Students who plan to pursue medicine or dentistry as a profession should select a degree program that will adequately prepare them for entry into a professional school yet provide ample opportunity to pursue additional interests in varied academic disciplines. Most professional schools stress a four-year degree program as the best possible preparation. Students may select any major; however, they and their adviser must be sure that the major program selected includes those courses required by the medical or dental school and offers sufficient free electives to include 40 to 50 hours of science.
The Pre-medical/pre-dental adviser in the College of Sciences should be consulted soon after the student enters the University.
Students interested in attending medical or dental school usually major in biochemistry, biological sciences, or chemistry. Please see the Pre-medical/Pre-dental advisor in the Department of Biological Sciences for assistance in selecting the necessary course work, taking the MCAT or DCAT, or filing and application for admission to the medical or dental school.
LSU in Shreveport offers course work to prepare a student
to apply for admission to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. To be
eligible for admission a student must complete a minimum of 64 credit hours
of specified college work. A student interested in veterinary medicine
should consult with an advisor from the College of Sciences during his
or her first semester at LSU in Shreveport.
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Agriculture 101 Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L Mathematics 121, 122 English 105, 115 Electives* Chemistry 265, 265L, 266, 266L Physics 251, 251L, 252, 252L Communications 135 Biological Sciences 224, 224L Biological Sciences 363, 363L Biological Science 320, 320L Electives* |
Sem. Hrs.
1 8 8 6 6 3 8 8 3 4 4 4 3 66 |
*Preferred Electives: Science and/or Mathematics.
An undergraduate degree is required before entering the following program:
Entrance into the Louisiana State University School of
Allied Health Physical Therapy program at both the New Orleans and Shreveport
campuses requires a baccalaureate degree. The baccalaureate degree can
be in any major, but because of the science requirements for entrance into
the Physical Therapy program, students usually major in biochemistry, biological
sciences, chemistry, or physics. Those students planning to apply to the
Physical Therapy program should contact the Physical Therapy advisor in
the Department of Biological Sciences. The admission prerequisites for
Physical Therapy are as follows:
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Biology 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L Computer Science elective English 105, 115 Math 121 Psychology 152 Biology 280, 2821 Biology 300 or 400 level2 Communications 135 English 200 level or above3 Math 210 Physics 251, 251L, 252, 252L Psychology elective4 |
Sem. Hrs.
8 8 3 6 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 8 3
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1280L and 282L also recommended but not
required
2Biology 320, 330, or 334 recommended
3English 325 is recommended
4Abnormal Psychology or Growth and Development
recommended
The following pre-preparatory allied health sciences
curricula prepare students to complete their degrees at the School of Allied
Health Professions at LSUMC.
This curriculum is designed for students desiring to apply
for entry into the professional curricula in Cardiopulmonary Science (Respiratory
Therapy and Cardiopulmonary Technology) offered through the LSU Medical
Center. The degree program provides the education and training in the areas
of prevention, diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of people with
heart and lung disorders. In addition, the baccalaureate therapist and
technologist is a potential educator or supervisor in Cardiopulmonary departments.
The program is a baccalaureate degree program offering a dual Bachelor
of Science in both Respiratory Therapy and Cardiovascular Technology. For
more information contact the Program Coordinator, Cardiopulmonary Science
at LSU Medical Center, School of Allied Health Professions, 1501 Kings
Highway, Shreveport LA 71130. To be eligible for admission to the program
a student must complete a minimum of 60 credit hours as specified below:
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| FRESHMAN YEAR
Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Humanities elective |
Sem. Hrs.
8 8 6 6 3 31 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Art elective Biological Sciences 320, 320L, 282, 282L Humanities Electives Physics 251, 251L Psychology 152 Computer Science 111 Science elective |
Sem. Hrs.
3 8 6 4 3 3 3 30 |
| JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS
Admission to the curriculum in Cardiopulmonary Science at the LSU School of Allied Health Professions is on a competitive basis. RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES
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LSU in Shreveport offers prerequisite work designed to
prepare the student to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Science degree
program, Department of Medical Technology, School of Allied Health Professions,
LSU Medical Center. Upon completion of the degree requirements for this
program, the LSU Medical Center will award the degree. A student planning
to enter this program should contact the Department of Medical Technology
at the LSU School of Allied Health Professions, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport
LA 71130 during his or her second semester at LSU in Shreveport for detailed
information concerning admission requirements. To be eligible for admission
to the program a student must complete a minimum of 79 hours as specified
below:
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Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Communications 135 English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Social Science |
Sem. Hrs.
