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Cancellations
Posted: 10:42 AM 10/12/2025
- Excel 101
- Excel 102
- The Fall of Eagles
- Nuclear Fundamentals
- Home Security
- Home Surveillance
- Introduction to Bicycling Touring
- Rilke's Life and Poems
- A Journey Through the Dark Ages via Chess Moves
- Having Difficult Conversations
Classroom Location Changes
Posted: 10:41 AM 10/12/2025
The classroom location of the courses listed below has changed. If you are registered for one of these courses, please note the change.
- Dining Out in Aiken; Moved to O'Connell Theater in Etherredge Center
- The Erie Canal, moved to Penland 106
- The US/China Trade War; moved to Penland 106
- The Story of Aiken; Moved to B&E Room 116
- Virtual Tour of Aiken County: moved to Penland 106
- Geology of SC; Moved to B&E Room 116
- Witches, Vampires, Superstition; Moved to Penland 106
- SC in the Revolutionary War; Moved to B&E 122.
New Details for Course
Posted: 4:16 PM 10/8/2025
Please see the course description for Edgefield Pottery History for an update regarding the meeting location for an off-campus field trip on November 4 for registered students.
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