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Changes to the Printed Catalog
Posted: 6:17 AM 10/4/2025
If you see a course listed in the printed catalog that is no longer on the website, it has been canceled. This is usually due to an enrollment lower than our minimum for teaching a class or a conflict that developed in the instructor's schedule. We maintain a list of all changes to the printed catalog that you may refer to.
New Details for Course
Posted: 4:16 PM 10/2/2025
Please see the course descirption for Edgefield Pottery History for an update regarding the meeting location for an off-campus field trip on November 4 for registered students.
New Feature for All The News
Posted: 11:36 AM 9/21/2025
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Topical Index of Courses
Click the course name in the index1 to go to full details about a course.
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Apple Technology
Current Events
US-China Trade War: Why Did it Happen and How Will it End
Dance
Gardening
General
Gullah Geeche and the Linguistics of the Lowcountry
Advance Planning of Your Final Funeral Wishes
How to Read a Company's Financial Statements
Incidental Experts: Developing Information Literacy Skills Through Hobbies and Special Interests
Essential End of Life Preparation
Government
History
The American Homefront During WWII
Relativity and the Genius of Albert Einstein
Modern America Through Women's Eyes
Hadrian's Wall: History and Photographs
History and Current Status of the Wild American Mustang
South Carolina in the Revolutionary War
Army Chaplains: A Personal View
The 45: How Not to Restore the Stuarts
Witches, Vampires, and Superstitions in the Early-Modern Age (1500-1800)
Cathedrals, Cloisters, and Crypts
Loyalists in the American Revolution
History in Headstones: Jewish Changemakers
Literature
Local
Aiken's Pine Lawn Cemetery: The New and Old
Dining Out In Aiken: The Highs and Lows
The Story of Aiken: A Tale in Three Parts
Music
Who's Afraid of Opera: The Met in HD
Other Technology
Introduction to Digital Networks
Introduction to AI: Understanding the Future Implications
Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section A)
Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section B)
Applied Artificial Intelligence (Section C)
Personal Technology
Fight Back Against Computer/Tech Scams
Popular Culture
Information Literacy, Fake News, and Civil Discourse in a Digital Environment
Excelsior! The Mighty Magic of Marvel
Science
Wading Birds of South Carolina
What's New in the Nuclear Fusion Industry?
Travel
Well Being
Brain and Body Fitness–Advanced
Windows Technology
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