Save this: Continuing Education catalog for Winter quarter

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Banish the depression of winter by signing up for Winter quarter Continuing Education classes at Shoreline Community College.

Classes start at different times and last for varying lengths of time.

Choose from Writing, Computing, Mind and Body, and Private Music Instruction.

To Enroll: 206-533-6706

For more information, contact Ron Carnell Email rcarnell@shoreline.edu Phone 206-533-6706

Office Hours:
  • Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
  • Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Shoreline Community College Winter Courses



Writing, Literature and Language

Writing for the Screen, Video and TV
$25.00
Join screenwriter and author, Wendy Haber for this comprehensive and unique writing course!
Students will have all the tools and resources needed to get started with a screenplay. It's your choice to actively engage and to become part of the process so your dream of writing a screenplay can become a reality.

Key topics:
• The writing process and interviews of screenwriters
• Formatting the screenplay
• Creating complex characters, the story arc and building a scene
• The language of screenplays and creating a writing space
• Editing and revising, setting a writing schedule and dialogue
• The first 10 pages of the screenplay
• The ending, the middle, creating conflict, dissecting scenes and screenplays, and the movie business.

Answering questions and giving additional resources to students are tailored to everyone's interests and add fluidity to make each class unique.
6:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesdays
Start date: 2/15/17 | End date: 3/1/17
Building 1100, Room 1101
Instructor: Haber, W | P-CAR 225 | Item 6923

Computing and Technology

Getting Started with Computers
$40.00
For many of us the mere thought of learning the basics of computer use can be uncomfortable, even overwhelming. This is a beginning level class designed to help you overcome these common anxieties, and get you emailing, researching, and working right away! Achieve a range of basics and practical applications for personal or business use. Topics include: Overview of PC hardware and software concepts, Windows10, saving, opening, and organizing files, word processing and spreadsheets, printing and Internet browsing, email use, and computer and Internet safety. No previous experience required. This course is PC only!

Textbook: Welcome to Computer Basics: Windows 10 and Office Online, Labyrinth Learning Publishers, ISBN 978-1-59136-791-8. Labyrinth Learning Item Number: 1-59136-791-3.
Available online, or visit: UW Bookstore, 4328 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105.
For assistance, please call: 206-634-3400 x331

4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesdays
Start date: 1/18/17 | End date: 2/15/17
Building 1300, Room 1308
Instructor: Berkley, W | P-CMP 102 | Item 6904

Design and Publish Your Home Business Website
$32.00
Students will design a basic, fully-finished, business site starting from scratch using Wordpress. Pick and purchase a domain. Set up hosting, install Wordpress and a theme. Add content and set up your site! Upon completion of a basic Wordpress website, you will learn how to market it on social media. Requirements:
Registration with Hostgator. Plan on investing approximately $100 for a year of hosting, domain registration, and other incidental costs of maintaining a website.

10:00am - 1:00pm Saturdays
Start date: 3/4/17 | End date: 3/11/17
Building 1300, Room 1308
Instructor: Ikuseghan, J. | P-CMP 103 | Item 6921

QuickBooks: A Serious Introduction for General Use and Payroll
$40.00
Get started with this valuable accounting software that is used by more than 80% of small to mid-sized businesses. You will learn the basics of how QuickBooks can aid you in performing daily, weekly, and monthly bookkeeping and accounting operations for a business. This one fills up fast, so register early! Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Windows environment and working with a mouse and keyboard. A memory stick or thumb drive is required for this class.

6:00-9:00 p.m. Thursdays
Start date: 1/19/176 | End date: 2/16/19
Building 1300, Room 1308
Instructor: Hudson, J.R.| P-CMP 104 | Item 6906

NEW! Word 2016 Essentials in Action!
$40.00
A serious introduction to the basics and beyond of this robust word processing program. You will create, edit, and proofread documents, change the look of text and the document, present information in columns and tabs and work with graphics, symbols, and diagrams. In addition:

· You will learn how to enhance your documents with watermarks and document parts.
· You will also learn how to use the powerful Mail Merge feature.

And here’s the exciting part! You will apply your newly learned Word skills in practical activities, such as creating a recipe document, building an address list, creating mailing list labels, etc. Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Windows environment, or Getting Started with Computers, or Integrated, Self-Paced Computer Lab. A memory stick or thumb drive is required for this class. This course is not recommended for Mac users.

Textbooks:
1. Logical Operations Choice: Microsoft Office Word 2016 Part 1
Course Number 091048S (Rev 3.0), , ISBN 1424625696.

· online from publisher or
· UW Bookstore.

2. Logical Operations Choice: Microsoft Office Word 2016 Part 2
Course Number 091049S (Rev 1.1), ISBN 1424625793.

· online from publisher or
· UW Bookstore.

