Alabama Southern Community College is a community college

Community college

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 system that operates in southwest Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

, United States

United States

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. Alabama Southern was formed in 1991 by the merger of Patrick Henry Junior College in Monroeville, Alabama

Monroeville, Alabama

Monroeville is a city in Monroe County, Alabama, United States, the county seat of Monroe County. At the 2000 census its population was 6,862. It is known as the home town of two prominent writers of the post World War II period, Truman Capote and Harper Lee, who were childhood friends in the...

 and Hobson State Technical College in Thomasville, Alabama

Thomasville, Alabama

Thomasville is a city in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 4,209. Founded as a late 19th century railroad town, it has transitioned over the course of more than a century into a 21st century commercial hub...

. The Thomasville campus is home to the Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum

Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum

The Kathryn Tucker Windham Museum is a biographical museum located on the campus of Alabama Southern Community College in Thomasville, Alabama. It is dedicated to preserving the works of native author, storyteller, and journalist, Kathryn Tucker Windham. Windham has spent much of her life...

. In addition to two full service campuses located in these cities, learning centers are located in Gilbertown

Gilbertown, Alabama

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, and Jackson, Alabama

Jackson, Alabama

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Accreditation

The College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award three different types of Associate degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science.

Undergraduate majors

Alabama Southern offers undergraduate majors in Business Management and Marketing, Computer and Information Sciences, Construction Trades, Engineering, Engineering Technologies, Health Professions and Clinical Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mechanic and Repair Technologies, Personal and Culinary Services, and in Security & Protective Services.

Locations

The Monroeville campus is located at 2800 South Alabama Avenue, 31.4888°N 87.3264°W. The Thomasville campus is located at 30755 Highway 43 South, 31.8891°N 87.7451°W.

External links

• Alabama Southern Community College