Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

LSU says, "In general education courses students begin the development of the essential learning outcomes, which are refined and focused in disciplinary courses taken during the junior and senior years, with the intention that all graduates, regardless of major, will develop a set intellectual abilities, a degree of sophistication, and a civic-minded perspective that correspond to the high level of functionality represented in the outcomes taken as a whole." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    NO

    See Note

    No credit given for Composition because students may test out of the "English Composition" requirement through SAT or ACT scores.

  • 2. Literature

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for Literature and Foreign Language because select degree programs require either intermediate foreign language or a literature course, thus students will fulfill one or the other requirement.

  • 3. Foreign Language

    PARTIAL

    See Note

    One-half credit given for Literature and Foreign Language because select degree programs require either intermediate foreign language or a literature course, thus students will fulfill one or the other requirement.

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO
  • 5. Economics

    NO
  • 6. Mathematics

    YES
  • 7. Science

    YES
  • General Education Assessment

    Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge uses one or more of the following instruments to assess undergraduate progress in core collegiate skills: the Council on Aid to Education Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA), the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, or the ACT Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP). For more information, visit www.voluntarysystem.org.

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