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Weekend College offers new choices

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Sundays at Cascade

The campus will be open and classes will be held on all Sundays during spring term. This includes April 8th and May 27th.

The demands of modern life can make it difficult to find the time for many things that people may want to do, from recreational activities to going back to school. A new PCC initiative, though, makes it a little easier to fit classes into a busy life.

Starting in April, PCC will offer Weekend College, an assortment of classes scheduled exclusively on weekends, from Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. Weekend College will offer a slate of courses from a range of academic departments, including art, biology, business administration, computer applications, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, education, history, math and multimedia.

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“The Weekend College is a great opportunity for people who desire to improve their job skills, earn a degree and further their education, but who may have family obligations, jobs and other factors that prevent them from going to college during the week,” said Algie Gatewood, Cascade Campus president.

Gatewood said the classes will be identical to those offered in the regular college schedule, including laboratory time, materials and quality of instruction. The only difference will be longer class periods made necessary by the weekend schedule. Just like regularly scheduled classes, Weekend College classes can be used to earn credit toward an eventual degree or certificate.

“In a nutshell, it’s a package of courses aimed at working people, parents and others who have a difficult time attending college during regular hours,” said Gatewood. “If the program is successful, it will eventually be offered at each of PCC’s comprehensive campuses.”

Beth Fitzgerald, head of Cascade’s Multimedia Department, said that people looking to get started in a multimedia career can use Weekend College to begin that journey. Cascade’s introductory Multimedia course, Fitzgerald added, offers a thorough look at the demands and possibilities of the discipline, and leaves students in a good position to decide on their next educational step.

Weekend College Logo“It enables students to make a good decision about where their education is going,” she said, “as well as good consumer decisions in terms of the kinds of hardware and software they want to purchase.”

Course Options

Weekend College makes its debut at the Cascade campus this spring term. It’s aimed at people with day jobs, people with families, people like you who have a hard time attending class at regular hours. Choose a subject below to see what will be available this spring term:

Class number Class name CRN Date and time
Art
ART 181 Painting I 21637 Sat. 9am-2:50pm
ART 281 Painting II 21906 Sat. 9am-2:50pm
Business Administration
BA 101 Intro. to Business 20482 Sat. 9am-12:50
BA 131 Computers in Business 27106 Sun. 1pm-4:50pm
BA 177 Payroll Accounting 24509 Sat. 9am-11:50am
BA 211 Principles of Accounting I 27318 Sun. 10am-3:50pm
BA 212 Principles of Accounting II 27319 Sun. 10am-3:50pm
BA 250 Small Business Management 22806 Sat. 9am-11:50am
Biology
BI 101 Biology 27324 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lecture
27325 Sun. 9am-11:50am Lab
BI 112 Cell Biology for Health Occupations 26287 Sat. 9am-4:50pm Lecture
26288 Sat. 11:30am-2:20pm Lab
BI 145 Intro. to Wildlife Conservation and Management 26289 Sat. 9:30am-12:20pm Lecture
27148 Sat. 1pm-3:50pm Lab
BI 231 Human Anatomy and Physiology I 27326 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lecture
27327 Sun. 9am-11:50am Lab
BI 233 Human Anatomy and Physiology III 24091 Fri. 6pm-8:50pm Lecture
25659 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lab
OR
25660 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lecture
25661 Sat. 1pm-3:50pm Lab
Computer Applications and Office Systems
CAS 111D Beginning Website: Dreamweaver 22237 Sat. 8am-12:50pm
CAS 140 Beginning Access 24159 Sat. 8am-12:50pm
CAS 175 Introduction to Flash 22239 Sat. 1pm-5:50pm
CAS 216 Beginning Word 21132 Sat. 8am-12:50pm
CAS 217 Intermediate Word 20991 Sat. 8am-12:50pm
Chemistry
CH 104 General Chemistry 24082 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lecture
24083 Sat. 12 noon-12:50pm Recitation
24085 Sat. 1:30pm-4:20pm Lab
OR
27321 Sun. 9am-11:00am Lab
Criminal Justice
CJA 112 Intro. to Justice Systems: Courts 25917 Sat. 1pm-3:50pm
CJA 279 Policy Analysis for CJ Professionals 26991 Sat. 8am-5:50pm
Economics
EC 201 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics 27311 Fri. 6pm-7:50pm, Sat. 9am-11:50am
Education
ED 112 Intro. to Children’s Literature 26273 Sat. 9am-1:50pm
ED 224 Foundations of Education 22480 Sat. 12 noon-2:50pm
Emergency Medical Technician
CEU931I EMT Basic/CPR Recertification 24786 Sun. 8am-5pm
CEU983B Paramedic Recertification 28050 Sat. 8am-5pm, Sun. 8am-5pm
Fire Protection
FP 203am Intro. Firefighting Tac. & Strat. 22218 Sat. 8:30am-4:50pm
FP 211 Bldg. Constr. for Firefighters 22694 Sun. 8:30am-4:50pm
FP 243 Laws Affecting Firefighting 22922 Sat. 8am-5:50pm
FP 9020 Fire Department Budgets 20894 Sat. 8am-5:50pm
FP 9050 Public Rel. Information & Ed. 20896 Sat. 8am-5:50pm
History
HST 201 History of the U.S. I 27310 Fri. 6pm-7:50pm, Sat. 9am-11:50am
Multimedia
MM 110 Introduction to Multimedia 21134 Fri. 3pm-6:50pm, Sat. 9am-3:20pm
MM 120 Multimedia Design 21135 Fri. 3pm-6:50pm, Sat. 8am-2:20pm
MM 130 MM Graphic Video & Audio Prod 21138 Fri. 3pm-6:50pm, Sat. 9am-3:20pm
MM 140 Multimedia Authoring I 21142 Fri. 3pm-7:50pm, Sat. 9am-4:50pm
MM 150 MM Proj. Review, Test & Delivery 21143 Fri. 3pm-6:50pm, Sat. 9am-2:50pm
MM 233 3D Character Model and Animation 28015 Sat. 12 noon-2:50pm
Math
MTH 111B Col. Alg.-Bus., Mgmt., Life, Soc. Sci. 26889 Sat. 10am-12:20pm, Sun. 10am-12:20pm
MTH 60 Introductory Algebra, First Term 26886 Sat. 9am-9:50am + 4 hours per week online.
Physics
PHY 202 General Physics 23974 Sat. 9am-11:50am Lecture
25644 Sat. 1pm-3:50pm Lab
Writing
WR 121 English Composition 28165 Sat. Sun. 1pm-2:50pm

For weekend classes at other PCC campuses, see the online class schedule.

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