Other Biomedical Preparatory Programs

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.

Pre-Nursing

LSU in Shreveport offers a pre-nursing 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.

Pre-nursing 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:
 
PRE-NURSING
Total Hours: 51+
FRESHMAN YEAR

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

Pre-Optometry

The Pre-Optometry curriculum includes the coursework necessary to enter Colleges of Optometry that are members of the American Optometry 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 Optometry 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.
 
PRE-OPTOMETRY
Total Hours: 68+
FRESHMAN YEAR

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

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES: Social Science: psychology, sociology, history, political science

1Recommended, not required

Pre-Pharmacy

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.
 
PRE-PHARMACY
Total Hours: 73
FRESHMAN YEAR

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

1Humanities 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 Theater

4English 205, 206, 207, 215, or 216

Pre-Radiologic Technology

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.
 
PRE-RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
Total Hours: 67
FRESHMAN YEAR

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

*RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES: Social Science: Anthropology, geography, political science, sociology 255 or 375


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