Or visit: UW Bookstore, 4328 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105.
For assistance, please call: 206-634-3400 x331.

6:00-9:00 p.m. Wednesdays and Mondays
Start date: 1/18/17 | End date: 2/1/17
Building 1300, Room 1304
Instructor: Aldrich, M. | P-CMP 129 | Item 6908

NEW! Excel 2016 Essentials in Action!
$40.00
Get the basics and beyond for creating spreadsheets. You will create, edit and format a worksheet, perform calculations, print workbook contents, filter and sort data, and work with charts. You'll learn to use the Help and other built-in tools.

And here’s the exciting part! You will apply your newly learned Excel skills in practical activities, such as creating a household budget, creating a household inventory, etc.

Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Windows environment, or Getting Started with Computers, or Integrated, Self-Paced Computer Lab. A memory stick or thumb drive is required for this class. Word experience is helpful but not required.
This course is not recommended for Mac users.

Textbooks:

1. Logical Operations Choice: Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Part 1
Course Number 091055S (Rev 3.0), ISBN: 1424625718.
· online from publisher or
· UW Bookstore.

2. Logical Operations Choice: Microsoft Office Excel 2016 Part 2
Course Number 091056S (Rev 1.1) ISBN: 1424625815
· online from publisher or
· UW Bookstore.

Or visit: UW Bookstore, 4328 University Way, Seattle, WA 98105.
For assistance, please call: 206-634-3400 x331.

6:00-9:00 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
Start date: 2/27/17 | End date: 3/13/17
Building 1400, Room 1401
Instructor: Aldrich, M. | P-CMP 132 | Item 6909

PowerPoint 2016 Essentials
$25.00
PowerPoint is like an electronic slide show, but with a nearly endless choice of colors, fonts, and presentation styles. Create animations to make pictures appear and move, add impressive backgrounds, charts and tables, different kinds of art and graphics, and much more. Learn the skills to create a slide show of any kind, with tips on integrating your oral presentation. Additionally, with PowerPoint, you will gain intuition and insights for other graphics programs. Computer comfort required!

Textbook: FastCourse Microsoft PowerPoint 2016: Level 1, ISBN-13: 978-1-59136-961-5,
Labyrinth Learning Publishers.

Purchase book from:
· online from publisher or
· UW Bookstore

Or visit the UW Bookstore:
4328 University Way
Seattle, WA 98105

For assistance, please call: 206-634-3400 x331

4:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesdays
Start date: 3/15/17 | End date: 3/29/17
Building 1300, Room 1308
Instructor: Berkley, W | P-CMP 140 | Item 6913


Integrated, Self-paced Computer Lab
$76.00
Virtually any office position will require at least some experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Ready to get started? Come to a self-paced laboratory environment and work in the company of other job seekers. Learn and practice these programs:
  • Outlook: Set up contact lists. Save email drafts. Link keywords in email messages to websites, maps, and photos. Customize your email messages with your own signature.
  • Word: Set up and save documents. Organize files and folders. Learn mail merging.
  • Excel: Get the basics of data creation. Customize slide shows. A coach will help you navigate the software and help menus.
  • PowerPoint: Insert pictures onto slides. Create text blocks and shapes. Add depth and dimension to text and photos. Produce a slide show. 
This four-week course will prepare you for most any office environment, with all the one-on-one guidance you will need. It's also a great prerequisite to our singularly focused Microsoft application courses. Prerequisites: Familiarity with the Windows environment and working with a mouse and keyboard. A memory stick or thumb drive is required for this class.

4:00-7:00pm TWTh
Start date: 2/21/17 | End date: 3/16/17
Building 1300, Room 1302
Instructor: Bowen, K. | P-CMP 114 | Item 6907

Mind and Body

PAIN: Therapies and Treatment
$10.00
Avoid the opioid solution. We all know where that can lead.
A new offering by Ariele Huff, this workshop offers a buffet of useful remedies and methods for students to try. Even if you've failed to find adequate pain management techniques in the past, these are some amazing and easy strategies rooted in traditional medicine and alternative healing systems.

10:00am - 2:00pm Saturday
2/18/17 | Building 1100, Room 1101
Instructor: Huff, Ariele| CEHLT 301 | Item 6981

True Nature Qigong
$25.00
Instructor Sarah Storm describes Qigong (CHEE-gong) as "Meditation in Motion." In this class, we will learn to synchronize our breath, posture and intention to clear, energize and balance our energies. This allows our energy to flow more freely... we experience an increase in our state of well-being, more clarity and strength. No experience is required for this class and these exercises are slow moving and can be modified to meet the needs of each person's physical needs. 

