The subjects of self-taught examination in Northeast Normal University are set differently according to different aspects, among which all professional levels have public courses. Public courses at the professional level of self-taught subjects in Northeast Normal University include: Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought, Introduction to Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basis, College Chinese, Advanced Mathematics, etc. However, these two courses are not available in every major at present, and will be different according to the needs of the major.
The public course at the undergraduate level taught by Northeast Normal University is an outline of China's modern history, an introduction to the basic principles of Marxism, and one of the three languages: Japanese, English and Russian. The level in independent undergraduate course is similar.