Achievement-Centered Education Electives
College of Engineering majors who will complete their undergraduate degree program on the UNL (City or East Campus in Lincoln) or Scott Campus in Omaha must satisfy the general education requirements of the Achievement Centered Education (ACE) program at UNL. The ACE program contains 4 Institutional Objectives with 10 Student Learning Outcomes (SLO). ACE electives are associated with SLO 5 through 9, and consists of course work primarily from the humanities, fine arts, social sciences, civics, ethics, human and cultural diversity areas. A minimum of one 3-credit hour course is to be selected from each of the following listed SLO areas to satisfy student learning outcomes 5 through 9. Although some courses are listed in more than one area, no individual course can be utilized to satisfy more than one SLO area.
Program Specific Notes
Please read the description under your specific major to find out more about flexible ACE requirements
Architectural Engineering
-Flexible ACE electives include 5, 6, 7 and 9
-Students must complete one from each category: for a total of four courses
-PSYC 1010 ust be the ACE 6 if completing the Lighting and Electrical option
-Students must complete ART 3770 (ACE 5 or 7) or 3780 (ACE 7) as either an ACE 5 or 7, then must complete one more course to fulfill the missing elective
Civil, Electrical, and Environmental Engineering
- Flexible ACE electives include 5, 6 ,7, 8, and 9
- Students must complete one from each category; for a total of five courses
Computer Engineering
- Flexible ACE electives include 5, 6, 7 and 9
- Students must complete one from each category; for a total of four courses
-Students must complete ENGR 469 as their ACE 8
Construction Engineering and Management
- Flexible ACE electives include 5, 7, and 9
- Students must complete one from each category; for a total of three courses
- Students must complete ECON 2200 to fulfill the ACE 6 elective
- Students must complete CONE 206 to fulfill the ACE 8 elective
Pre-Programs (Mechanical, Agricultural, and Biological Systems)
- Flexible ACE electives include 5, 6, 7 and 9
- Students must complete one from each category; for a total of four courses
- Students must complete CONE 206 to fulfill the ACE 8 elective
SLO - Area 5
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ART 3770 | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE TO 1850 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO GENRE STUDIES: PROSE | 3 |
| ENGL 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO GENRE STUDIES: POETRY, DRAMA, FILM | 3 |
| ENGL 2250 | THE SHORT STORY | 3 |
| ENGL 2310 | INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENGL 2320 | INTRODUCTION TO BRITISH LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENGL 2350 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1746-1939 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 2360 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1940-PRESENT 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 2410 | CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE | 3 |
| ENGL 2420 | CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE STUDIES | 3 |
| ENGL 2450 | AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 3 |
| ENGL 2460 | AMERICAN LITERATURE II | 3 |
| ENGL 2470 | SURVEY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE 1 | 3 |
| FREN 3160 | INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH LITERATURE | 3 |
| GERM 3370 | GERMAN HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS UNTIL THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD | 3 |
| HIST 1110 | AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1120 | AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 2190 | THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST | 3 |
| HIST 2510 | ANCIENT GREECE: BRONZE AGE TO CLASSICAL ERAS | 3 |
| HIST 2520 | ANCIENT HISTORY - ROME | 3 |
| HIST 2620 | MODERN BRITAIN | 3 |
| HIST 2710 | A HISTORY OF RUSSIA FROM KIEVAN RUS' TO THE CRIMEAN WAR | 3 |
| HIST 2720 | RUSSIA: FROM THE CRIMEAN WAR TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 4540 | MEDIEVAL EUROPE | 3 |
| PHIL 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: MEANING OF LIFE 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 2030 | INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS | 3 |
| PHIL 3050 | ETHICAL THEORY 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3110 | HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 3130 | HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY | 3 |
| PHIL 3200 | PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 3 |
| PHIL 3210 | SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3220 | PHILOSOPHY OF ART 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3400 | PHILOSOPHY OF NATURAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| PHIL 3600 | EPISTEMOLOGY | 3 |
| PHIL 3650 | PHILOSOPHY OF MIND | 3 |
| PHIL 3700 | SPACE, TIME, AND REALITY | 3 |
| RELI 2150 | HEBREW SCRIPTURES | 3 |
| SPAN 3170 | SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE I | 3 |
| SPAN 3180 | SURVEY OF SPANISH LITERATURE II | 3 |
| SPAN 3420 | LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| WGST 2020 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES: HUMANITIES 1 | 3 |
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SLO – Area 6
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1050 | INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| ANTH 3210 | CULTURES OF AFRICAN PEOPLE | 3 |
| ANTH 4210 | CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | 3 |
| CRCJ 1010 | SURVEY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 |
| ECON 2200 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICRO) 1 | 3 |
| ECON 2220 | PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACRO) 1 | 3 |
| ENGR 200 | PROFESSIONALISM & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| ENGR 320 | LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND ETHICS | 3 |
| FNBK 2280 | PERSONAL FINANCE | 3 |
| GEOG 1050 | HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY | 4 |
| GEOG 4010 | CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1 | 3 |
| GEOG 4120 | URBAN GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GERO 2000 | INTRODUCTION TO GERONTOLOGY | 3 |
