Course Search Websites

Education & Employment Information Center 800/842-0229 Connecticut Department of Higher Education www.ctdhe.org

Whether you seek a college course to earn credit toward a degree or a non-credit course for self-enrichment, you may easily explore options and then register online for most selections. This pamphlet lists various college and university websites for you to conduct your search. To learn more about education in Connecticut, call the Education & Employment Information Center Hotline. Operated by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, the EEIC is a statewide clearinghouse for free information on education and careers.

Connecticut Department of Higher Education

www.ctdhe.org/database/DHESearchAdv.htm – perform program searches for accredited college degrees and certificates and also occupational training offered at state-approved private occupational schools. www.ctdhe.org/vet/default.htm – for veterans, click on Directory of Approved Programs to search database by school or programs approved for federal veterans education benefits.

Public Colleges and Universities

University of Connecticut – http://continuingstudies.uconn.edu/nondegree/undergrad/catalog

Connecticut State University Central – www.ccsu.edu/Courses.htm Eastern – http://eweb.easternct.edu/wfbprod/twbkwbis.P_GenMenu?name=homepage Southern – http://bannerweb.southernct.edu/pls/sprod/bwskfcls.p_termsel Western – http://online2.wcsu.edu/openclose/

Charter Oak State College – www.ctdlc.org/courseoffer/search.cfm

Community Colleges – www.online.commnet.edu/

Independent Colleges and Universities

Albertus Magnus – http://prod.campuscruiser.com/PageServlet?pg=classes_all&tg=Academics- list&cmp=R22.0_108&cx=22.18 Briarwood College – www.briarwood.edu/academics.html Connecticut College – www.conncoll.edu/academics/2409.htm Fairfield University – http://apps.fairfield.edu/UC/index.cfm Goodwin College – www.goodwincollege.org/details_news.cfm?id=49 Hartford Seminary – www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses.htm Education & Employment Information Center www.ctdhe.org 800/842-0229 Course Websites 2

Holy Apostles College – www.holyapostles.edu/ Lyme Academy of Fine Arts – www.lymeacademy.edu/art-and-design-college-schedules.htm Mitchell College – http://www.mitchell.edu/mitchell_today/curriculum_faculty/faculty.asp?facul- ty=479 Paier College of Art – www.paiercollegeofart.edu/schedules/index.htm Post University – www.post.edu/registration.shtml Quinnipiac University – www.quinnipiac.edu/x1781.xml Rensselaer At Hartford – www.ewp.rpi.edu/hartford/publications/course_sched/current/index.html Sacred Heart University – http://www.sacredheart.edu/pages/700_course_offerings.cfm St. Joseph's College – www.sjc.edu/content.cfm/pageid/3818 St. Vincent’s College – www.stvincentscollege.edu/academics/coursedescriptions/coursessemester.cfm Trinity College – http://internet2.trincoll.edu/ptools/CourseListing.aspx University of Bridgeport – www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2248.asp University of Hartford – www.hartford.edu/academics/index.asp?tag=menu University of New Haven – www.newhaven.edu/academics/ Wesleyan University – www.wesleyan.edu/registrar/courseinformation.html Yale University – http://students.yale.edu/oci/search.jsp

Online Degrees and Courses

www.ctdlc.org/Courseoffer/index.html - Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium, a one-stop web- site for all online courses and degrees in Connecticut.

Connecticut Adult Education Offices

Free classes in Citizenship, ESL/English-as-a-Second Language, ABE/Adult Basic Education and GED preparation classes are offered in adult education classes throughout Connecticut. Self improvement classes such as arts, fitness, language and computer classes are also given at a nominal fee in both fall and spring.

