Birmingham-Southern College
 United States  / Alabama  |  Children/Education

Birmingham-Southern College provides a liberal arts education of distinctive quality. The college challenges students to think independently, to examine the arts and sciences aesthetically and critically, and to communicate clearly. It fosters the advancement of scholarship, personal and resourceful learning, and comprehensive advising.

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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, Ala., in 1856, with Birmingham College, opened in 1898 in Birmingham, Ala. These two institutions were consolidated on May 30, 1918, under the name of Birmingham-Southern College. The college has 45 academic, residential, administrative, and athletic buildings/facilities, including 25 new facilities/structures, additions, or renovations completed since 1976. New general education plan known as Foundations expands the college's liberal arts mission to address the talents and skills students will need to be successful in an increasingly complex and technological society. This innovative plan provides students with the best mix of broad as well as in-depth learning experiences in the liberal arts, while emphasizing the importance of the first-year experience.

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