Spring 2008 Credit-Free Courses Continuing Education Classes Beginning February-May Table of Contents Continuing Education General Information & Catalog Requests .... (860) 512-2800 Allied Health ..................................................................3-4 Art & Crafts ....................................................................5-9 Credit-Free Programs .........................................(860) 512-2800 Boating ............................................................................33 Director, Ann Bonney [email protected] Body, Mind & Spirit ....................................................10-13 Prog. Assoc., Stephen Campiglio .... [email protected] Computer Technology .................................................14-22 Sec. II, Jessie Bradley [email protected] Cuisine .......................................................................23-24 Ed. Asst., Steve Starger [email protected] Culture & History .......................................................25-26 Dance ........................................................................26-27 Credit-Free Phone-In Registration ...............(860) 512-3232 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday ....................Mastercard or VISA Drama .............................................................................28 Offering courses for professional development and personal enrichment English as a Second Language .........................................29 Business & Industry Services .......................(860) 512-2813 Family, Finance & Consumer Issues .................................30 Director, Eileen Stern ................. [email protected] Fitness & Recreation ...................................................32-35 Providing employers and employees with workplace programs and training Gardening .......................................................................36 Computer Technology .................................(860) 512-2808 Languages ..................................................................37-39 Maps & Directions ...........................................43, 45 & 51 Coordinator, Bruce Manning [email protected] Providing state-of-the-art computer training Music ..............................................................................39 EMT & Certified Nurse-Aide Training ..........(860) 512-2805 Organization of Active Adults ..........................................60 Online Courses ..........................................................52-59 Coordinator, Ann Machin [email protected] Preparing students for the State exams Photography ...............................................................41-42 Professional Development ..........................................43-47 Excursions in Learning ................................(860) 512-2804 Real Estate ..................................................................45-46 Coordinator, Susan Meisler [email protected] Registration Information & Form .................................66-67 Offering courses for high-achieving, academically motivated children Web Registration Information ..........................................66 Credit Extension Courses ............................(860) 512-2803 Writing, Publishing & Literature .................................48-51 Dean, Melanie Haber [email protected] Spring Excursions in Learning (Youth Programs) College by Design, Winter/Summer credit extension courses Spring Excursions in Learning Courses ......................62-65 Sec. II, Gloria Moeller ......... [email protected] Excursions in Learning Registration Form .......................61 COVER ART : "BUTTERFLIES " by Maura O’Connor (see course listing on page 48) What’s Your Subject? NEW We’ve added nearly 70 new courses for the spring session. Highlights include: How to Navigate the Supermarket for Healthy Selections .....................4 CT Cultural Heritage Arts Bus Tours: Franco-American Traditions and Introduction to Murals ................................................................................5 Maple Sugaring AND Eastern European Art and Traditions ..............25 Explorations in Collage and Mixed Media ................................................5 Exploring Eastern CT’s Past through Local History .............................25 Color Theory for Colored Pencil ...............................................................6 New England Lighthouses .......................................................................26 Wood Carving for Beginners .....................................................................9 Estate Planning for Children and Adults with Special Needs ..............31 Correcting Workplace Ergonomic Issues the Feldenkrais® Way .........10 Nutritional Concepts for Fitness Professionals ....................................32 Creating a Vision Board ...........................................................................12 Intrigued by Codebreaking? Learn it for Yourself! ................................35 Expression Introduction and Intermediate ............................................16 Organic Vegetable Gardening .................................................................36 Excel: Advanced Topics ...........................................................................19 Sanskrit for Yoga and Meditation Practitioners .....................................37 Accessibility Issues and Microsoft Windows XP ..................................20 Introduction to Sign Language ...............................................................39 VB.NET Programming Advanced ............................................................22 Jazz on Asylum Hill: Brad Mehldau ........................................................39 Southern Italy—Cuisine of the Sun: Exploring Foods of the The History of Music from Baroque Era to Classical ............................39 Mezzogiorno ...........................................................................................23 Advanced Digital SLR ..............................................................................42 Tempeh: Tofu’s Textures and Cultured Cousin .....................................23 My Publisher .............................................................................................42 Pizza, Pitas, and Gyros ............................................................................23 Continuing Education for Real Estate Professionals ...........................45 Older Vintages versus Young Vintages ..................................................24 “One-Day College”: Express Yourself–From Inspiration to Creation ..48 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Learning to Appreciate Zora Neale Hurston: Queen of the Harlem Renaissance ......................49 Renaissance and Baroque Art..............................................................25 Explorations in Film & Literature: Rabbit-Proof Fence .........................49 www.mcc.commnet.edu 2 Credit-Free Phone-In Registration (860) 512-3232 Allied Health Pharmacy Technician Certification Training BRIDGES TO HEALTH CAREERS SCHOLARSHIPS This comprehensive, 60-hour course will prepare students for entry- Through the “Bridges to Health Careers Scholarships” from the U.S. level positions in community, hospital and long-term care settings, and Department of Labor [USDOL Grant # CB-15923-07-60-A-9], MCC’s for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) exam in order Division of Continuing Education is able to award partial scholarships to receive national certification (exam not included). Topics will include to eligible students for the following Allied Health programs: medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Training prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Students • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training will learn dosage calculation, I.V. flow rate, drug compounding, and • Pharmacy Technician Certification Training dose conversion. Dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, These scholarships are on a first-come, first-serve basis, with a limited billing, and insurance reimbursement will also be discussed. Please number of scholarships awarded per program. Please be sure to ask bring a calculator to class. Approximately three to six hours of clinical about the scholarship when registering for these programs. experience outside the course is mandatory and will be coordinated Scholarship eligibility requirements: with the student. The course fee includes the textbook, but does not Scholarships may be available for: include the PTCB exam fee, nor will the exam be given at MCC; please • low income check the PTCB web site for more exam information (www.ptcb.org). • minority Please note: Proof of high school diploma or GED is required to sit • English-as-a-second-language students for the PTCB exam, but this proof is not necessary to take the course. Scholarship awards are toward partial payment of tuition only. In addition, anyone convicted of a felony is not permitted to sit for Applications must be submitted at the time of registration. the exam. Prerequisite: A fluency in mathematics through algebra is For information regarding Allied Health programs and required to complete necessary pharmaceutical calculations. CRN #11454 20 sessions, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2/19-4/24, 6-9 p.m. scholarship applications, please call MCC Bldg.