State Department of Education All Connecticut's adult education offices with addresses and phone numbers are listed at – www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/DEPS/Adult/providerdirectory.pdf#45469

Central/Northern Connecticut East Hartford – www.easthartford.org/page.cfm?p=175 New Britain – www.newbritainadulteducation.org Simsbury – www.simsbury.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=26 West Hartford – www.whps.org/whce/index.htm Wethersfield – www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/Adult_Ed/adulted.htm Windsor – www.windsorct.org/conted/default.htm Windsor Locks, East Granby – www.schoolnotes.com/06096/adulted.html Central/Southern Connecticut Branford, Clinton, Guilford, Madison, North Branford – www.erace-adulted.org

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Cheshire – http://www.cheshire.k12.ct.us/adulted/default.html Chester, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Higganum, Killingworth, Middlefield, Middletown, Moodus, Old Saybrook, Portland, Rockfall, Rocky Hill, Westbrook – www.middletown-adulted.org East Haven – www.easthavenconn.com Hamden – www.hamdenadulted.org Meriden – http://www.meriden.k12.ct.us/departments/adult_ed.asp New Haven – www.nhaec.org/html/newframe.htm North Haven – www.north-haven.k12.ct.us/ae/ Wallingford – http://www.wallingfordadulted.org West Haven – www.whschools.org/other_services/adult_education Eastern/Northeastern Connecticut Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Colchester, Coventry, Ellington, Glastonbury, Hebron, Lebanon, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, South Windsor, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington – www.vrabe.org Andover, Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Hampton, Hebron, Killingly, Lebanon, Lisbon, Mansfield, Marlborough, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sprague, Stafford, Sterling, Thompson, Tolland, Union, Voluntown, Willington, Windham, Woodstock – www.eastconn.org/index.asp

Northwestern/Western Connecticut Amity, Bethany, Orange, Woodbridge – www.amityregion5.org/District_Page/ Ansonia, Derby, Monroe, Seymour, Shelton – www.vrae.org/visit.html Avon, Burlington, Canton, Collinsville, Farmington, Harwinton, Middlebury, Morris, Unionville – www.fpsct.org/page.cfm?p=6 Barkhamsted, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Goshen, Hartland, Kent, Litchfield, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Plymouth, Redding, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Winchester, Winsted, Woodbury – www.educationconnection.org/prog_foothills.htm Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Wolcott – www.naugy.net Bristol – www.bristol.k12.ct.us/district_programs/adult_education/ Plainville – www.plainvilleschools.org/family/adulted.shtml Prospect, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott – www.waterbury.k12.ct.us/School_Links/Adult_Education/index.htm

Southeastern Connecticut Bozrah, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Ledyard, Lisbon, North Stonington, Norwich, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown – www.norwichpublicschools.org/adulted/index.htm Lyme, Montville, Old Lyme, New London, Waterford – www.newlondonadulted.org

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Southwestern Connecticut Darien, New Canaan, Stamford – www.stamfordpublicschools.org/schools/AdultEducation.asp Easton, Fairfield – www.fairfieldcontinuinged.com Greenwich – www.greenwichschools.org/gce/ Milford – www.milforded.org/adult_education/index.asp Norwalk – www.norwalkpublicschools.org/cont-ed.html Ridgefield – http://www.ridgefieldschools.org/index.htm Stratford – www.stratford.k12.ct.us/district_programs/continuing_education/index.html Trumbull – www.trumbullps.org/ce.htm Weston, Westport, Wilton – www.westportcontinuinged.com

Courses for Licensed Occupations

www.ct-clic.com – A one-stop website to find business or consumer licensing in Connecticut. Eligibility, how to register and forms are also available. Asbestos Abatement Classes – www.dph.state.ct.us/BRS/Asbestos/asb_courses.pdf Certified Nurse's Aide – www.ctdhe.org/EEIC/pdfs/HealthOccupationTrainingInCT.pdf CDA, (Child Development Associate) – www.ctcharts-a-course.org/cdac.htm Coaching Classes – www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&q=321388 Hairdressing Classes – www.dph.state.ct.us/Licensure/apps/hairschools.pdf Insurance Classes – http://continuingstudies.uconn.edu/professional/index.html Motorcycle Rider Classes – www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=1388&q=259454 Real Estate Appraisal and Broker Classes – www.ct.gov/dcp/cwp/view.asp?a=1622&Q=287752&PM=1 Safe Boating – http://dep.state.ct.us/rec/boating/boatclass.asp Teaching CEUs, (Continuing Education Units) – www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&q=321398

Career/Technical Training

Approved Private Occupational Schools – www.ctdhe.org/cgi-bin/webplus.exe?script=/db2/posasch.wml State Technical High Schools – www.cttech.org/

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