Waldorf College, located in Forest City, Iowa, is a four-year liberal arts, for-profit college. Founded in 1903, the college was affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America until 2009, when, due to financial problems, the college was sold to for-profit Mayes Education, owner of Columbia Southern University, a distance education institution, located in Orange Beach, Alabama. Waldorf's curricula includes residential programs in biology, business, communications, creative writing, education, English, history, humanities, music, psychology, theater arts and wellness. Hybrid programs offered primarily online with a minimal residential requirement will be offered early 2010 in business administration, criminal justice administration, fire science administration, international management, organizational leadership, and sport management. The colleges is accredited by the accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) through the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Biology Department became a baccalaureate program in 2005 and grants B.A. or B.S. degrees, with tracks in conservation biology, cell and molecular biology and anatomy/physiology.