UNLV’s General Education requirements allow students to automatically satisfy the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) General Education requirements; These requirements are standard for all bachelor’s degrees earned, regardless of major.

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Courses that fulfill this requirement are: BUS103, CFA100, CFA102, COE103, and COLA100E. Other courses that fulfill this requirement are: EGG101 when taken with any of the following: EGG202, ME202, GSC100, GWK100, HMD100, HSC100, or SCI101.

Courses that fulfill this requirement are: BIOL207, COE202, ENG231*, ENG231E*, ENG231S*, ENG232*, ENG232A*, GSC300, HSC210, PBH205, PHIL242, and SCI201.

* If one of these classes is used to fulfill the 2nd Year Seminar requirement, it cannot be used to also fulfill a Humanities requirement. Any student who will be transferring in more than 60 college-level completed credits before their first semester of enrollment at UNLV will receive a waiver of the 2nd Year Seminar requirement.

Courses that fulfill this requirement are: ENG101 or ENG113.

This requirement can also be satisfied by a score on the ACT English section of 30 or higher, an SAT Writing or Critical Reading score of 680 or higher or certain College Level Examination Program (“CLEP”) or Advanced Placement (“AP”) exam scores.

* ENG 113 is designed specifically for international and multilingual students. For more information, visit the UNLV Website.

** For information about placement requirements for ENG classes,  visit the UNLV Website.

Courses that fulfill this requirement are: ENG102 or ENG114*.

* ENG 114 is designed specifically for international and multilingual students. For more information, visit the UNLV website.

** For information about placement requirements for ENG classes, visit the UNLV website.

Popular lower division courses that fulfill this requirement are: HIST102 (3 credits), HIST217 (3 credits), PSC100** (1 credit), HIST100 (4 credits), ECON200 (3 credits), and PSC101 (4 credits)

*HIST100, ECON200 and PSC101 fulfill both the NV and US Constitution requirement concurrently, so if both Constitution requirements (NV and US) have not been taken by applicant, Applicant should consider one of these three classes.

** PSC100 is only offered at UNLV and is a one month class.

Popular lower division courses that fulfill this requirement are: HIST100 (4 credits), ECON200 (3 credits), PSC101 (4 credits), HIST101 (3 credits), and URST241 (3 credits)

** HIST100, ECON200 and PSC101 fulfill both the US and NV Constitution requirements concurrently, so if both Constitution requirements (US and NV) have not been taken by applicant, Applicant should consider one of these three classes.

NOTE: Unless you have previously had an advising appointment and specifically discussed Math options, we recommend you schedule an advising appointment to determine Math course eligibility and your specific best options

For Special Education and Early Childhood programs, courses that fulfill this requirements are: Any 100 or 200 level MATH course except MATH115 or MATH122. If taking MATH120E, MATH124E or MATH126E, they must be taken in combination with the corresponding co-requisite support course (MATH20B, MATH24B, or MATH 26B, respectively). Some Math courses do have prerequisites.

For the Elementary Education program, courses that fulfill this requirements are: Any 100 or 200 level MATH course except MATH115. If taking MATH120E, MATH124E or MATH126E, they must be taken in combination with the corresponding co-requisite support course (MATH20B, MATH24B, or MATH 26B, respectively).

This requirement can also be satisfied by certain College Level Examination Program (“CLEP”) or Advanced Placement (“AP”) exam scores.

NOTE: Unless you have previously had an advising appointment and specifically discussed Math options, we recommend you schedule an advising appointment to determine Math course eligibility and your specific best options

Courses that fulfill this requirements are: Any 100 or 200 level MATH course except MATH115. If taking MATH120E, MATH124E or MATH126E, they must be taken in combination with the corresponding co-requisite support course (MATH20B, MATH24B, or MATH 26B, respectively).

This requirement can also be satisfied by certain College Level Examination Program (“CLEP”) or Advanced Placement (“AP”) exam scores.

Courses that fulfill this requirement include: Any Literature course offered by the English Dept., any Foreign language course offered by the World Languages and Cultures Dept., some HiST classes, PHIL classes (except PHIL102, PHIL105 or PHIL114), AAD201/201D, COM101,COM211, COM216, GWK300, and any WMST course cross-listed with Humanities.

Some courses can fulfill both the Humanities requirement and the International Requirement concurrently.

The most common options selected by students are: ENG231, ENG232, SPAN113, PHIL101, HIST courses or COM courses.

* If any ENG 231 or ENG 232 class is used to fulfill a Humanities requirement. it cannot be used to also fulfill the 2nd Year Seminar requirement

NOTE: THE SECOND HUMANITIES COURSE CANNOT COME FROM THE SAME SUBJECT AREA AS THE FIRST HUMANITIES COURSE!

Courses that fulfill this requirement include: Any Literature course offered by the English Dept., any Foreign language course offered by the World Languages and Cultures Dept., some HiST classes, PHIL classes (except PHIL102, PHIL105 or PHIL114), AAD201/201D, COM101,COM211, COM216, GWK300, and any WMST course cross-listed with Humanities.

The most common options selected by students are: ENG231, ENG232, SPAN113, PHIL101, HIST courses or COM courses.

Some courses can fulfill both the Humanities requirement and the International Requirement concurrently.

* If any ENG 231 or ENG 232 class is used to fulfill a Humanities requirement. it cannot be used to also fulfill the 2nd Year Seminar requirement

Courses that fulfill this requirement are: AAE100, AAI100, ART101, ART107, ART135, ART160, ART211, ART212, ART216, ART260, ART261, CFA103, DAN101, DAN103, DAN104, DAN166/AAS166, FILM100, FILM110, LAND100; MUS101, MUS121, MUS125, MUS129, MUS134*, THTR100, THTR105, THTR124, or THTR175.

The most common options selected by students are: ART courses, DAN101, DAN 103, DAN or AAS166, FILM100, MUS121, MUS125, and THTR100

Some courses can fulfill both the Fine Arts requirement and the International Requirement concurrently.

Courses that fulfill this requirement are: PHIL102, COM104, COM217, and FIN102X

Courses that fulfill this requirement include: ANTH102 when taken with ANTH110L, any AST course when taken with AST105, any BIOL course with a lab component, CHEM121A/L or a higher CHEM course with a lab component, any GEOG course with a lab component, any GEOL course with a lab component, or any PHYS course with a lab component.

The most common options selected by students are: GEOG103 when taken with GEOG104, AST103 or AST104 when taken with AST105, ANTH102 when taken with ANTH110L, BIOL100 (lecture and lab combined), and GEOL 101 (lecture and lab combined).

Courses that fulfill this requirement include: ANTH102, any non-lab AST course, any non-lab BIOL course, CHEM121 or a higher non-lab CHEM course, EGG100, ENV101, ENV220, any non-lab GEOG course, any non-lab GEOL course, NUTR121 or any non-lab PHYS course.

The most common options selected by students are: AST103, AST104, ANTH102, EGG100, ENV101, NUTR121, GEOG103, and GEOL100.

Courses that fulfill this requirement are listed  on this website.

The most common options selected by students are: ART261, THTR100, DAN301, LAS101, NUTR301, PHIL124, HIST103, HIST150, HIST209, HIST228, or any Foreign Language course listed in link above.