Birmingham-Southern College

Birmingham-Southern College is a four-year, private liberal arts institution founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Birmingham-Southern College is the result of a merger of Southern University, founded in Greensboro, Alabama, in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham, Alabama.  The campus is situated on 192 wooded acres three miles west of downtown Birmingham.  The College has 45 academic, residential, administrative, and athletics buildings/facilities.

Academic Departments and Programs

Consistently recognized nationally for its academic quality and value, Birmingham-Southern is a distinctive leader in a liberal arts education. In BSC's 4-1-4 academic calendar, students enroll in four classes in the fall semester, one during the January Exploration Term, and four in the spring. The college currently offers five bachelor's degrees in more than 50 programs of study, as well as interdisciplinary and specially individualized majors and dual degree programs. Their innovative Explorations curriculum expands BSC's liberal arts mission even further to address the talents and skills students will need to be successful in an increasingly complex and technological society.

Academic Departments

• Art & Art History
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry & Physics
• Education
• English
• Foreign Languages
• History
• Mathematics
• Music
• Philosophy & Religion
• Political Science, Economics, & Sociology
• Psychology
• Theatre

Special Academic Programs

• Bunting Center for Engaged Study and Community Action (Service Learning)
• Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC)
• Hess Center for Leadership and Service (Leadership Studies)
• Donald C. Harrison Honors Program
• Exploration Term/Contract Learning
• Latin American Studies
• Media and Film Studies
• Sklenar Center for International Programs
• Stump Entrepreneurship Scholars Program
• Urban Environmental Studies

Cooperative Programs

• Air Force and Army ROTC
• Pre-Health
• Pre-Law
• Pre-Nursing

Consortial Agreements

• Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education
• Associated Colleges of the South

Birmingham-Southern College