All students must fulfill the University’s General Education requirements, which include courses in a broad variety of academic areas including communication, social and natural sciences, and arts and humanities. In addition to these requirements students declare a major. Arts & Sciences offers majors in four areas: Humanities, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Programs. Here is a list of our majors by category:

Humanities (study of thought, language, cultures):

• Classics and Religious Studies
• Classical Languages (Greek and Latin)
• English
• French, German, Russian, or Spanish
• History
• Philosophy

Natural Sciences and Mathematics (observation and analysis of material and mathematical reality):

• Actuarial Sciences
• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Geology
• Mathematics
• Meteorology/Climatology
• Physics

Social Sciences (observation and interpretation of group and individual behavior, communication, social structures):

• Anthropology
• Communication Studies
• Economics
• Geography
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

Interdisciplinary Programs (Majors in these programs allow students to combine coursework from various disciplines. For example, students with a Great Plains Studies major might take courses focused on the Great Plains in English, History, Anthropology, and Biological Sciences):

• Environmental Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• European Studies
• Film Studies
• Great Plains Studies
• International Studies
• Latin American Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Women’s and Gender Studies

The Individualized Program of Studies option allows a limited number of students to design their own major with the assistance of College advisers and a faculty committee.

In addition to a major, students can pursue a pre-professional program to prepare them for careers in law or health professions. Programs include:

• Pre-law
• Pre-health including pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, pre-medical technology, pre-optometry, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, and pre-physician assistant.

The University’s extensive Study Abroad Program gives students the opportunity to complete part of their program overseas, at one of 140 universities in over 50 countries.

For more information about majors and pre-professional programs in the College, visit the Arts & Sciences Advising center at 107 Oldfather Hall, phone them at 402- 472-4190, e-mail them at asadvisingcenter2@unl.edu, or go to the Advising Center website at /advise.html