More about LSU Pathways
The LSU STEM Pathways program provides access to over 24 project-based middle and high school STEM courses as well as STEM modules for middle and elementary school grades.
Students who participate in the LSU Pathways curriculum can choose to take courses in one or more of the following subject areas:
- Computing and Cybersecurity
- Digital Design and Emergent Media
- Environmental Protection and Sustainability
- Pre-Engineering
- Pre-Healthcare and Pre-Veterinary
All Pathways contain common themes, thus allowing students to transfer between Pathways up to their junior year.
- Computational thinking, data management and analysis
- Development of 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, collaboration, and appropriate use of technology
- Cultivation of acumen in areas that contribute to success in STEM-related fields such as research & analysis, innovation & creativity, and professional ethics
Students taking these courses can attain industry-promulgated credentials, university-issued certificates of course completion, and/or dual enrollment credit. Students who successfully complete 4 of the required courses in one Pathway will earn a Silver STEM Diploma Seal. Students will earn a Gold STEM Diploma Seal by satisfying the requirements for a Silver STEM Diploma Seal plus 4 additional Elective Gold Courses from the Qualifying Course List. Completion of a Pathway, which consists of 8 courses in a single subject area, will earn student either a career-tech diploma or an enhanced university prep-diploma.
STEM endorsement brochure accessible version
LSU Dual Enrollment brochure accessible version
The statewide rollout of the LSU STEM Certification Pathways is a joint effort of the Louisiana Department of Education, Liberty Magnet High School, and faculty from Louisiana State University’s Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy, College of Engineering, College of Science, School of Art, School of Music, and the LSU Center for Computation & Technology.
Who Does LSU STEM Pathways?
In 2024-25, we are serving 100 schools who are offering high school and middle school LSU STEM Pathway courses. To see current participating schools, click the dropdown.
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- Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy (Middle School)
- Advanced College and Career Magnet Center
- Alfred M. Barbe High School
- Amite High Magnet
- Anderson Middle School
- Baker Middle School
- Baton Rouge Magnet High School
- Belaire High School
- Belle Place Middle School
- Benjamin Franklin High School
- Bluff Middle School
- Bossier PS for Technology & Innovative Learning
- Broadmoor Senior High School
- Central High School
- Central Middle School
- Central Middle School (Ascension)
- Christ Episcopal School
- College and Careers Center
- Delcambre High School
- Delhi Charter School
- Delta Charter School MST
- Denham Springs High School STEM and Robotics Center
- Denham Springs Junior High School
- Donaldsonville High School
- Dutchtown High School
- Dutchtown Middle School
- East Ascension High School
- East Feliciana High School
- East Feliciana Middle School
- East Feliciana STEAM Academy
- Eva Legard Learning Center
- F. K. White Middle School
- Galvez Middle School
- Garyville/Mt. Airy Math & Science Magnet Schl.
- Gonzales Middle School
- Hammond High Magnet School
- Haynes Academy School for Advanced Studies
- Helix Mentorship STEAM Academy
- Iberia Middle School
- Iberia Parish Career Center
- Independence High Magnet
- Iowa High School
- Istrouma High School
- Jeanerette Senior High School
- Juban Parc Junior High School
- Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School
- Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy
- Lake Charles Boston Academy
- Lake Elementary School
- LeBlanc Middle School
- Liberty High School
- Linwood Charter School
- Livingston Collegiate Academy
- Loreauville High School
- Louisiana Key Academy Baton Rouge
- Lowery Middle School
- LSU Laboratory School
- Madison High School
- Madison Preparatory Academy
- Mayfair Laboratory School
- McKinley Senior High School
- MSA East
- New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics HS
- New Orleans Military & Maritime Academy
- Northwestern Middle School
- Park Forest Middle School
- Parkview Baptist School
- Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy
- Pine School
- Plaquemine Senior High School
- Pointe Coupee SMA
- Ponchatoula High School
- Prairieville High School
- Prairieville Middle School
- S. J. Welsh Middle School
- Scotlandville Magnet High School
- Sherwood Middle Academic Academy
- Southeast Middle School
- Southside Junior High School
- St. Amant High School
- St. Amant Middle School
- St. John the Baptist SMA
- St. Martinville Junior High School
- St. Martinville Senior High School
- St. Scholastica Academy
- Sulphur High School
- Turner Elementary Middle School
- Union Parish High School
- University View Academy, Inc. (FRM LA Connections)
- Vinton High School
- W. W. Lewis Middle School
- Washington/Marion Magnet High School
- West Feliciana High School
- West Ouachita High School
- West St. John Elementary School (K-7)
- Westdale Middle School
- Westside Junior High School
- Woodlawn High School
- Woodlawn Middle School
- Young Audiences Charter High School
- Zachary High School
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Why Be a Part of LSU STEM Pathways?
School districts, teachers, and students all benefit from participating in LSU Pathways.
- School districts receive additional CTE/CDF funding, earn accountability points for industry-based certifications and dual enrollment credit, and bolster their strength of diploma and interests & opportunities indices.
- Teachers discover new ways to engage their students and earn STEM certifications for expanded career options, including graduate certification opportunities.
- Students obtain access to exciting material and earn a state- approved STEM seal on their school diploma, which enhances their post-graduation career and educational opportunities, including LSU scholarships.