For information, call:
803-641-3741
or email us at:
info@aikenlearning.org


Recent News


Recent news below. Read All The News here.

Printed Catalog and Holiday Schedule

Posted: 1:33 PM 12/19/2024
The printed catalog was mailed earlier this week. If you are on our catalog mailing list, you should receive yours in the next few days. Let us know if you don't receive it by the end of next week.

Also, the University will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 23rd through January 2nd. If you need on-campus help, call campus police at 843-641-3319. The staff has placed some catalogs in the hallway between Rooms 103 and 104 of the B&E Building for pickup during the holidays. Happy Holidays!

Spring Semester Schedule Posted

Posted: 6:19 AM 12/3/2024
The schedule for spring semester classes has been posted to this website. Go to the summary schedule page for a quick look at the courses available. Spring classes will begin January 13, 2025. Registration begins at the start of Open House (see next news item).

Open House

Posted: 6:14 AM 12/1/2024
Our Open House will be held Wednesday, January 8, 2025, from 9:00 AM until noon, in the B&E Building, Rooms 122 & 116. Come get your questions answered and register for classes. This time is also the start of online registration for the spring semester. You may see our Open House advertising poster at locations around town.

Topical Index of Courses

Click the course name in the index1 to go to full details about a course. Courses are removed from the index after the last class is held.

A membership fee of $35.00 per semester is required to take courses. Each course has an additional cost, based on number of class meetings, as shown in the details of the course description. You may see a summary of course information here.

Pre-registration is required for all courses; see registration information here. Registration opens January 8, 9:00 AM, for both Open House and online. You may not register for a course until that time.

Apple Technology

8. iPhone 101

26. Apple Watch

29. iPhone 102

45. Apple Help Lab

46. iPhone/iPad Camera

58. Using MacBooks and iMacs

60. iPhone/iPad iCloud

Dance

22. Line Dancing

31. Ballet and Other Dance Forms

Ecology

55. Common Shorebirds of South Carolina

78. Savannah River Ecology Lab (SREL): Research, Education, Outreach Missions

Field Trips

84. Plant Vogtle Tour (Section A)

85. Plant Vogtle Tour (Section B)

86. The Thompson Family Cemetery Tour

Gardening

20. Freaky and Fabulous Fungi

48. The World of Ferns

69. Creating a Butterfly Haven

Genealogy

75. Genealogy

General

16. Private Land Conservation

28. Star Wars and Star Trek

33. Advance Planning of Your Final Funeral Wishes

47. What to Know About End-of-Life Preparation

56. Humans are Good—Dogs & Cats are Better

71. Seizing Power

72. Chess Mate: For Beginners

Government

27. Understanding the Federal Court System

History

4. NATO: Then, Now, & Future

11. History in Headstones: A Simple Guide to Cemeteries

14. America's Birth Through Women's Eyes

18. Three Centuries of SC Women

30. Near Misses & Untold Truths

36. Great Decisions

38. The Glory That Was Greece

42. Life as an Indian Trader

50. Exploring an 18th Century Pantry

51. Lewis & Clark Expedition

57. Venona Papers: Cold War Espionage

63. 1936 Berlin Olympics

66. The Grandeur That was Rome

68. Life in Medieval Europe

74. Recipes of the Great Depression

76. Impacts of the American Civil War

80. 1775 & The Shot Heard Round the World

Literature & Poetry

49. Poetry Appreciation and Explanation

70. Mysteries Behind the Writing of Dracula

73. Inside The Suitcase

Local

40. Savannah River Plant Retrospective

53. Influential Aikenites

59. Helene and Its Impact on the CSRA

61. Edgefield Pottery History

65. Martha Kitchings Seawright Ellison

67. Historic Hotels of Aiken

Music

41. Who's Afraid of Opera

82. Beethoven's Ninth

83. History of Eurovision

Nuclear Technology

15. Nuclear Waste Resolutions: New Discoveries

62. Used Nuclear Fuel

Other Technology

1. Introduction to Digital Networks

3. Introduction to AI: Understanding the Future Implications

9. Introduction to Chromebooks

32. Using Android Devices

35. Applied AI: A Practical Guide for Making AI Work for You (Section A)

39. Applied AI: A Practical Guide for Making AI Work for You (Section B)

Personal Technology

12. Facebook Security

13. Home Security

17. Computer Security

19. Home Surveillance Systems

21. TV Streaming

25. Fight Back Against Computer Scams

43. Smart Home Solutions

44. Advanced Computer/Tech Scams

52. Google Picasa Photo Editing

Travel

10. Canadian Rockies Travelogue

54. Europe 1985: A Trip Like no Other

79. Panama Canal Cruise

Well Being

23. Brain and Body Fitness I

24. Brain and Body Fitness II

64. Introduction to Meditation

77. Meditation with Falun Dafa

81. Is It Just Heartburn?

Windows Technology

2. Exploring Windows

5. Excel 101

6. PowerPoint Made Easy

7. Unlocking MS Word

34. One Drive

37. Excel 102



Footnotes

1. If the list of courses in the index is outdated (i.e., shows last semester's courses) or you reach a page entitled Semester Completed (after the next semester's schedule has been posted), reload (refresh) the page by pressing F5 (Windows) or Command+R (Mac) or by clicking the reload icon (clockwise circular arrow). If that does not work, reload the page directly from the web server by pressing (or pressing and clicking) together the keys and icons listed below :

  • For all browsers on Windows: Ctrl+F5
  • For Safari on MacOS: Shift+click reload icon
  • For Chrome or Firefox on MacOS: Command+Shift+R
.