8 3 6 6 3 26 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
Biological Sciences 320, 320L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L Computer Science 111 Electives English (200-level) Humanities |
Sem. Hrs.
4 8 3 6 3 3 27 |
| JUNIOR YEAR
Biological Sciences 321, 321L, 351, 351L Chemistry 255, 255L, 259, 265 Elective Fine Arts Humanities (200 level) Social Science (200 level) |
Sem. Hrs.
8 8 1 3 3 3 26 |
SENIOR YEAR
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This curriculum educates the student to practice occupational
therapy and is based upon a design of two year of preparatory studies and
two years of professional studies. LSU in Shreveport offers two years of
college work designed to prepare the student to apply for admission to
the Bachelor of Science degree program, Department of Occupational Therapy,
School of Allied Health Professions, LSU in Shreveport Medical Center,
1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport LA 71130. To be eligible for admission to
the program a student must complete a minimum of 63 credit hours as specified
below:
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Art elective Biological Sciences 282 Biological Sciences 120, 120L Chemistry 121 English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Sociology 105 Biological Sciences 280 Biological Sciences 280L or 282L |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 4 3 6 6 3 3 3 1 35 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Computer Science 111 English (200-level literature) General electives Humanities electives Physics 251, 251L Psychology electives |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 6 6 4 6 31 |
| JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS
Admission to the curriculum in Occupational Therapy at the LSU School of Allied Health Professions is on a competitive basis. RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES
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LSU in Shreveport offers prerequisite work designed to
prepare the student to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Science degree
program in Physician assistants. The physician assistant is a health care
professional who is academically and clinically prepared to provide health
and medical services with and under the supervision of a doctor of medicine.
This program is a 27 month academic and clinical experience offered at
LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, School of Allied Health Professions,
1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA 71130. Applicants to the Physician Assistant
program are required to have completed 1000 hours of work experience in
the medical profession.
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English 105, 115 Mathematics 121 and 122 or 210 Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L Psychology 152 Biological Science 120, 120L Social Science Elective Computer Sciences 111 |
Sem. Hrs.
6 6 8 3 4 3 3 33 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Physics 251, 251L History Communications 135 English 200 Level Fine Arts 140 or Music 120 Psychology Elective Biological Science 280, 280L or 282, 282L Biological Science 320, 320L |
Sem. Hrs.
4 3 3 6 3 3 4 4 30 |
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Admission to the curriculum in Pre-Physician Assistant at the LSU School of Allied Health Professions is on a competitive basis. |
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LSU in Shreveport offers college work designed to prepare
the student to apply for admission to the Bachelor of Science degree program,
Department of Rehabilitation Counseling, School of Allied Health Professions
in New Orleans. To be eligible for admission to the program, a student
must complete a minimum of 90 semester hours as specified below:
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English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Biological Science 120, 120L, 282 Sociology 105 Communications 135 Humanities Elective |
Sem. Hrs.
6 6 3 7 3 3 3 31 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Chemistry 121 Computer Science English 200 Level & 301 or 325 Social Science Electives Psychology 207 or 208 Psychology 212, 305 Mathematics 210 or Psychology 216 |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 6 6 3 6 3 30 |
| JUNIOR YEAR
Psychology 405 Fine Arts Elective Social Science Elective Humanities Elective Electives |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 3 3 17 29 |
SENIOR YEAR
Admission to the curriculum in Rehabilitation Counseling
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Social Sciences: Psychology, Sociology Science: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, and Foreign Language |
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Programs designed to prepare the student for admission to continue in a four-year curriculum at another university are outlined below. These outlines are intended only as guides. The general catalog of the university where a student plans to complete the degree is used to plan the two-year program at LSU in Shreveport.
LSU in Shreveport offers a prenursing program that prepares students to enter the professional nursing curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at either Northwestern School of Nursing or LSU Medical Center School of Nursing in New Orleans. Admission to nursing school is on a competitive basis. Applications for admission to the sophomore year must be submitted well in advance of the anticipated date of entrance to complete three years of study. Students are accepted in the fall and spring of each year.
