General Studies

Academic Home for Undeclared Students

Following is a list of exploratory courses students can "try" to learn if they have an interest in the subject area.

• Accounting: ACCT 201
• Actuarial Science: MATH 106 (Note: ACTS courses are 400-level courses. Students complete the calculus sequence and several upper-level statistics courses before actually enrolling in ACTS courses.)
• Advertising: JOUR101
• Agribusiness: AGRI 103 or AECN141
• Agricultural Economics: AGRI 103 or AECN141
• Agricultural Education (7-12): AGRI 103
• Agricultural Engineering AGEN 112
• Agricultural Journalism: AGRI 103 or JOUR101
• Agronomy: AGRO 131 and AGRO 132
• Animal Science: ASCI 100 or ASCI 101
• Anthropology: ANTH 212 or ANTH 232
• Applied Science: AGRI 103
• Architecture: students can take AHIS 101 or AHIS 102. ARCH courses require students to be in the ARCH college
• Art: AHIS 101 or AHIS 102 (registration into studio courses which apply toward the major require admission into the program)
• Art (K-12): Art: AHIS 101 or AHIS 102 (registration into studio courses which apply toward the major require admission into the program) or TEAC 331
• Art History: AHIS 101 or AHIS 102
• Athletic Training Education: ATHT 145 (fall only)
• Biochemistry or Biological Chemistry: BIOC101 or BIOS 102 or CHEM 109
• Biological Sciences: BIOS 101 (Note: BIOS 101 applies to the major as elective only), or BIOS 102, or BIOS 103
• Biological Systems Engineering: BSEN 112
• Biology (7-12): TEAC 331 or BIOS 101 Note: Program is under review and interested students should contact the College of Education and Human Sciences adviser to determine the availability of this major before beginning program requirements.
• Broadcasting: JOUR101
• Business Administration: JGEN 220 (freshmen), ECON 211 (sophomores), ACCT 201 (sophomores); all other business courses require many prerequisites and junior standing.
• Business Education/Cooperative Education: TEAC 331 or JGEN 220
• Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: CHME 113
• Chemistry: CHEM 109
• Chemistry (7-12): CHEM 109 or TEAC 331 Note: Program is under review and interested students should contact the College of Education and Human Sciences adviser to determine the availability of this major before beginning program requirements.
• Child Development/Early Childhood Education: CYAF 160
• Child, Youth and Family Studies/Journalism and Mass Communications : CYAF 160 or JOUR101
• Civil Engineering: CIVE 112
• Classical Languages: LATN 101 or GREK 101
• Classics and Religious Studies: CLAS 180 or RELG 181
• Communication Studies: COMM 109 or COMM 209
• Computer Engineering: CSCE 155 (Java; familiarity with a programming language is helpful)
• Computer Science: CSCE 155
• Construction Engineering: CONE 131
• Construction Management: CNST 112 or CNST 131
• Criminology and Criminal Justice: CRIM 101
• Culinary Science: HRTM 173
• Dance: DANC 101 or DANC 112 [other courses require a successful audition]
• Dietetics: NUTR 100 or NUTR 250
• Dietetics/Journalism and Mass Communications: NUTR 100 or JOUR101
• Early Care and Education: Birth to Age 5: CYAF 160
• Earth Science (7-12): GEOL 101 or TEAC 331 Note: Program is under review and interested students should contact the College of Education and Human Sciences adviser to determine the availability of this major before beginning program requirements.
• Economics:ECON 211 (sophomores)
• Economics and History (7-12): ECON 211 or TEAC 331 or HIST 120
• Electrical Engineering: ELEC 121
• Elementary Education (K-6): TEAC 331
• Elementary Education/Art (K-6): TEAC 331
• Elementary Education (K-6) and Early Childhood Education: TEAC 331 or CYAF 160
• Elementary Education and Deaf or Hard of Hearing Education: TEAC 331 or SLPA 250
• Elementary Education and Mild/Moderate Disabilities K-6: TEAC 331 or SPED 201
• English: ENGL 230A, ENGL 254
• English (7-12): TEAC 331 or ENGL 230A
• Enviromental Restoration Science: SOIL 153
• Environmental Studies: GEOL 101 or NRES 101
• Ethnic Studies:ETHN 100
• European Studies: HIST 100
• Family and Consumer Sciences (7-12): CYAF 160
• Family Science: CYAF 160
• Film and New Media (Production): THEA 112G
• Film Studies: ENGL 213E or ENGL 239
• Finance: JGEN 220 (freshmen), ECON 211 (sophomores), ACCT 201 (sophomores); all other business courses require many prerequisites and junior standing.
• Fisheries and Wildlife: NRES 101
• Food Science and Technology: FDST 101
• Food Technology for Companion Animals: ASCI107
• Forensic Science: FORS 120
• French: FREN 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course]
• French (7-12): FREN 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course] or TEAC 331
• Geography: GEOG 155 or GEOG 140
• Geography and History (7-12): GEOG 140, HIST 120, or TEAC 331
• Geology: GEOL 101

