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| The mission of the College of Basic Sciences is to: provide an environment for faculty, students, and staff that leads to the creation and dissemination of new knowledge through scientific research; provide the highest quality educational programs for students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that will allow them to pursue successful careers in science and related disciplines, and serve as an intellectual resource for the state and the nation, including economic development through the transfer of scientific knowledge into practice. |
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Vision
The goal of the College of Basic Sciences is to become a national leader in scientific research and instruction, and to be a major contributor toward the elevation of LSU to the next level of excellence among major research universities in the United States and the world. |
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Current Status
The College of Basic Sciences is one of the major academic colleges at LSU, second only to Arts and Sciences in student credit hours providing more than 60,000 SCH's every semester. The College typically ranks first in total grants and contracts at LSU, with annual awards for the 2006-07 totaling $27.1M. The College has approximately 170 tenure track, 30 full-time instructors, 1,700 undergraduate majors, and 500 graduate students. Three of the College's five departments have been designated for budgetary enhancement as Foundations of Excellence departments: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, and Physics & Astronomy. |
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