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.