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 LSUS.

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.

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 an application for admission to the medical or dental school.
 
 

Year One and Two comprises the pre-professional program in Dental Hygiene. These courses will be taken at LSUS. Transfer students from other accredited universities or colleges will have to satisfy these curricular requirements.
 
 

PRE-DENTAL HYGIENE
Total Hours: 61

FRESHMAN YEAR Biological Sciences 120, 120L, 320, 320L Chemistry 101 or 121, 112 or 124 English 105, 115 Math 121 Psychology 152 Fine Arts 140

Sem. Hrs. 8 6 6 3 3 3 29

SOPHOMORE YEAR Biological Sciences 280, 280L, 282, 282L Communications 135 Computer Science 111 Math 122 Humanities electives* English 205 or 206 Sociology 105

Sem. Hrs. 8 3 3 3 9 3 3 32

*Recommended General Education Humanities Electives are listed in the 2000-2001 LSU in Shreveport Catalog as English Literature, Philosophy, Foreign Language, Communications, History and Anthropology.
 

LSUS 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 Health Sciences 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 Health Sciences 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 Kinesiology and Health Sciences  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 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
 

LSUS offers course work to prepare a student to apply for admission to the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, University of Louisiana at 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 LSUS. 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 LSUS.
 
 

PRE-PHARMACY
 Total Hours: 73

FRESHMAN YEAR Biological Sciences 120, 120L Chemistry 121, 121L, 124, 124L English 105, 115 Kinesiology and Health Sciences 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

LSUS 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 the University of  Louisiana at  Monroe, 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