Lady Doak College

Lady Doak College 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.AcademicsLDC offers courses in the following areas:Aided courses Bachelor of Arts : History specialization in Tourism, Psychology and Sociology, Economics, English Literature and Tamil Literature Bachelor of Science : Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry with Cheminformatics, Botany and Zoology Bachelor of Commerce Master of Arts : English Literature, Tamil Literature, History and Economics Master of Science : Mathematics and Zoology Doctoral research in Zoology, Economics, Physics, Tamil, Botany & MicrobiologySelf-financed courses Bachelor of Science : Computer Application, Information Technology & Management, Mathematics with Computer Application, Physics with Computer Application, Biotechnology and Physical Education & Sports Science Bachelor of Commerce : Commerce with Computer Application, Corporate Secretaryship, Banking & Insurance,Professional Accounting Bachelor of Business Administration Master of Science : Microbiology, Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Computer Science Master of Commerce Masters in Social Work in Social Work Postgraduate diploma Postgraduate diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS Human Resource Development Bioinformatics Master of Philosophy : Tamil, Commerce, Economics, Microbiology, English, Chemistry, History, Physics, Biotechnology