 The new COES building will provide new learning space for the university's first-year and second-year engineering and science students for the first time since the completion of Bogard Hall in 1940.Upon completion of the new College of Engineering and Science building, Louisiana Tech plans to renovate and improve Bogard Hall.Since September 1965, Louisiana Tech has offered on-base degree programs through its satellite campus at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, Louisiana.