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Course Schedule Change

Posted: 5:16 AM 9/12/2025
The dates for the three sessions of the course Advanced Planning of Your Final Funeral Wishes have changed. The class was originally scheduled to meet September 30, October 7, and October 14. It will now meet October 7, October 14, and October 28. Note that there will be no class on October 21. Time remains 9:30 – 10:30 AM.

Course Canceled

Posted: 10:58 AM 9/11/2025
The course Introduction to Bicycling Touring, scheduled to be held September 26, has been canceled at the request of the instrutors.

Course Canceled

Posted: 11:13 AM 9/8/2025
The course Home Surveillance Systems, scheduled to be held September 23, has been canceled due to low enrollment.

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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)

Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section C)

Using Android Devices

Personal Technology

TV Streaming

Facebook Security

Computer Security

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

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

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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