| MGMT 4040 | MANAGING BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS | 3 |
| PSCI 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 1 | 3 |
| PSCI 3120 | THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN POLITICS 1 | 3 |
| PSCI 3160 | POLITICAL PARTIES | 3 |
| PSCI 3170 | INTEREST GROUPS | 3 |
| PSCI 3180 | CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS | 3 |
| PSCI 4030 | THE PRESIDENCY | 3 |
| PSYC 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I | 3 |
| PSYC 3450 | SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC 1010 | INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY | 3 |
| SOC 2100 | SOCIAL PROBLEMS 1 | 3 |
| SOC 2150 | SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES 1 | 3 |
| TED 2310 | FAMILY-CENTERED PARTNERSHIPS | 3 |
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SLO – Area 7
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ART 1100 | FOUNDATION: DRAWING | 3 |
| ART 2050 | SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY I | 3 |
| ART 2060 | SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY II | 3 |
| ART 3770 | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE TO 1850 1 | 3 |
| ART 3780 | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE SINCE 1850 | 3 |
| ENGL 1200 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL READING AND WRITING | 3 |
| ENGL 2110 | INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITING | 3 |
| HUMN 1200 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL READING AND WRITING | 3 |
| MUS 1070 | MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE: ROCK AND POP | 3 |
| MUS 1080 | MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE:THE WORLD 1 | 3 |
| MUS 1090 | MUSIC APPRECIATION | 3 |
| MUS 1100 | MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE: JAZZ | 3 |
| MUS 2550 | MUSIC HISTORY I | 3 |
| PHIL 3220 | PHILOSOPHY OF ART 1 | 3 |
| THEA 1010 | THEATRE APPRECIATION | 3 |
| WRWS 1500 | INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING | 3 |
| WRWS 2060 | FUNDAMENTALS OF POETRY WRITING | 3 |
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SLO – Area 8
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 1330 | ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BLST 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO BLACK STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| CMST 4510 | PERSUASION AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE | 3 |
| CNST 420 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND ETHICS | 3 |
| CONE 206 | ENGINEERING ECONOMICS | 3 |
| ENGR 320 | LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND ETHICS | 3 |
| ENGR 469 | TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| JMC 4500 | 3 | |
| NAMS 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY: MEANING OF LIFE 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 1020 | CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3050 | ETHICAL THEORY 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3210 | SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY 1 | 3 |
| PSCI 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT 1 | 3 |
| TED 2100 | EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS | 3 |
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SLO - Area 9
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1050 | INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY 1 | 3 |
| BLST 1000 | INTRODUCTION TO BLACK STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| BLST 2420 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY II: 1865-1954 | 3 |
| CMST 4530 | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION-US | 3 |
| CRCJ 3380 | RACE, ETHNICITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | 3 |
| ECON 3600 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 3 |
| ENGL 2350 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1746-1939 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 2360 | AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 1940-PRESENT 1 | 3 |
| ENGL 2470 | SURVEY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE 1 | 3 |
| ENGR 200 | PROFESSIONALISM & GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE | 3 |
| GEOG 1000 | WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 1020 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
| GEOG 1050 | HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT GEOGRAPHY | 4 |
| GEOG 3070 | GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA | 3 |
| GEOG 4010 | CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1 | 3 |
| HIST 1000 | WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 1010 | WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500 | 3 |
| HIST 2480 | HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA: PRECONQUEST TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 2810 | HISTORY OF CHINA: FROM THE MANCHU CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT | 3 |
| HIST 2820 | JAPAN: FROM WARRING STATES TO THE MODERN DAY | 3 |
| HIST 2920 | HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA | 3 |
| HIST 4400 | HISTORY OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | 3 |
| MGMT 4150 | GLOBAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MUS 1080 | MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE:THE WORLD 1 | 3 |
| NAMS 1100 | INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 1020 | CONTEMPORARY MORAL PROBLEMS 1 | 3 |
| PHIL 3200 | PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 3 |
| PSCI 2210 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 3 |
| PSCI 3120 | THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN POLITICS 1 | 3 |
| RELI 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGIONS | 3 |
| SOC 2100 | SOCIAL PROBLEMS 1 | 3 |
| SOC 2150 | SOCIOLOGY OF FAMILIES 1 | 3 |
| SOC 3700 | INTRODUCTION TO LGBTQ STUDIES | 3 |
| SOC 4310 | SOCIOLOGY OF SEXUALITIES | 3 |
| SPAN 3410 | SPANISH CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| SPAN 3420 | LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION | 3 |
| TED 2200 | HUMAN RELATIONS FOR BIAS-FREE CLASSROOMS | 3 |
| WGST 2010 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE | 3 |
| WGST 2020 | INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN'S AND GENDER STUDIES: HUMANITIES 1 | 3 |
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