Class presentation

1. Rachel Lesage
4th hour
December 4, 2012

2. Louisiana State University
3048 W. Lakeshore Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
(225) 578-3202

3. History
LSU was founded by the Louisiana
General Assembly in 1853 and was
located near Pineville, La.The first
school semester began on January 2,
1860. LSU was one of the only 30
universities nationwide designated
as a land grant, sea grant and space
grant institution. Since 1860 the
university has been moved four
times to its present location.

4. Tuition and Fees
• Undergraduates • Graduates
(fulltime) 12-15 hours (fulltime) 15-19 hours
tuition:$2,590-$2,600 Tuition:$2,900-3,200
Fee:$494.70 Fee:$500.70
(part time) 1-11hours (part time) 1-8 hours
Tuition-$500-$1,900 Tuition:$500-$2,100
Fee- $30-$20 Fee:$20-$60
Note: The LSU Board of Supervisors may modify tuition and/or fees
at any time without advance notice.

5. Degrees Offered
• Bachelor degrees are offered in
72 major fields
• master degrees are offered in
76 major fields
• doctoral degrees are offered in
54 major fields

6. Major Program
• Veterinarians need a Doctor
Veterinary of Medicine degree.
• Studying for this degree
requires the biological and
physical sciences

7. Curriculum of Major
Program
• Total hours=133
• 66 semester hours plus 20
hours of elective courses
• Six years of a college education
this includes 2 years of pre-
veterinary coursework and four
years of professional DVM
program

8. Other Information
• Indian mounds are located near the north
west corner of the campus
• Shaquille O’Neal: 4 time NBA Champion, 3
time NBA finals MVP completed his degree in
2001
• LSU’s mascot, Mike vi, is a live Bengal-
Siberian tiger mix that lives in a 15,000 sq.
ft. habitat across tiger stadium
• In 1934 Chellis Mike Chambers, William G.
Hickey Higginbotham, and an LSU law
student raised $750 and purchased a two
hundred pound one year old tiger from Little
Rock zoo.

9. Why I want to go….
• I want to go to LSU because it’s
a great school and it has the
major I want to go in. Also
because it’s close to home.

10. References
• http://www.lsu.edu/
• http://www1.vetmed.lsu.edu//SV
M/index.html

11. Pictures