The Department of English at LSU in Shreveport offers graduate studies leading to the Master of Arts in English from either LSU in Baton Rouge or Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Allowing participants to complete up to 12 hours of their graduate course work here, the program suits the needs of working professionals in the Shreveport-Bossier City area who would have difficulty meeting the normal residence requirements at the other institutions.
Students in the program apply for admission to the graduate schools of both LSU in Shreveport and one of the cooperating institutions. Although the institution awarding the degree makes the final decisions on admissions, each student has an advisory committee made up of faculty from both institutions.
Below are the admission requirements and study options for the two degree-granting institutions.
Louisiana State University
in Baton Rougee
For admission into the M.A. program, students must have an undergraduate major in English or its equivalent (generally regarded to be 30 semester hours in English literature and theory courses). In past years, successful applicants have had undergraduate grade point averages of at least 3.2 overall and GRE scores of about 1,200 (verbal and quantitative combined).
Once accepted, students have two options for earning the M.A.:
Thesis Option: Requires 24 semester hours of graduate work, 12 semester hours of research credit, and a research thesis.
Non-Thesis Option: Requires 36 semester hours of graduate
course work and a comprehensive examination.
Louisiana Tech University
For admission, applicants must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college, with a minimum of 24 hours in English, at least 12 of these on the junior or senior level. For unconditional admission, applicants must have a grade point average of 2.5 or above on a 4.0 scale.
After entering the program, students select one of two possible degree plans:
Plan A: Requires 24 semester hours of graduate course work, 6 semester hours of credit for a thesis, and a comprehensive examination.
Plan B: Requires 33 semester hours of graduate course work and a comprehensive examination.
Students in both plans must take at least 15 hours of course work in courses offered exclusively for graduate students.
Those interested in either of these cooperative programs
should apply through the English Department at LSUS.
The Department of History/Social Sciences offers a program of graduate studies leading to the Master of Arts in History at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Students may take up to 12 semester hours at LSU in Shreveport. Professors from LSU in Shreveport may serve on a thesis committee, but a professor from Louisiana Tech must direct the thesis. Students specialize in the history of the United States, Europe, Latin America, or Asia and choose one of two options:
Non-thesis Option: Requires 33 hours of coursework and a written examination in the specialty area.
The Program: The College of Sciences at LSU in Shreveport offers a cooperative graduate program leading to the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences from LSU in Baton Rouge. Students in the program apply for admission to the Graduate Schools of both LSUS and LSUBR. Although LSUBR makes the final decision on admission, each student has a committee made up of faculty from both campuses. Participants are allowed to complete up to 18 hours of their graduate course work at LSU in Shreveport.
Admission: The admission requirements and study options for LSU in Baton Rouge are as follows. For admission into the M.S. program, students must have completed the prerequisite courses in chemistry, biological sciences, math, and economics. In past years, successful applicants have had undergraduate grade point averages of at least 3.0 overall and GRE scores of about 1100 (verbal and quantitative combined.)
Concentrations: The M.S. degree program in Environmental Sciences (ENVS) offers two areas of concentration: Environmental Planning and Management and Environmental Toxicology. The Environmental Toxicology concentration requires a thesis. The Environmental Planning and Management concentration allows students the option of completing a thesis or a non-thesis curriculum.
Thesis Option: In both concentrations, a minimum of 24 semester hours of graduate course work, 6 semester hours of research credit, and a research thesis is required.
Non-Thesis Option: A minimum of 37 semester hours
of graduate course work and a comprehensive examination is required.
Students may earn a degree emphasizing biochemistry and molecular biology, cellular biology and anatomy, microbiology and immunology, pharmacology and therapeutics, and physiology and biophysics awarded by LSUMC-S.
Fifteen hours of coursework are done at LSU in Shreveport. Thesis work requiring six hours may be done at either institution, and the remaining nine hours are taken on a space available basis from selected courses at LSUMC-S.
Students are referred to the LSUMC-S catalog for specific
regulations regarding this degree. Further information may be obtained
from the College of Sciences office at LSU in Shreveport (Science Building
104), phone 797-5231.