The University of North Alabama (UNA) is a coeducational university located in Florence, Alabama, and the state's oldest four-year public university.

Occupying a 130-acre (0.5 km2) campus in a residential section of Florence, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The four cities comprise a metropolitan area with a combined population of 140,000 people.

The University of North Alabama, which celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2005, has undergone numerous sweeping changes in the course of its long history. Originally founded as LaGrange College in 1830, it was reestablished in 1872 as the first state-supported teachers college south of the Ohio River. A year later, it became one of the nation's first coeducational colleges.

 

Undergraduate Admissions

Minimum TOEFL/IELTS Requirements:

  • PBT = 500
  • IBT = 61
  • CBT = 173
  • IELTS = 5.5

SAT Scores

UNA uses ACT or SAT scores for advising and registration purposes, but international students are not required to submit any of these tests for admissions. Students without official scores of ACT or SAT reported to UNA will be required to take UNA's Academic Placement Test before registering for any classes.

  • is required by an approved international credentials evaluator such as WES and ECE.

Minimum Undergraduate TOEFL/IELTS Requirements for Undergraduate Transfer Students:

  • PBT = 550
  • IBT = 61
  • CBT = 173
  • IELTS = 5.5

Minimum TOEFL/IELTS Requirements for Graduate Transfer Students:

  • PBT = 550
  • IBT = 61
  • CBT = 213
  • IELTS = 6.0

Minimum GMAT/GRE Requirements:

  • GMAT = 400-450 (MBA)

  • GRE = 800 (MBA)
  • MAT 388 or combined Verbal/Quantitative 800 (Arts and Sciences)

Colleges

Academic Departments and Programs

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree

Department of Accounting and Business Law

     Accounting

Department of Art

     Art or Art Education
     Fine Arts
          Ceramics
          Digital Media
          Painting
          Photography
          Sculpture

Department of Biology

     Biology
          Cellular and Molecular
          Environmental
          General
          Professional
     Marine Biology

Department of Chemistry and Industrial Hygiene

      Chemistry
          General
          Professional
      Industrial Hygiene

Department of Communications

     Communication Arts
          Film/Digital Media Production
          Public Communication
          Theatre

     Mass Communications
          Journalism: Multimedia
          Public Relations
          Radio-Television and Interactive Media

Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

     Computer Information Systems
     Computer Science

Department of Criminal Justice    

Department of Economics and Finance

     Economics and Finance

Department of Elementary Education

Department of English

Department of Entertainment Industry

      Entertainment Industry

   

Department of Foreign Languages

Department of Geography

      Geography

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

     Physical Education P-12 (Teacher Certification)
     Exercise Science
     Fitness Management
     Health Promotion
     Recreation
     Sport Management

Department of History and Political Science     

Department of Human Environmental Sciences

     Child Development
     Culinary Arts
     Foods and Nutrition
     Interior Design
     Merchandising

Department of Management and Marketing    

Department of Mathematics

Department of Music and Theatre

Department of Nursing

     RN to BSN On-line
     Traditional BSN
     Accelerated Alternative BSN

Department of Physics and Earth Science

     General Science and Physics        

Department of Psychology     

Department of Secondary Education

Department of Social Work

Department of Sociology and Family Studies

     Sociology

Masters Programs