Lady Doak College

'''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. ===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 * 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 == * http://www.ladydoak.org/ * http://www.indiastudychannel.com/colleges/7679-Lady-Doak-College-Autonomous.aspx {{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}