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Course Schedule Change

Posted: 5:05 PM 8/11/2025
The course Edgefield Pottery History was originally scheduled for September 16, 23, 30, and October 7. A conflict in the instructor's schedule has required changing that to September 23, 30, October 7, and November 4. Take note of the four week gap between the third and fourth sessions. Class time remains at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM.

Courses Canceled

Posted: 8:30 AM 8/11/2025
Both of the courses Excel 101 and Excel 102, scheduled to begin August 20 and September 17 respectively, have been withdrawn for the fall semester.

Classroom for Technology Courses

Posted: 7:45 PM 8/6/2025
We recently posted that the Tech Center classroom near the tennis courts would not be available for Technology classes this fall. Those classes instead will be taught in Room 238F of the Business & Education Building. You may enter the building from Parking Lot C or from the Quad. Take the stairs or elevator to the second floor. Click the following link for a map showing the location of Room 238F.

Topical Index of Courses

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A membership fee of $35.00 per semester is required to take courses. Each course has an additional cost, based on number of class meetings, as shown in the details of the course description. You may see a summary of course information here.

Pre-registration is required for all courses; see registration information here. Registration opens August 12, 9:00 AM, for both Open House and online. You may not register for a course until that time.

Apple Technology

iPhone 101

Apple Watch

iPhone 102

Apple Help Lab (Section A)

Using the iPhone/iPad Camera

Using iCloud with iPhone/iPad

Using MacBooks and iMacs

Apple Help Lab (Section B)

Current Events

US-China Trade War: Why Did it Happen and How Will it End

Dance

Line Dancing

Gardening

Attracting Butterflies

Gardening in Fall and Winter

Hidden World of Moths

Growing Fruit at Home

Freaky & Fabulous Fungi

General

Gullah Geeche and the Linguistics of the Lowcountry

Advance Planning of Your Final Funeral Wishes

How to Read a Company's Financial Statements

Incidental Experts: Developing Information Literacy Skills Through Hobbies and Special Interests

Making your own Wine Vinegar

Essential End of Life Preparation

Government

Presidental Powers

Current Political Events

History

The American Homefront During WWII

Relativity and the Genius of Albert Einstein

South Carolina Suffragists

The East India Company

Modern America Through Women's Eyes

Hadrian's Wall: History and Photographs

History and Current Status of the Wild American Mustang

A Journey Through the Dark Ages via Chess Moves

South Carolina in the Revolutionary War

Army Chaplains: A Personal View

The 45: How Not to Restore the Stuarts

Pieces of Eight

The Erie Canal

Witches, Vampires, and Superstitions in the Early-Modern Age (1500-1800)

Cathedrals, Cloisters, and Crypts

The Battle of Trafalgar

Loyalists in the American Revolution

History in Headstones: Jewish Changemakers

Literature

Book Banning and Censorship in the U.S.: Examining Current Trends and the Recent Surge in Book Bannings

Rilke's Life and Poems

Local

Graniteville Company

Aiken's Pine Lawn Cemetery: The New and Old

Edgefield Pottery History

Dining Out In Aiken: The Highs and Lows

Street Names of Aiken

Virtual Tour of Aiken County

Research Innovation - SRNL

The Story of Aiken: A Tale in Three Parts

Music

Who's Afraid of Opera: The Met in HD

Other Technology

Introduction to Digital Networks

What is Digital?

Introduction to AI: Understanding the Future Implications

Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section A)

Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section B)

Using Android Devices

Personal Technology

TV Streaming

Facebook Security

Home Security

Computer Security

Home Surveillance Systems

Picasa Photo Editing

Smart Home Solutions

Fight Back Against Computer/Tech Scams

Advanced Computer/Tech Scams

Popular Culture

Information Literacy, Fake News, and Civil Discourse in a Digital Environment

Excelsior! The Mighty Magic of Marvel

Theory of Generations

Yellowstone National Park

Science

Nuclear Fundamentals

Geology of South Carolina

Wading Birds of South Carolina

What's New in the Nuclear Fusion Industry?

Basics of Nuclear Medicine

Travel

Cruising the Mediterranean

Introduction to Bicycling Touring

Best of New Zealand and Fiji

Jerusalem Travelogue

Well Being

Practicing Mindfulness

Hospice and Palliative Care

My Heart's Aflutter

Introduction to Meditation

Brain and Body Fitness–Advanced

Windows Technology

Exploring Windows

Unlocking Microsoft Word

How to Use OneDrive



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