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Posted: 6:14 AM 7/11/2025
The fall schedule of courses has been posted on this website. You may see a summary of the schedule here. Click on the Course Name in the summary to see the details of a given course.
If you prefer to browse by topic, go to the index here.
You will be able to register for one or more courses and get your questions answered at Open House on August 12 at 9:00 AM in B&E Room 122 (online registration also opens at that time). See the Registration Page for more details.
The printed catalog will be mailed to those on the catalog mailing list in a week or so. Classes will begin August 18.
Posted: 6:21 AM 6/26/2025
For the upcoming fall semester, our Technology classes will be held in the Business & Education Building, Room 238F. That is because university construction will displace the Tech Center, where those classes have been held.
That will be a sad day for the volunteers in the Tech Section. We have worked and taught in the Tech Center since January 2008. We worked there first in the SeniorNet organization. In January 2015, SeniorNet became the McGrath Computer Learning Center. In July 2021, McGrath merged with the Academy for Lifelong Learning, forming the Center for Lifelong Learning.
We're looking forward to a new classroom for Technology courses. We plan to make it even better than the Tech Center was.
Posted: 11:51 PM 5/2/2025
A parking permit is required to park on campus to attend CLL classes. To acquire a permit decal, take your driver's license and vehicle registration certificate to Room 104 of the Business and Education Building. You may also acquire a permit at Open House if you bring your license and registration. Permits expire each August—check the expiration date on your decal. When you come to campus, place your decal in the lower left corner of your windshield and park only in spaces with white lines; spaces with yellow lines are reserved for USCA faculty.
Click the course name in the index1 to go to full details about a course.
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
Current Events
US-China Trade War: Why Did it Happen and How Will it End
Dance
Gardening
General
Gullah Geeche and the Linguistics of the Lowcountry
Advance Planning of Your Final Funeral Wishes
Having Difficult Conversations
How to Read a Company's Financial Statements
Incidental Experts: Developing Information Literacy Skills Through Hobbies and Special Interests
Essential End of Life Preparation
Government
History
The American Homefront During WWII
Relativity and the Genius of Albert Einstein
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
Witches, Vampires, and Superstitions in the Early-Modern Age (1500-1800)
Cathedrals, Cloisters, and Crypts
Loyalists in the American Revolution
History in Headstones: Jewish Changemakers
Literature
Local
Aiken's Pine Lawn Cemetery: The New and Old
Dining Out In Aiken: The Highs and Lows
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
Introduction to AI: Understanding the Future Implications
Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section A)
Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section B)
Personal Technology
Fight Back Against Computer/Tech Scams
Popular Culture
Information Literacy, Fake News, and Civil Discourse in a Digital Environment
Excelsior! The Mighty Magic of Marvel
Science
Wading Birds of South Carolina
What's New in the Nuclear Fusion Industry?
Travel
Introduction to Bicycling Touring
Well Being
Brain and Body Fitness–Advanced
Windows Technology
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