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South College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• South College has been a part of the fabric of downtown Knoxville since 1882. Throughout its long history, South College has endeavored to provide challenging educational opportunities for students in business, allied health, and legal fields. The college has achieved a high level of success during peer reviews from institutional/programmatic accrediting agencies, federal and state agencies, and independent audits. Students and graduates consistently indicate a high level of satisfaction with their experiences at South College and their achievement of personal and professional goals.
• Each program of study is designed to require general education courses that broaden students' exposure to diverse perspectives, develop oral and written communication skills, and enhance critical thinking skills. The complementary nature of the general education courses and the major curriculum components of each program enables the development of educated, responsible professionals who have the skills necessary to meet their personal goals and the demands of the employment market.
• South College offers baccalaureate degree programs including Nursing, Elementary Education, Business Administration, Health Science, and Legal Studies. Current associate degree programs include Radiography, Physical Therapist Assistant, Paralegal Studies, Criminal Justice, Network Administration and Security, Business Administration, Accounting, Medical Assisting, and Office Technology. Medical Transcription, Legal Office Assistant, Professional Medical Coding, and Administrative Assistant are the certificate programs offered.
• South College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and associate degrees.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Healthy alliance possible (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 03:02:01 am
  Lincoln Memorial University students may get a chance to shadow Knox County school nurses through a potential first-time partnership that will provide extra assistance to school nurses while giving students clinical experience. The Knox County school board today will discuss a memorandum of agreement between the school system’s health services department and the university’s Caylor School of ...
• Community calendar (The Middletown Press)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 08:06:56 am
  Ongoing EXHIBIT: The Acton Public Library will host and exhibit by Dominic Massa of Old Saybrook. Massa creates originals and interpretations of notable impressionist’s works in acrylics. The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 24. For more information, call (860) 395-3184.
• Childhood cancer leads to career in medicine (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 01:03:59 am
  Tobie Miller was 9 years old when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children. The Greeneville, Tenn., girl was taken to St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis for a year of treatment - and made the decision herself for the doctors to amputate her left leg. "I remember I was scared, but I think I was more trying to keep my parents from being depressed ...
• Knoxville's South College becomes smoke-free campus (WATE 6 Knoxville)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 09:32:25 pm
  Twenty to 30 percent of college students admit they're cigarette smokers, but a college in Knoxville is trying to squash the habit altogether.
• Mechanicsville church wants cemetery on National Register of Historic Places (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  posted on September 29, 2009 at 03:33:08 am
  The tombstone of educator Laura Cansler is at the Fourth United Presbyterian Church. She was Knoxville's first black teacher in 1863. The cemetery is the burial place of several prominent black East Tennesseans. Dr. Mary H. Whaley and fellow members of Fourth United Presbyterian Church are trying to bring some collective recognition to a small cemetery in Mechanicsville that contains the graves ...

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