Coastal Alabama Community College (also known as Coastal Alabama Community College – South) is a

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community college A community college is a type of undergraduate higher education institution, generally leading to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma. The term can have different meanings in different countries: many community colleges have an open enr ...

with campuses in southern

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

. Coastal Alabama was formed through the consolidation of Alabama Southern Community College, Faulkner State Community College, and Jefferson Davis Community College.

Accreditation

The college is accredited by the

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to award three different types of

Associate degrees An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree. ...

: Associate of Arts (AA), Associate in Science (AS), and Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees. Additional accreditations: * Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) * Alabama Board of Nursing * American Dental Association (ADA); Commission On Dental Accreditation (CODA) Dental Assisting Programs * America Culinary Federation Educational Institute * Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) – Surgical Technology Programs * Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) – Paramedic * Alabama Department of Public Health Office of Emergency Medical Services - Paramedic * American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA)

Athletics

The college offers athletics programs in the following fields:

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

, and

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

. In 2010 longtime Head Coach Wayne Larker led the baseball team to its first-ever appearance in the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Campuses

File:Faulkner State-Fairhope Admin Building Sept 2012 01.jpg, Fairhope Campus File:Alabama Southern Community College in Monroeville, Alabama LCCN2010639961.tif, Monroeville Campus

Notable people

John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed and ...

, professional baseball player

References

External links

Official website
Community colleges in Alabama Education in Baldwin County, Alabama Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Fairhope, Alabama Universities and colleges established in 1965 Buildings and structures in Baldwin County, Alabama 1965 establishments in Alabama NJCAA schools Two-year colleges in the United States {{Alabama-university-stub