• German: GERM 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course]
• German (7-12):GERM 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course] or TEAC 331
• Gerontology: GERO 200[UNO offers a minor only which UNL students can complete]
• Grassland Ecology and Management: NRES 211
• Grazing Livestock Systems: ASCI 100 or BIOS 101
• Great Plains Studies: ANTH 130
• History: HIST 100 or HIST 201
• History (7-12): HIST 120 or TEAC 331
• Horticulture: AGRO 131
• Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management: HRTM 171
• Inclusive Early Childhood Education Birth to Grade 3: CYAF 170
• Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: IMSE 050
• Insect Science: ENTO 108
• Interior Design: students can take AHIS 101 or AHIS 102. All other interior design courses require students to be in the ARCH college.
• International Business: JGEN 220 (freshmen), ECON 211 (sophomores), ACCT 201 (sophomores); all other business courses require many prerequisites and junior standing.
• International Studies: POLS 160 or GEOG140 or HIST 120
• Journalism and Mass Communications and English (7-12): TEAC 331 or JOUR101
• Landscape Architecture: students can take AHIS 101 or AHIS 102 or AGRO 131 LARC courses require students to be in the ARCH college
• Language Arts (7-12): TEAC 331
• Latin American Studies: HIST 171
• Management: JGEN 220 (freshmen), ECON 211 (sophomores), ACCT 201 (sophomores); all other business courses require many prerequisites and junior standing.
• Marketing: JGEN 220 (freshmen), ECON 211 (sophomores), ACCT 201 (sophomores); all other business courses require many prerequisites and junior standing.
• Marketing and Basic Business/Cooperative Education: TEAC 331 or JGEN 220
• Mathematics: MATH 106(need appropriate math placement exam score)
• Mathematics (7-12): MATH 106 (need appropriate math placement exam score) or TEAC 331
• Mechanical Engineering: MECH 130
• Mechanized Systems Management: MSYM 109 or MSYM 162
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies: HIST 211 or CLAS 282
• Merchandising: TXCD 123
• Meteorology-Climatology: METR 200
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities (7-12): SPED 201
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities and Deaf or Hard of Hearning (7-12):TEAC 331 or SLPA 250
• Music: MUNM 276G, MUNM 287 or MUNM 387[these courses are exploratory only as all courses required for a major/minor are available only to declared music majors and minors]
• Music Education (Pre K-12): TEAC 331 or MUNM 276G, MUNM 287 or MUNM 387 [these music courses are exploratory only as all courses required for a major are available only to declared music education majors]
• Natural Resource and Environmental Economics: AECN141
• Natural Science (7-12): TEAC 331 or BIOS 101
• News Editorial: JOUR101
• Nutrition, Exercise and Health Science: NUTR 100 or NUTR 250
• Nutrition Science: NUTR 250
• Philosophy: PHIL 101, PHIL 106 (these courses are not major courses; exploratory only) or PHIL 110
• Physical Science (7-12): TEAC 331 or PHYS 211 (requires calculus)
• Physics (7-12): TEAC 331 or PHYS 211 (requires calculus) Note: Program is under review and interested students should contact the College of Education and Human Sciences adviser to determine the availability of this major before beginning program requirements.
• Physics and Astronomy: PHYS 151 (requires trigonometry; exploratory only) or PHYS 211 (requires calculus), ASTR 103 (not a major course; exploratory only)
• Plant Biology AGRO110 (or HORT 110 or NRES110)
• Plant Protection Sciences: BIOS 109 or PLPT 110
• Political Science: POLS 100
• Political Science and History (7-12):TEAC 331 orPOLS 100 or HIST 120
• Pre-Professional Programs
  • Pre-Chiropractic: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Clinical Lab Sciences (formerly Medical Technology): BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Clinical Profusion Science: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Cytotechnology: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Dentistry:BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Dental Hygiene:BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Law: POLS 100
  • Pre-Medicine: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Mortuary Science: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Nuclear Medicine Technology: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Nursing: BIOS 214 (sophomore), BIOS 213 (sophomore), BIOS 101 or CHEM 105 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Occupational Therapy: BIOS 101 or PSYC 181
  • Pre-Optometry: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Pharmacy: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Physical Therapy: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Physician's Assistant: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Radiologic Technology: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
  • Pre-Social Work: PSYC 181 or SOCI 101
  • Pre-Veterinary Medicine: BIOS 101 or CHEM 109
• PGA Golf Management: PGMP 101
• Psychology:PSYC 181
• Reading and Writing (7-12):TEAC 331
• Russian: RUSS 101
• Russian (7-12): RUSS 101 or TEAC 331
• Social Science (7-12): TEAC 331
• Sociology: SOCI 101
• Spanish: SPAN 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course]
• Spanish (7-12): SPAN 101 or higher [students must take the Modern Language Placement Exam to determine appropriate course] or TEAC 331
• Speech and English (7-12): COMM 109 or COMM 209 or TEAC 331
• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology: SLPA 150
• Technical Education: TEAC 331
• Textile and Apparel Design: TXCD 123
• Textile Science: TXCD 123
• Textiles Clothing and Design and Journalism Mass Communications: TXCD 123or JOUR101
• Theatre: THEA 112G or THEA 114
• Theatre and English (7-12): THEA 112G or TEAC 331
• Trade and Industrial Education (10-12): TEAC 331
• Turfgrass and Landscape Management: AGRO 131
• Veterinary Science: BIOS 102
• Veterinary Technologist: BIOS 102
• Water Science: WATS 281 (requires previous experience in chemistry, physics and geology)
• Women's and Gender Studies: WMNS 101