Academics
McNeese State University offers 83 degree programs in its eight colleges and divisions:
-The College of Business
-The Burton College of Education
-The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
-The College of Liberal Arts
-The College of Nursing
-The College of Science
-The Division of General and Basic Studies
-The Doré School of Graduate Studies.
McNeese is the first university in the State of Louisiana to offer a concentration in forensic chemistry. It is one of the first schools in the nation to offer a concentration in terrorism, preparedness and security.
The College of Nursing and the Department of Mass Communications are housed in the Juliet Hardtner Hall, named for a McNeese donor and daughter of the Louisiana timber magnate and conservationist, Henry E. Hardtner of La Salle Parish.
The Department of English and Foreign Languages, in conjunction with the local chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, publishes The Arena, which is an annual collection of art, essays, fiction, and poetry by students, regardless of major.
A significant number of McNeese faculty have received Fulbright Awards. Faculty members in the Departments of Engineering, Performing Arts, Social Sciences and English and Foreign Languages have taught in Rwanda, Romania, Greece, Korea, and Wales, among other countries. In the Department of English and Foreign Languages alone, four faculty members have received Fulbrights.
McNeese is the only institution in the state of Louisiana to have a Kodály Certification Program as part of its Music Education degree.
The College of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Less than 5% of the world's business schools are accredited by this prestigious association.
The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology offers a multi-discipline curriculum to all students with majors in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. That is, students in these individual disciplines are taught by faculty of other disciplines in certain classes. In addition to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, the college also offers the Master of Engineering degree in chemical, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering and engineering management. The Department of Engineering Technology offers bachelor degrees in process plant technology, instrumentation, and electronics. The College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is closely linked to the nearby petrochemical industries and refineries through the Industrial Advisory Board and Lake Area Industry Alliance/McNeese Engineering Partnership. Many students participate in internships with the related industries.
McNeese recently formed an Institute for Industry-Education Collaboration that will offer training courses as well as continuing education courses for local Lake Area industries and graduates of McNeese.
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Bulber Auditorium is on the National Register of Historic Places
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Drew Hall, housing the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
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Burton Business Center
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Frasch Hall is home to the Department of Biology and Health Sciences.
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Gayle Hall houses the Harold and Pearl Dripps Department of Agricultural Sciences.
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Frasch Hall Annex
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Entrance to Frazar Memorial Library
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Farrar Hall and Memorial Gymnasium from the quadrangle
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Hardtner Hall
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Office of Student Housing
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Kirkman Hall
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