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:
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Total Hours: 51+ |
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| 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 |
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.
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Total Hours: 68+ |
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| FRESHMAN YEAR
Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Sociology 105 |
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 |
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.
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Total Hours: 73 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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.
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Total Hours: 67 |
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| FRESHMAN YEAR
Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 222, 222L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Mathematics 121, 122 Psychology 152 Sociology 105 |
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* |
3 3 3 3 4 3 8 3 3 33 |
| *RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES: Social Science: Anthropology, geography, political science, sociology 255 or 375 | |||