Please do not text or make calls during the advising or scheduling sessions

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Please do not text or make calls during the
advising or scheduling sessions
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Ag I.Q.

• Complete for extra points towards Ag 1001 in the
  Fall
• Turn in as you leave

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Contact Information

• 138 Agriculture Administration Building
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail agstusv_at_lsu.edu
• www.coa.lsu.edu

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You are directly admitted into the College of
Agriculture!!

• DO NOT go to UCFY for help.
• The College of Agriculture is your senior
  college.

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Benefits of the College of Ag (COA)

• Scholarship Opportunities
• Hands-on learning
• Small student-to-faculty ratio
• Advising with faculty members
• Diversity of majors
• Ag 1001
• Undergraduate research
• Direct Admission into your senior college

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Need Help?

• Student Services Office, College of Ag (138 Ag
  Admin)
• Change of major or concentration within
  Agriculture
• Declaring minor(s)
• Request for W appeal
• Cross registration form for Southern Univ. or
  Baton Rouge Community College (routine request
  only)
• Independent Study (correspondence course)
  Approval

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Need Help?(cont.)

• Duplicate copies of degree audits (also via PAWS)
• Information on scholarships awarded by COA
• Degree audit questions and interpretation
• Dropping course(s) for freshmen only
• Scholastic warning/probation information and
  interpretation
• College scholastic requirements and
  admission/re-admission questions
• Les Voyageurs application forms

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Need Help?(cont.)

• Curriculum Coordinator (Advisor in your major)
• Academic advising and schedule preparation
• Removal of advising flag on registration system
  (freshmen students on probation or
  transfer/re-entry students)
• Career advice and information for a specific
  major
• Course substitution requests

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Agriculture Residential College

• Ag Leadership theme
• Mini Campus atmosphere
• Peers with same interests

• Classes in the hall
• Reserved spaces in classes
• Faculty office hours on-site

• Apply online!

• www.lsu.edu/housing

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Get Involved!

• Get to know
• Faculty
• Curriculum Coordinators
• Staff
• Fellow students
• Join clubs and organizations
• Attend Burger Bash
• Participate in Ag Week

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COA Clubs and Organizations

• American Association of Textile Chemists
  Colorists
• Ag College Council
• Agribusiness Club
• Agronomy Club
• Alpha Gamma Rho
• Alpha Zeta
• Aquaculture and Fisheries Club
• Block and Bridle Club
• Collegiate 4-H
• Collegiate FFA
• Dairy Science Club
• Entomology Club

• Environmental Management Society
• Equestrian Club _at_ LSU
• Food Science
• Gamma Sigma Delta
• Hemline
• Horticulture Club
• Les Voyageurs
• MANRRS
• Poultry Science Club
• Pre-Vet Club
• Sigma Alpha
• Society of American Foresters
• Student Dietetics Association
• Wildlife Society
• Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society

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Les Voyageurs (College of Agriculture Ambassadors)

• Recruiting
• Career/College Fairs
• College of Agriculture events
• University wide events
• National Conferences

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The General Catalog

• Online http//www.lsu.edu/catalogs/2009/
• College of Ag Section http//www.lsu.edu/catalogs
  /2009/pdfs/CH1100Agriculture83_102.pdf
• Your BEST FRIEND!!

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE

• Read your e-mails!
• Sent from the Student Services Office
• Associate Dean Garrison
• Important information
• Due dates for applications
• Final dates to drop classes/withdraw from the
  university
• Scholarships/Internships/Employment
• Event dates and locations

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Final Exams

• Final Exam Week Fall 2009
• Monday, December 7 Saturday, December 12, 2009
• Final Exam Week Spring 2010
• Monday, May 10 Saturday, May 15, 2010

Note Exam week does not end until SATURDAY!!!
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General Education Requirements

• Analytical Reasoning- 6 hrs
• Arts- 3 hrs
• English Composition- 6 hrs
• Humanities- 9 hrs
• Natural Sciences- 9 hrs
• Social Sciences- 6 hrs
• View a full list of Gen Ed Courses in the catalog
• http//www.lsu.edu/catalogs/2009/083gened.shtmlto
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Course placement Chemistry 1201

• Credit or registration in MATH 1022, 1023, 1431,
  1550, or 1551
• OR
• Concurrent enrollment in MATH 1021 and CHEM 1200

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Course placement - Math
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Course placement Biology 1201

• ACT composite of 23
• OR
• C or better in CHEM 1201

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Majors and Concentrations

• Agricultural Business
• Agribusiness finance
• Agribusiness management
• Rural development
• International business
• Animal, Dairy, and Poultry Sciences
• Animal science
• Dairy foods technology
• Dairy production
• Poultry science
• Science technology (Animal, dairy, or poultry)
• Pre-veterinary medicine (Animal, dairy, or
  poultry)
• Environmental Management Systems
• Environmental analysis risk management
• Policy analysis
• Resource conservation
• Child Family Studies
• Human services management
• Early childhood administration leadership

• Natural Resource Ecology Management
• Conservation biology
• Fisheries aquaculture
• Natural resource conservation
• Wetland science
• Wildlife ecology
• Wildlife law enforcement
• Pre-veterinary medicine
• Nutritional Sciences
• Dietetics
• Nutrition science/pre-med
• Plant Soil Systems
• Ag pest management with entomology emphasis
• Ag pest management with plant pathology emphasis
• Crop production management
• Environmental horticulture
• Horticultural science
• Landscape management
• Soil science

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Please do not text or make calls during the
advising or scheduling sessions