Prenursing requirements vary with each professional school of nursing, and entrance to each school is competitive. Prospective nursing students should obtain the entrance requirements from each school to which they will seek admission.
The following program is designed only for students planning
to apply for a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing at Northwestern School
of Nursing or LSU Medical Center School of Nursing in New Orleans:
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Biological Sciences 120, 120L Chemistry 110 or 121, 121L, 112 Communications 135 English 105, 115 Health and Physical Education 215 Mathematics 121, 210 Psychology 152 |
Sem. Hrs.
4 7 3 6 1 6 3 30 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Biological Sciences 320, 320L Biological Sciences 280, 280L, 282, 282L English 205 or 206 Health and Physical Education 435 History elective |
Sem. Hrs.
4 8 3 3 3 21 |
+also courses needed to meet requirements of student's
anticipated transfer university
The Pre-Optometry curriculum includes the coursework necessary
to enter Colleges of Optometry that are members of the American Optometric
Association. This curriculum is intended only as a guide. It indicates
those courses needed for the OAT exam. For information about schools and
colleges of optometry write the American Optometric Association, St. Louis,
Missouri 63141 or the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry,
Washington, D.C. 20036. The school closest to northwest Louisiana is the
College of Optometry, University of Houston, 4913 Calhoun, Houston, Texas
77004.
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Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Sociology 105 |
Sem. Hrs.
8 8 6 6 3 3 34 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Biological Sciences 320, 320L, 372,1 372L,1 387, 387L Chemistry 265, 265L Physics 251, 251L, 252, 252L Mathematics 221, 260 Social Science Elective |
Sem. Hrs.
12 4 8 7 3 33 |
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LSU in Shreveport offers course work to prepare a student
to apply for admission to the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences,
Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe or to the College of Pharmacy,
Xavier University in New Orleans. Approximately two years of college work
in specified areas is required to be eligible for admission to either program.
A student interested in pharmacy should consult with an adviser from the
College of Sciences during his or her first semester at LSU in Shreveport.
This Pre-Pharmacy curriculum is intended only as a guide. The general catalog
of the university from which the student intends to graduate should also
be consulted to plan the two year program at LSU in Shreveport.
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Biological Sciences 120, 120L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Health and Physical Education 215 Mathematics 121, 122 Humanities Elective1 Psychology 2162 Art Elective3 |
Sem. Hrs.
4 8 6 1 6 3 3 3 34 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Accounting 205 Chemistry 265, 265L, 266, 266L Economics 201 Physics 251, 251L, 252, 252L Mathematics 131 English Literature Elective4 Biological Science 320, 320L Humanities Electives1 |
Sem. Hrs.
3 8 3 8 4 3 4 6 39 |
1 Humanities Electives -- Literature, Foreign
Language, History, Philosophy, Communications or Religion
2If Mathematics 210 is taken in place
of Psychology 216, then a further three hours of Social Science elective
is required. Social Science Electives are Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology,
Economics, Geography, or Political Science
3Art Electives--Art, Dance, Music or Theatre
4English 205, 206, 207, 215, or 216
LSU in Shreveport offers course work to prepare a student
to apply for admission in the Radiologic Technology degree at either Northwestern
State University, Department of Life Sciences, Natchitoches, LA 71497 or
Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA 71209. The radiologic technologist
is a health care professional who will administer x-rays, radioactive substances,
and sound waves in the detection and treatment of diseases, evaluation
of broken bones, ulcers, tumors and a variety of other physiological conditions.
At least two years of college work in specified areas is required to be
eligible for admission to the clinical program in radiologic technology.
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Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Sociology 105 |
Sem. Hrs.
8 8 6 6 3 3 34 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Communications 135 Computer Science 111 English elective Fine Arts elective Health and Physical Education 215 and 435 History elective Physics 251, 251L, 252, 252L Biological Sciences 282 Social Science elective* |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 3 3 4 3 8 3 3 33 |
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The two-year curricula in these preparatory programs are
based on corresponding four-year curricula. The general catalog of LSU
Baton Rouge should be consulted for specific courses to be scheduled.
Two-year pre-agriculture programs may be planned for the
following four-year curricula: agricultural business, agricultural economics,
agricultural mechanization, animal science, crop science, dairying (four
options), entomology, food science and technology, general agriculture,
general horticulture, poultry science, rural sociology, and soil science.
