OpenFieldUNA · Florence, Alabama, United States
The University of North Alabama (UNA) is Alabama's oldest public university, founded in 1830 on a historic 130-acre campus in Florence, Alabama. Located along the Tennessee River in the storied Shoals music region, UNA is internationally celebrated for entertainment industry music management, nursing and health professions, computer science, and business education.
UNA operates five colleges: the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions, College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering (CASE), Sanders College of Business and Technology, College of Education and Human Sciences, and the School of the Arts. UNA is famous for its live lion mascot habitat and the Muscle Shoals Sound music recording legacy.
Admissions are holistic and test-optional for undergraduate students. Graduate applicants require an accredited bachelor's degree with a minimum 2.75–3.0 GPA, statement of purpose, two letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 79+ or IELTS 6.0+).
Situated in the legendary Muscle Shoals recording region, this flagship program provides studio engineering at the 3261 Recording Studio, concert tour management, artist representation, and digital streaming royalties distribution.
CCNE-accredited graduate nursing program preparing board-certified Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) in diagnostic clinical reasoning, pediatric and geriatric primary care, and rural health disparities.
Applied engineering master's addressing programmable logic controllers (PLC), industrial robotics cells, digital twin production lines, lean manufacturing systems, and quality engineering.
Comprehensive aquatic biology program combining Tennessee River basin mollusk biodiversity with summer field research courses at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab on the Gulf Coast.
AACSB-accredited MBA curriculum delivering advanced competencies in business intelligence analytics, corporate finance, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and organizational strategy.
ABET-accredited undergraduate curriculum focusing on algorithm design, mobile app engineering, database architecture, network security protocols, and full-stack web engineering.
Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Dr. Janik investigates freshwater unionid mussel propagation, riverine habitat restoration in the Tennessee River drainage, and endocrine disruption in aquatic ...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Dr. Jerkins specializes in computer vision algorithms, applied artificial intelligence for agricultural monitoring, and cybersecurity workforce development fram...
View researcher profile ↗Dean & Professor of Nursing
Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions
Dr. Kirkman conducts clinical research in rural health delivery models, patient simulation efficacy, clinical decision-making pedagogies, and health promotion i...
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