Graduate Programs

LSUS offers programs of graduate study to the student who holds a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university. The student may pursue the following degrees at LSUS:

• Master of Arts in Liberal Arts (MLA)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Education (MED)
• Master of Education in Educational Leadership
• Master of Health Administration (MHA)
• Master of Science in Computer Systems Technology (MSCST)
• Master of Science in Counseling Psychology (MSCP)
• Master of Science in Human Services Administration (MSHSA)
• Specialist in School Psychology (SSP)

Other graduate degrees may be pursued at LSUS in cooperation with another Louisiana university. For these programs, the cooperating university awards the degree. The following are cooperative programs offered on this campus:

• Master of Arts in English (cooperative with Louisiana Tech or with LSU Baton Rouge)
• Master of Science in Environmental Science (cooperative with LSU Baton Rouge)
• Master of Arts in History (cooperative with Louisiana Tech)
• Master of Science in:
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Cellular Biology and Anatomy
• Microbiology and Immunology
• Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Physiology and Biophysics
  (cooperatives with LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport)
• Graduate Programs Offered by LSU-Baton Rouge
  LSU-Baton Rouge, through its Division of Continuing Education, offers graduate work for the Master of Library Science degrees. All graduate credits earned in these programs are resident credits if the applicant has been admitted to the graduate program. Persons interested in the Master of Library Science should contact Dr. Lee Shifflet, LSU School of Library and Information Science, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803.

A student not interested in pursuing a graduate degree may enroll in graduate courses as a non-degree student. Members of the Graduate Faculty teach all courses offered for graduate credit.

LSUS does not offer any graduate courses by correspondence or award graduate credit by examination.

The aim of graduate programs at LSUS is the promotion of scholarship that is thorough, creative, and independent in character.

Graduate study is much more than a continuation of undergraduate work. It provides students the opportunity to become investigators in special fields of learning, to broaden their professional and cultural background, and to improve their professional skills and competence. The true spirit of graduate study is one of inquiry and the desire to add to one's knowledge. Graduate study is, therefore, open only to students whose academic records indicate the ability to perform at a high level of professional practice or to accomplish academic work that can be judged as outstanding in quality.

All graduate programs are administered by the Dean of Graduate Studies, who is advised by a Graduate Council composed of ten members elected from the Graduate Faculty of the University. Under general policies established by the University, the Graduate Council provides for, regulates, and authorizes graduate credit for existing courses, approves new courses, rules on questions of admissions and standards, and makes recommendations on other matters relating to the administration of all graduate programs.