Lady Doak College

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Lady Doak College
Established	1948
Type	Autonomous
President	Dr. A. Mercy Pushpalatha
Location	Tallakulam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website	College Website

Lady Doak College (LDC) is the first women's college in Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1948 by Katie Wilcox, an American missionary near Tallakulam in Madurai. Today there are around 3200 students. This number was only 86 at formation.

It is named after Helen Doak, the associate founder.

Academics

LDC offers courses in the following areas:

Aided courses

Bachelor of Arts (B.A): History specialization in Tourism, Psychology and Sociology, Economics (specialization in Corporate Economics)(English & Tamil medium), English Literature and Tamil Literature
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.(specialization)): Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry with Cheminformatics, Botany (specialization in Industrial Microbiology) and Zoology (specialization in Biotechnology)
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
Master of Arts (M.A.): English Literature, Tamil Literature, History and Economics with Computer Application
Master of Science (M.Sc): Mathematics and Zoology (specialization in Biotechnology)
Doctoral research in Zoology, Economics, Physics, Tamil, Botany & Microbiology

Self-financed courses

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc): Computer Application, Information Technology & Management (ITM), Mathematics with Computer Application, Physics with Computer Application, Biotechnology and Physical Education & Sports Science
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com): Commerce with Computer Application, Corporate Secretaryship, Banking & Insurance,Professional Accounting
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
Master of Science (M.Sc): Microbiology, Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Computer Science
Master of Commerce (M.Com. with Computer Application)
Masters in Social Work (MSW) in Social Work
Postgraduate diploma (one year)
Postgraduate diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS
Human Resource Development (PGRS&GIS)
Bioinformatics
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil): Tamil, Commerce, Economics, Microbiology, English, Chemistry, History, Physics, Biotechnology

External links

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