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  • General Education Academic Focus Areas
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UNO has 5 Academic Focus Areas that expose students to introductory coursework, concepts, ideas, and professional skills within broadly related, interdisciplinary fields of study. Through advising, faculty guidance, and programmatic support, students are encouraged to cultivate their strengths, interests, and professional goals in pursuit of selecting a major program of study.

  • Public Service and Helping Professions

    Do you want to serve your community, your state, or your country? Public service and helping professions play critically important roles in educating, protecting, and ensuring the health, welfare, and prosperity of diverse populations.

  • STEM

    Do you have an interest in solving problems by applying principles from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)?

  • Technology, Business and Innovations

    This area of study may be of interest to those who enjoy analyzing data; thinking strategically; would like to manage people and/or projects; and are drawn to work with financial data or technology.

  • Culture, Ethnicity, and Social Justice

    Are you interested in learning more about people, places, cultures, and promoting equal rights and justice?

    This area includes many different majors with a focus on complex cultures and relationships that shape our world and can match your desire to make a positive impact in your community.

  • Creative Production and Performative Arts

    Do you want to explore new ways of seeing and interacting with the world, and enjoy creative problem solving and design? This academic focus area is for those who enjoy design, human communication, or the performance and production of art, music, literature, and other media.

General Education Academic Focus Areas

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Contact Us

If you have questions about general education, please feel free to contact us at unogened@unomaha.edu. 

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