The college shall offer to all eligible students in attendance a program of general education consisting of courses parallel to those of the first and second years of work at a state institution of higher learning offering a four-year course. The college shall also offer and administer a program for vocational education. The State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum standards which must be met and which will assure that the purposes of the junior college are attained.
Ala. Code § 16-60-57 (1975)