Alice Lloyd College

Accounting and Business Management

The major in Accounting and Business Management prepares students to proceed to the Certified Public Accountant's (CPA) examination and to pursue careers in public accounting, industrial accounting, governmental accounting, or to proceed to graduate studies.

Biological and Physical Sciences

Biological Sciences Education Grades 8-12

The major in Biological Science Education prepares students to teach the academic standards for Biology in grades eight through twelve. Students must meet the criteria for admission to the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching.

Biology

The major in Biology provides students an excellent background in the biological sciences. The scope of the program serves students who wish to enter nursing, medicine, veterinary medicine, forestry, industry, graduate studies, and research.

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Business Administration

Alice Lloyd College's Business Program provides students with a basic understanding of the primary functional areas of business (accounting, finance, management, and marketing). The major prepares each student for employment in business or related fields, for graduate school, and/or for business-related research.

Business/Commerce, General

Communication Studies

The major in Communication Studies is a broad-based academic program, providing a balance between practical and theoretical knowledge. Students develop skills in public speaking, persuasion and advocacy, organizational communication, mass communication, journalism, and public relations.

Criminal Justice

The Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice explores complex issues of crime, justice and social policy from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Students will be prepared to enter into either public or private law enforcement, and the curriculum also supports students who intend to enter graduate and/or law school.

Elementary Education and Teaching

Elementary Education Grades P-5

The major in Elementary Education prepares students to teach in grades P-5 or work in other capacities with the young child. Students must meet the requirements for admission to the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching.

English

The major in English provides the student with knowledge of the human condition through a comprehensive reading of literature. This major enhances writing skills and provides preparation for graduate and professional school.

English Education Grades 8-12

The major in English Education prepares students to teach the academic standards for English in grades eight through twelve. Students prepare in literature, language, grammar, and composition.

English Language and Literature, General

History

The major in History covers a broad spectrum of study including American, European and non-western cultures. Completion of this major prepares students to seek admission to law school, graduate studies and governmental services.

Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies major is designed to provide students with a solid liberal arts background and the flexibility to pursue an interdisciplinary course of study with particular applications to individual academic and/or career goals. Students build their own major based on three minors offered by Alice Lloyd College.

Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

Kinesiology

The Kinesiology curriculum is focused on the art and science of movement, including its social, psychological, physiological and biomechanical aspects. The major also provides students with the background to pursue post graduate educational opportunities in areas such as physical therapy.

Liberal Arts

The Liberal Arts major allows students to tailor a degree to suit their individual needs and interests. A Liberal Arts degree gives students a background in a wide range of disciplines and requires that students recognize the interconnectedness of these disciplines.

Mathematics Education Grades 8-12

The major in Mathematics Education prepares students to teach the academic standards for Mathematics in grades eight through twelve. Students must meet the criteria for admission to the Teacher Education Program and Student Teaching.

Mathematics Teacher Education

Middle School Education Grades 5-9

The major in Middle School Education prepares students to teach the academic standards for grades five through nine. The student must select an academic emphasis in one or two of the following: English/Communications, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.

Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

Pre-Dentistry

Pre-Nursing Program

The Pre-Nursing program is designed to prepare students for a professional degree in nursing. Students spend three years at ALC to complete the program before transferring to an accredited school of nursing to finish the B.S.N. degree, then transfer credit back to complete the Bachelor in Pre-Nursing Degree.

Social Sciences, General

Social Studies Education Grades 8-12

The major in Social Studies Education prepares the student to teach the academic standards for all Social Studies areas in grades eight through twelve.

Social Studies Teacher Education

Sociology

The Sociology curriculum aims to aid students in understanding social structure and inequality as well as the roles of social forces and ideas in shaping contemporary society, preparing the student for a wide range of occupations.

Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

Sports and Fitness Programs Management

The major in Sports and Fitness Programs Management offers an interdisciplinary course of studies in Fitness and Business to prepare students for professional positions in the creation and administration of programs in community recreation, community centers, parks, resorts, camps, tourist attractions, corporate fitness programs and church programs.