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- Composition I
ENGL 1020-Composition II
ENGL 2100-Intro to Literature
ENGL 2050-Modern Fiction
Foreign Language: 2 units
In one language
SPAN 1020 Elementary Spanish II (some students may need to complete SPAN 1010 to prepare for
SPAN 1020; 1020 is the course which will fulfill the UNL admission deficiency). OR
GERM 1020 Elementary German II (some students may need to complete GERM 1010 to
prepare for GERM 1020; 1020 is the course which will fulfill the UNL admission
deficiency). OR
SIGN 1020 (some students may need to complete lower level SIGN courses to
prepare for SIGN 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 095 Beginning Algebra
Geometry: MATH 0980
Algebra II: MATH 1100 Intermediate Algebra
Fourth Year Math (course that builds upon Algebra II):
MATH 1150-College Algebra OR MATH 1300 Precalculus
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 1050 Chemistry and the Citizen (has a lab)
CHEM 1090 General Chemistry I (has a lab)
FSDT 1350 Basic Nutrition (does not have a lab)
GEOG 1500 Physical Geography (does not have a lab)
GEOL 1010 Physical Geology (has a lab)
PHYS 1030 Astronomy (does not have 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 Intro to Human Geography
GEOG 1420 World Regional Geography
HIST 1000 Western Tradition I
HIST 1010 Western Tradition II
HIST 2010 American History I
HIST 2020 American History II
POLS 1000 American Government
POLS 1600 Introduction to International Relations
SOCI 1010 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 2010 Social Problems
Note: Your UNL college will determine whether or not courses used
to meet admission requirements can also apply toward your UNL degree
requirements.
