Lane College

Biology

The faculty of the Department of Biology endeavor to provide students with both a theoretical understanding and practical skills with which to pursue careers in biology and related fields. With an emphasis on laboratory experience, including research opportunities, coursework introduces foundational concepts from molecular mechanisms to ecological relationships.

Business Administration

The focus of this program is to prepare students for entry-level positions in the business world or leading to a bachelor's degree. This degree provides foundational knowledge in the major functional areas of business, along with current and marketable administrative skills. The general studies courses ensure college-level competences in the arts and sciences.

Business Administration

The mission of the Department of Business is to produce students who will become business leaders with a strong commitment to their communities. In doing so, the Department is committed to preparing students with a solid foundation in each of the functional areas of business: accounting, finance, marketing, and management.

Chemistry

The role of the Chemistry Department is to develop the ability of students to apply the techniques of critical analysis to the solution of problems. The Department strives to prepare majors with a thorough and rigorous background in chemistry.

Communication and Creative Media

The program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum emphasizing the core skills of leadership, innovation, service and critical thinking while positioning students with industry resources. Students are provided experience in all media platforms: a digital recording and podcasting studio, state-of-the-art editing equipment for film, radio and television production, and the opportunities to work with off-campus media outlets.

Computer Science

The Computer Science program is designed to provide a broad introduction to the field within the context of a liberal arts education. The curriculum emphasizes the interrelationship between the computer and other disciplines. The program emphasizes the acquisition of marketable knowledge and skills for professional careers in computer systems, programming languages, software engineering, and database design and analysis.

Criminal Justice

The Department of Criminal Justice provides students with a foundation for direct entry into criminal justice-related careers and further study in graduate and professional schools. The curriculum focuses on critical analysis of issues of crime and justice, paying careful attention to social policy.

English

The study of literature and its assorted periods and genres is an indispensable part of a liberal arts education. Through the English curriculum, students will learn to think critically on the human experience that literature presents as they explore the questions that various poems, plays, short stories, and novels raise.

French

History

The Department of History aims to help students better understand the world in which they live, how it works, and the dynamics of historical and social change. Through critical analysis, research, and global perspectives, the program equips students to interpret the past and its impact on the present and future.

Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies Program (INT) provides each student with the opportunity to create a degree plan that is individualized and unique, while maintaining high academic standards. The INT is designed to meet the needs of creative, intellectually curious, academically motivated students for whom the traditional disciplinary offerings may not meet their needs or interests.

Interdisciplinary Studies (A.A.)

The Lane College Interdisciplinary AA program mission is to prepare students for employment in entry-level positions. It also provides students with credentials for acceptance to BA degree programs. AA and AS in INT combine choices from two departments across divisions boundaries leading to an associate degree.

Interdisciplinary Studies (A.S.)

The Lane College Interdisciplinary AA program mission is to prepare students for employment in entry-level positions. It also provides students with credentials for acceptance to BA degree programs. AA and AS in INT combine choices from two departments across divisions boundaries leading to an associate degree.

Mathematics

The department of Mathematics produces highly competent Mathematics graduates by providing a rigorous and balanced curriculum that serves the needs of majors and other students as a part of the General Studies core curriculum.

Media Strategies

The Lane College Media Strategies AA program mission is to prepare students for employment in entry-level positions. It also provides students with credentials for acceptance to BA degree programs.

Music

The Department of Music is committed to providing the most productive experience for students who wish to study music. Students in music may choose an emphasis in performance (voice, piano, woodwinds, etc.) and/or pursue Music Education as an option.

Pharmacy Technician

Physical Education

The Department of Physical Education and Recreation broadens the understanding of human movement as it pertains to physical activity, exercise, and sport-skills performance. The Department's goal is to provide students with a solid understanding of health and human performance that will enable them to become competent and productive leaders in a variety of professional roles within the exercise and fitness arenas.

Physics

The Department of Physics is designed to enhance the student's intellectual skills through the study of Physics. The curriculum is designed to reflect both the integral character of Physics in liberal arts and its essential role in engineering and technology.

Religion

The Lane College AA in religion program is designed to provide persons with a general interest in the Christian faith with a basic understanding of what it means to be Christian in our time and in local and global contexts.

Religion

The Department of Religion offers classes which provide students the opportunity to both study the history of many religions and develop the critical thinking skills necessary to understand the role of religion in the contemporary world. Additionally, students are encouraged to consider the ways in which religion and the Christian Church, in particular, have helped to shape history and modern-day society.

Sociology

The Lane College Sociology AA program mission is to prepare students for employment in entry-level positions. It also provides students with credentials for acceptance to BA degree programs.

Sociology

The Department of Sociology provides an integrated program of instruction in the understanding of human culture and social organization. Sociology seeks to describe the organization of human society and how it changes over time.