OpenFieldNorthwestern State · Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States
Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a distinguished public university located in historic Natchitoches, Louisiana. Renowned for its pioneering nursing school, the Louisiana Scholars' College, military education, and creative arts.
NSU is home to the Louisiana Scholars' College (the state's designated honors college in the liberal arts and sciences), the College of Nursing and Allied Health, and the Center for Possum Cove archaeological surveys. It was one of the earliest US universities to launch an electronic campus.
Undergraduate admission requires high school diploma with a core GPA of 2.35+ or ACT score of 20+. Graduate admissions require a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.
CCNE-accredited program preparing advanced practice registered nurses for primary care diagnosis, health promotion, pharmacological management, and rural clinical delivery.
ABET-accredited program emphasizing automated manufacturing, statistical quality control, lean Six Sigma systems, robotics, and industrial safety engineering.
Nationally recognized CIS curriculum focusing on full-stack software development, cloud systems administration, database design, and mobile application engineering.
Fieldwork-intensive curriculum in cultural resource management, museum curation, oral history preservation, and archaeological excavation across the historic Cane River region.
Advanced study in critical infrastructure protection, emergency management disaster response, intelligence analysis, cyber threat countermeasures, and international counterterrorism.
Field research fellowship conducting hydrological water testing, cypress-tupelo swamp vegetation dynamics, and conservation biology in the Red River alluvial valley.
Professor of Biological Sciences
School of Biological and Physical Sciences
Dr. Phifer specializes in animal physiology, neurobiology, and toxicology, investigating neural mechanisms and chemical environmental contaminants in southern w...
View researcher profile ↗Dean & Professor of Radiologic Sciences
College of Nursing and Allied Health
Dr. Hicks's research focuses on diagnostic imaging modalities, radiation dosimetry safety standards, and clinical radiography educational pedagogy....
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology
Department of Criminal Justice, History, and Social Sciences
Dr. Melder investigates rural crime trends, criminological theory, and organizational emergency response dynamics in post-disaster community recovery....
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