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Agriculture 101 Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Electives |
Sem. Hrs.
1 8 8 6 6 3 32 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Biological Sciences 224, 224L Biological Sciences 320, 320L Biological Sciences 363, 363L Physics 251, 252 Chemistry 265, 265L, 266, 266L Communications 151 Approved electives (Social Sciences) |
Sem. Hrs.
4 4 4 6 8 3 6 35 |
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Agriculture 101 Biological Sciences 120, 120L Biological Sciences 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Electives |
Sem. Hrs.
1 4 4 8 6 6 3 32 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Biological Sciences 224, 224L Biological Sciences 363, 363L Communications 135 Chemistry 265 Electives (Science & General Education) |
Sem. Hrs.
4 4 3 3 20 34 |
Two-year programs in pre-forestry include forest management,
game management, and wood science and utilization.
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Agriculture 101 Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Elective Mathematics 121, 122 |
Sem. Hrs.
1 8 8 6 3 6 32 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Biological Sciences 224, 224L Chemistry 265 Physics 251 Economics 205 Mathematics 131 Communications 135 Humanities electives Electives Biological Sciences 363, 363L |
Sem. Hrs.
4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 30 |
These programs are designed to enable students to engage
in the first two years of engineering studies at LSU in Shreveport and
on completion, transfer into third year engineering studies at Louisiana
Tech University or Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
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Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L Biological Sciences 120, 222, or 224 Computer Science 140 English 105, 115 Engineering 1511 Fine Arts 240, 241, or Music 120 Humanities/Social Sciences2 Mathematics 221, 222 |
Sem. Hrs.
8 3 3 6 2 3 3 8 36 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
A core of courses common to all engineering curricula at Louisiana Tech follows. See additional courses3 specific to various engineering curricula. Communications 135 Economics 201 Engineering 245 English 205, 206, or 207 English 325 Mathematics 223, 355 Physics 261, 262 Approved electives3 |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 3 3 3 7 6 6-7 34-35 |
1Louisiana Tech course
2Louisiana Tech general education requirement
3Chosen as follows for specific engineering
curricula:
Biomedical: Biology 372, 372L-- 4 Hrs, Humanities/Social--Sciences--
3 Hrs
Chemical: Chemistry 265, 265L, 266-- 7 Hrs
Civil: Humanities/Social Sciences-- 6 Hrs
Electrical: Humanities/Social Sciences-- 3 Hrs, Mathematics
254, 436, or 440-- 3 Hrs, Physics 261L-- 1 Hr
Industrial, Mechanical, and Petroleum: Humanities/Social
Sciences-- 6 Hrs
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Biological Sciences 101 Chemistry 121 English 105, 115 Mathematics 221, 222 Science Laboratory Elective Philosophy 250 Communications 255 Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science Electives3 |
Sem. Hrs.
3 3 6 8 1 3 3 6 33 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Physics 261, 261L, 262 Mathematics 223, 2545,355 Computer Science 140 Engineering 245 Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science Electives3 |
Sem. Hrs.
7 10 3 3 12 35 |
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Biological Sciences 1011 Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L2 English 105, 115 Mathematics 221, 222 Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science Electives3 |
Sem. Hrs.
3 8 6 8 6 31 |
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Physics 261, 2625 Mathematics 2237,3558 Engineering 245 Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Science Electives3 Economics 201, 202 |
Sem. Hrs.
6 7 3 6 6 28 |
1Biological and Agricultural Engineering
majors should schedule BIOS 120, 120L, 222, 222L.
2Civil Engineering does not require 2
hrs of CHEM laboratory, but does require 1 hr of Basic Science Laboratory.
3Consult advisor for list of approved
courses acceptable to LSU-BR.
4Number of hours will vary by major
5Industrial Engineering and Mechanical
Engineering require PHYS 261L, 262L.
6MATH 254 plus 355 substitutes for LSU-BR
MATH 2090.
7Chemical Engineering does not require
MATH 330.
8Industrial Engineering requires MATH
254 plus 355 to satisfy LSU-BR MATH 2090 (4 hr) requirement; Mechanical
Engineering requires LSU-BR MATH 2070, which is not offered at LSU in Shreveport.