Amridge is a pioneer and leader in distance learning since 1973. Amridge University was one of the first of 15 colleges and universities that was chosen in 1999 by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in a pilot demonstration program in distance learning. This demonstration program served as a basis for the recent passage in 2006 of a new law on distance education by the United States Congress.

Amridge University is an independent, coeducational institution dedicated to the spirit of its Christian ideals and heritage. Amridge University’s mission is to prepare men and women, through a commitment to academic excellence and spiritual vitality at the undergraduate and graduate levels, for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and service to the professions, society, church, and family.

The Associate of Arts in Liberal Studies program provides students with opportunities to complete an initial college degree while establishing a solid academic foundation for a bachelor degree. A student may select elective courses for the associate degree program from one of the
University’s bachelor degree. Upon completion of the associate degree, a student may have completed one half of the requirements for a bachelor’s degree. The associate degree requires 32 credit hours of general education, 16 credit hours of prescribed core courses and 16 credit hours of elective courses. In completing the general education requirements for the associate degree a student can also complete the general education requirement for the bachelor’s degree. The core
course requirements for the associate degree include two specified courses and two course requirements in which the student is given an option in each case from two specified courses.

Amridge University is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.