NSU Academics
College of Business
The mission of the College of Business is to deliver a high quality, broad-based undergraduate education in business with a highly qualified faculty that is dedicated to teaching, community service and intellectual contributions. The College strives to be responsive to the rapidly changing business environment and supportive of the needs of our constituencies: both traditional and nontraditional students, alumni, regional businesses, the University, and the State of Louisiana. We aspire to instill the value of life-long learning and ethical behavior in the student constituency to enhance their success in an ever-changing global economy.
- Accounting
- Business Administration
- Computer Information Systems (CIS)
- College of Education
Founded in 1884 as a teacher's college, Northwestern State University and the College of Education continues its tradition of excellence in educational instruction and leadership. Learn more about how NSU can provide you with the education and skills to meet teaching challenges in the classrooms of today and tomorrow.
College of Liberal Arts
The College of Liberal Arts provides a superior undergraduate education in Journalism, the Social Sciences, English, Psychology, and the Fine Arts. Faculty members in the College, educated in the finest universities both in the United States and abroad, are dedicated to teaching using traditional and non-traditional instructional methods, as well as modern information technologies. The College of Liberal Arts seeks to attract highly qualified students to master's programs in the Fine Arts, English, Psychology, and Social Sciences and to place graduates in the best doctoral programs and professional positions. The faculty of the College also seeks to remain on the cutting edge of scholarship and artistic production as reflected in books and articles accepted by leading publishing houses scholarly journals. Artistic efforts created in the College of Liberal Arts are presented at nationally respected galleries and performance centers.
- School of Creative and Performing Arts
- Journalism
- Language and Communication
- Psychology
- Social Sciences
- Social Work
- College of Nursing
The College of Nursing has proudly served Louisiana and beyond since 1949. The Nursing Education Center is home to over 1000 students studying both Radiologic Technology and Nursing. Classes are available in the traditional classroom setting as well as a non-traditional learning environments including compressed video and the Internet. NSU College of Nursing improves the health of people in Louisiana and advances the mission of NSU through excellence in accessible undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs designed to assist individuals in achieving their professional goal as responsible and contributing members of a chosen profession and of society.
College of Science and Technology
The College of Science and Technology offers a large number of degree-producing programs in its many departments: Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health and Human Performance, Industrial and Engineering Technology, and Mathematics. Students can pursue a number of four-year and two-year degrees. There are several pre-professional programs to prepare students for entry into professional universities and an outstanding aviation program. The college also houses the University's ROTC (military science) program.
- Aviation Science
- Biology
- Chemistry & Physics
- Engineering Technology
- Family & Consumer Sciences
- Health & Human Performance
- Mathematics
- Military Science
- Electronic & Continuing Education
The mission of the Office of Electronic and Continuing Education is to strive to be regionally responsive, nationally prominent and internationally engaged. We are committed to creating and providing learning opportunities that respond to the constantly changing needs of corporations, organizations and individuals.
Our primary business is to design, develop and deliver a variety of educational programs required to meet the learning needs of a diverse adult population. Through credit and non-credit courses, conferences, and institutes, individuals are provided the opportunity to continue their education.
To meet our obligation to provide educational opportunities, it is our continuing responsibility to identify and remove constraints of time and place that might burden learners and limit access. With fully accredited on-line degree programs from the associate through the specialist levels, and a full array of support services, no student in need of an education should feel place or time bound.
Graduate School
Northwestern State University's Graduate School maintains as its mission and purpose to develop, provide, and support innovative, responsive, and accessible graduate programs of the highest quality. The Graduate School encourages and supports research by members of its scholarly community. It is a source of intellectual capital for the University and contributes to the public welfare of the region, state, and nation.
Louisiana Scholars' College
As Louisiana's designated four-year, selective-admissions honors college in the liberal arts and sciences, Louisiana Scholars' College receives applications from the very best students from all over the Bayou State, the rest of the U. S., and several foreign countries. Established in 1987 to meet the special needs of honors students and provide them with an affordable, quality education that is second to none, the Louisiana Scholars' College has developed a unique, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary curriculum that has proven highly successful in helping such students develop their full potential. We have recently been recognized by the John Templeton Foundation as an exemplary program under their College and Character Initiative.
University College
The mission of the University College is to provide a quality academic program in the General Studies major for students in the bachelor (four-year) degree program and the associate (two-year) degree program. This major represents a broad education with courses selected from among a wide range of disciplines. It is designed for students whose educational goals and objectives are best served by an individualized and integrated curriculum of study that crosses several disciplines