CASNR Undergraduate Programs
Make Your Mark
With over 30 degree programs, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) is the destination for learners seeking innovative and transformative educational experiences. CASNR undergraduate programs prepare today's students for tomorrow's greatest local, state, and global challenges around food, energy, water, and societal systems. Students in CASNR are part of a vibrant and engaged community of diverse learners who are inspired to take their development beyond the classroom and make their mark on the world.
Attributes of a CASNR Graduate
Graduates that have a shared-responsibility for a shared-future
The Faculty Advisory Committee identified the goals for developing the CASNR student by the time they graduate. This vision provides a holistic, transformative educational experience that integrates curricular, co-curricular, and experiential learning to result in:
Evidence-based decision making for a complex world using a systems-thinking approach.
A spirit of entrepreneurship, leadership, civic engagement, and service to positively impact communities.
A global mindset and appreciation of diversity across cultures, ethnicities, religions, gender, sexual orientation, and age.
A collaborative, inclusive approach to problem solving and innovation.
Degree Programs
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
- Agricultural Systems Technology
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
- Applied Science Online Degree Completion
- Biochemistry
- Data Science
- Environmental Science
- Environmental and Sustainability Studies
- Fisheries & Wildlife
- Food Science & Technology
- Forensic Science
Pre-Professional Programs
General CASNR
Some students are unsure of which degree program to choose when entering the university. The General-CASNR program is the perfect option for students who are still deciding. You'll take courses that provide maximum flexibility while ensuring they contribute to any of the degree programs within the college as well as most at UNL.
Pre-Veterinary Medicine
If you want to become a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), you should begin in the Pre-Veterinary Medicine (Pre-Vet) program. Select the best undergraduate program for you as you prepare for admission to any veterinary school that is accredited by the American Veterinary Medicine Association (AVMA).
Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program
The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program is focused on helping you transform the resources of our nation's strength in agriculture into the next big idea. Your idea that will solve a problem. Open a new door. Fill a hungry stomach. Create a new product. Grow more food with fewer resources. You could be the one to turn an idea into an enterprise. Our job is to give you the skills, inspiration and fortitude to make that happen.
3+3 Law Program
If you want to pursue law degree with the UNL College of Law, you can complete three years of any CASNR major and use your UNL College of Law classes to complete your CASNR degree. This program requires that you work with your CASNR Academic Advisor to create a plan and to successfully meet all of the requirements set forth by the College of Law.
Example 3+3 pathway
Pulled from Agribusiness 4-year plans from 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog.
- Term 1 (13 Hours)
- College Courses- complete AECN 100 (1hr)
- Seminar in Ag And Apld Econ - complete AECN 20 (0hr)
- ACE 6 Economics - complete either AECN 141 or ECON 212 (3hr)
- AECN 141 or ECON 212 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the second term of enrollment
- ACE 1 Written - complete 1 from ENGL 150, ENGL 151, ENGL 254, JGEN 120, JGEN 200, JGEN 300 (3hr)
- ACE 5 Humanities - complete 1 from ACE5 (3hr)
- ACE 3 Math/Statistics - complete either MATH 104 or MATH 106 (3hr)
- MATH 104 or 106 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the third term of enrollment.
- Term 2 (16 Hours)
- Agri Economics Core - complete either AECN 225 or AECN 235 (3hr)
- ACE 3 Math/Statistics - complete STAT 218 (3hr)
- STAT 218 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the third term of enrollment.
- CASNR Life Science - complete AGRO 131, AGRO 132 (4hr)
- BIOS 101/101L are also acceptable courses this term. AGRO 131 or BIOS 101 will also fulfill the ACE 4 requirement.
- Agri Sciences Up Lvl - complete 1 from Any Agriculture Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Agronomy Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Agricultural Leadership Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Animal Science Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Biochemistry Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Energy Science Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Entomology Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Food Science and Technology Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Fisheries and Wildlife Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Horticulture Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Mechanized Systems Management Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Natural Resources Course 200 through 400 Level, Any PGA Management Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Plant Pathology Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Range Management Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Soil Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Turfgrass and Landscape Management Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Water Science Course 200 through 400 Level, Any Veterinary Science Course 200 through 400 Level, AGRO 153, HORT 153, SOIL 153 (3hr)
- Term 3 (16 Hours)
- Agri Economics Core - complete AECN 201 (4hr)
- Accounting - complete either ACCT 200 or ACCT 201 (3hr)
- ACCT 200 or 201 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the third term of enrollment.
- ACE 2 Oral Comm - complete 1 from ALEC 102, COMM 101, COMM 109, COMM 209, COMM 210, COMM 215, COMM 283, COMM 286, JGEN 300, MRKT 257, NRES 301, TMFD 121 (3hr)
- ACE 7 Arts - complete 1 from ACE7 (3hr)
- ACE 6 Economics - complete ECON 211 (3hr)
- ECON 211 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the fourth term of enrollment.
- Term 4 (16 Hours)
- Nat Sciences: Chemistry - complete 2 from CHEM 105A, CHEM 105L, CHEM 109A (4hr)
- ACE 9 Global/Human Divers - complete 1 from ACE9 (3hr)
- Electives - complete Any Course* (9hr)
- Term 5 (12 Hours)
- Agri Economic 300/400 Lvl - complete either Any Agricultural Economics Course at the 300 Level or Any Agricultural Economics Course at the 400 Level (3hr)
- Agri Economics Core - complete AECN 316 (3hr)
- Microeconomics - complete ECON 312 (3hr)
- ECON 312 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the fifth term of enrollment.
- Electives - complete Any Course* (3hr)
- Term 6 (15 Hours)
- Agri Economics Core - complete AECN 452 (3hr)
- Supporting Course - complete AECN 401 (3hr)
- ACE 10 Capstone - complete 1 from AECN 420, AECN 425, AECN 435, AECN 445, AECN 453 (3hr)
- Macroeconomics - complete ECON 311 (3hr)
- ECON 311 becomes critical to your success in the major if not completed by the sixth term of enrollment.
- Electives - complete Any Course* (3hr)
Graduation Requirements
- Performance Measure: 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