6:00—7:30pm Wednesdays
Start date: 2/8/17 | End date: 3/15/17
Building 3000, Room 3002
Instructor: Storm, S | P-SKL 132 | Item 6914

NEW! Mindfulness Meditation
$25.00
Mind Body Awareness Meditation with Vishaka Smith Ph.D, builds confidence and will bring more clarity to your life and goals. Students will be provided with several different types of guided meditations and strategies to incorporate into their lives beyond their sitting meditation. These practices will help them to be more effective, healthy, happy and successful! Suitable for new and seasoned practitioners of meditation.

10:00—11:30am Saturdays
Start date: 2/11/17 | End date: 3/18/17
Building 3000, Room 3002
Instructor: Smith, V. | P-SKL 110 | Item 6955

Financial Management and Success

Get Rich, Stay Rich!

$10.00
Make money your friend and servant. This workshop is a step-by-step guide to bettering your life and your circumstances:
A money makeover! Wealth is within your grasp. Participants will leave with increased confidence and wealth awareness, a game plan, a treasure map, and step-by-step guidance, which has helped many become wealthy.

10:00am-2:00pm Saturday
Start date: 3/4/17
Building 1400, Room 1402
Instructor: Huff, A. | P-SKL 106 | Item 6925

You're in Charge: PODs, Blogs, and eBooks
$10.00
Published? You? You bet!
Learn about digital publishing (blogs, PODs, and eBooks). Digital tips help students spend little, earn well.

Goals/Objectives: At the end of the workshop the student will:

· Recognize several current ways to publish work: PODs, blogs, e-books, and e-zines.
· Have the necessary links and e-addresses to connect with PODs, blogs, e-books, and e-zines.
· Know the basics of creating Indie book projects.
· Understand the pros and cons of publishing choices, including traditional — publishing houses and agents.
· Have marketing strategies for Indie projects — how to get “free ink” and placement at local venues and on radio, television, You Tube, etc.

10:00am-2:00pm Saturday
3/18/17 | Building 1400, Room 1401
Instructor: Huff, A. | P-SKL 101 | Item 6912

Success! Buy and Sell on the Internet

$19.00
Learn how to create eBay, Amazon, and other seller accounts, create successful listings, load pictures, and accept credit card payment with PayPal. The course covers selling tips, tricks and traps, market analyses, and best ways to determine shipping costs. Also, discover where to get free shipping supplies, how to print shipping labels from your home computer, and get free home pickup. Please have at least a year experience navigating the web and a functional home operating system. A home printer/scanner is an added advantage, but not necessary. Lecture only.

6:00-900pm Wednesdays
Start date: 3/1/17| End date: 3/8/17
Building 1300, Room 1308
Instructor: Ikusegahn, J. | P-BUS 101 | Item 6916

Private Instruction Music Lessons
Voice • Guitar • Piano • Drums and Percussion • Brass and Woodwinds • Production
Shoreline Continuing Education now offers private instruction music lessons from our faculty at the SCC Music Building (Building 800). Lessons are offered in piano, voice, guitar, bass, percussion, brass and woodwinds.

Ten lessons of 30 minutes each are offered during the Summer and Fall Quarters, June 20 through December 2.
These weekly lessons are arranged between student and teacher, with a consistent agreed upon day and time.

Students study technique, sight-reading, rhythm, literature, and artistry, always at their own level, beginner through advanced. Beginning pianists and singers are encouraged to take the class piano and class voice courses at the college to gain some experience before private instruction lessons, but some beginners will be accepted for lessons when space is available.

Tuition for 10, 30-minute lessons for all disciplines: $399 + $5 tuning fee for piano lessons.

Enrolling is easy:
1. Register and pay tuition: Please contact Ron Carnell: (206) 533-6706
2. Arrange your meeting days, times, and classroom with your instructor.

Voice with Meg Stecker-Thorsen | Item 6510

mstecker@shoreline.edu (206) 546-4617
Morning and afternoon weekly lesson times, Mondays through Thursdays.
Please contact instructor for more information about available time slots.
Guitar with Andy Ferguson | Item 6511

AndrewFergusonGuitar@gmail.com (425) 941-5327
Piano with Helena Azevedo, Charles Enlow, Jensina Oliver | 6512

Helena Azevedo: hazevedo@shoreline.edu (206) 533-6608
Charles Enlow: cenlow@shoreline.edu (206) 546-4524
Jensina Oliver: jbyingto@shoreline.edu (206) 546-4618

Drums and Percussion with Don Dietrich and Karl Fagerstrom | 6514

dldieterich1@comcast.net (206) 782-3942
karl.fagerstrom@gmail.com (206) 792-6837

Brass and Woodwinds with Doug Reid and Jeff Kashiwa | Item 6513

dreid@shoreline.edu (206) 546-4759
jkashiwa@shoreline.edu (206) 533-6669


Updated 12-18-2016 with enrollment phone number

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