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UNL Independent Study

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Nursing Courses


The courses you need . . . sooner, not later.


The UNL Independent Study program has a wide selection of Open Enrollment courses for nurses. Finish them in as little as five weeks . . . or take up to a full year. Whatever your timeframe allows.

Pre-nursing/General Education Courses

English Composition I (3 credits) – ENGL 150, 254
Introduction to Sociology (3 credits) – SOCI 101
Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) – PSYC 181
Human Growth and Development (3 credits) – FACS 160
Chemistry (4 credits) – CHEM 105
Nutrition (3 credits) – NUTR 250
Statistics (3 credits) – ECON 215
English Composition II (3 credits) – ENGL 150, 254

Humanities (3 credits each)

Introduction to Art History and Criticism – AHIS 101
Twentieth Century Fiction – ENGL 205
Shakespeare – ENGL 230A
Western Civilization to 1715 – HIST 100
Western Civilization since 1715 – HIST 101

Culture, Race, Ethnicity and Gender (3 credits each)

Latin American Culture and Civilization – HIST 171
Introduction to East Asian Civilization – HIST 181, POLS 171

Family and Human Behavior (3 credits each)

Marriage and the Family – SOCI 225

Political Science and Social Organizations (3 credits each)
Principles of Macroeconomics – ECON 211
Principles of Microeconomics – ECON 212
Introductory Economic Geography – GEOG 120
American History to 1877 – HIST 201
American History after 1877 – HIST 202
Power and Politics in America – POLS 100
Comparative Politics – POLS 104
Political Ideas – POLS 108
Social Problems – SOCI 201
Sociology of Crime – SOCI 209

Professional Nursing Courses

Pathophysiologic Basis of Alterations in Health – NURS 325

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