Principles of Geography (does not have a lab)
  • HOEC 1050 Nutrition (does not have a lab)
  • PHYS 1130 Intro 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 1020 World Regional Geography
  • HIST 1030 European Civilization I
  • HIST 1040 European Civilization II or HIST 1060 World History II
  • HIST 1050 World History I
  • HIST 2010 American History I
  • HIST 2020 American History II
  • POLS 1000 American Government
  • POLS 2110 Intro to American Political Parties
  • SOCI 1010 Introduction to Sociology
  • SOCI 1100 Intro to Family Living

Note: Your UNL college will determine whether or not courses used to meet admission requirements can also apply toward your UNL degree requirements.