Personal Enrichment
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The Community Programs Continuing Education department has a long tradition of providing learning opportunities in the community. Personal Enrichment courses include dance, music, drawing, painting, language, health/fitness, and other special-interest courses. In addition, a multitude of online course offerings are available. |
Two Ways to Register
1 - Online
Register online by clicking the "View Course Dates & Registration" button listed with your course and logging in to the CE portal. Please read the MC Continuing Education Portal Instructions first.
MC Continuing Education Portal Instructions (pdf)
2 - By phone
(432) 685-4518 NOTE:Credit/debit cards are not accepted over the phone
Payment Options
- Credit/Debit Card payments must be made online (Visa, MasterCard and Discover)
- Cash, Checks, Money Orders, Traveler’s Checks, are accepted
New Students
Providing your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER is Important
A social security number is required to identify student's permanent records. The Midland College registration system automatically encrypts a student’s social security number into a student identification number. The student ID is used for all internal printed material and provides additional protection of a students’ privacy.
Students are urged to become familiar with the student ID number and to use it when
communication with College offices. Students are requested to provide their social
security number to the College for maintenance of their student records; it also allows
the College to meet federal and state-reporting requirements.
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DRIVER EDUCATION (ONLINE)
Midland College and Safety-USA are proud to offer three online Texas Education Agency-approved driving courses.
- The Safety-USA Teen Driver Education course (course fee $129.95) is required for students ages 14-17 seeking their Texas driver license for the first time.
- The Adult Driver Education course (course fee $65) is required for first-time Texas driver license applicants ages 18-25.
- The Defensive Driving course (course fee $25) is approved for traffic ticket dismissal by all Texas courts and can be used for a discount on automotive insurance.
Safety-USA has offered comprehensive courses to over 100,000 people and has over 10 years of experience in driver training and driver safety courses. They have designed online courses that remain the best in the industry. All courses are available online and completed at one’s own pace.
Texas-based customer services offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For more information or to register, visit https://tx-dps.com/affiliates/midland-college and click the “Courses” tab and then click the “Online Driver Education” tab.
All instructor-facilitated online courses run for six weeks (with a 10-day grace period at the end). Courses are project-oriented and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links, and more. You can complete any of these courses entirely from your home or office and at any time of the day or night. Course such as these:
- Lose Weight and Keep it Off
- Helping Elderly Parents
- Mastering Digital Photography: Photographing People
- SAT/ACT Pre-Courses
- LSAT Preparation
- GMAT Preparation
- Luscious, Low-Fat, Lightning-Quick Meals
- Discover Sign Language and so much more!
Get started today!
- Visit our Online Instruction Center: https://www.ed2go.com/midlandcollege/.
- Click the Courses link, choose the department and course title you are interested in and select the Enroll Now button. Follow the instructions to enroll and pay for your course. Here you will choose a username and password that will grant you access to the Classroom.
- When your course starts, return to our Online Instruction Center and click the Classroom link. To begin your studies, simply log in with the username and password you selected during enrollment.
MORE COURSES AVAILABLE AT OUR ONLINE INSTRUCTION CENTER
Pilates/Yoga/Stretching
Participation in a series of exercises designed to incorporate a mind/body relationship to strengthen the body’s core along with the entire body. Instructor: Marsha Barreraz. Located in PE building, Multi-Purpose Room
RECR9310.CP00211Q
Tuesdays and Thursdays, September 14 – November 18, 12 – 1 pm
$60
More Information and Registration
Boot Camp 101
Variety of cardiovascular conditioning and strength training movements using a variety of body weighted exercises and equipment.
RECR9315.CP00211Q
Mondays and Wednesdays, September 13 – November 17, 12 – 1 pm
$60
Course for Motorcycle Riders ... Learn to Ride!
Motorcycle Training Center and Midland College presents the Course for Motorcycle Riders. The owners, managers and rider coaches at the Motorcycle Training Center Inc. are dedicated to providing the highest quality motorcycle operator safety courses in the State of Texas.
We provide the classes required to obtain your Texas Motorcycle License!
To register, visit www.texasmtc.com
Celtic Fiddle ‘Play by Ear’
This online course is self-automated which includes some ‘live’ instructor Q&A Sessions. These ‘live’ sessions will be eventually phased out and replaced with recorded compilations in this introduction course.
Beginners
Imagine if you could play Celtic Fiddle with increased confidence. In this 6-week
course, we cover techniques to help you develop the skills of playing Celtic fiddle
tunes by ear. The course includes instructional videos, tunes to apply the techniques,
three 'live' Q&A sessions, reviews and replays. Students can attend in their own time,
and Q&A sessions are recorded. An introductory course for those new to the violin
and have been playing, or for those who want to learn how to ‘play by ear’ instead
of from sheet music. Classes are run online in small groups where students take turns
at using their own violin. The technique lessons include variable speed tune recordings
to get you match fit to join in a live Celtic music session with other Celtic musicians.
This course is delivered via an online streaming platform and Zoom (or similar).
Don’t worry if you don’t think you have the skills; you can switch over to our free
Absolute Beginners course to learn the basics (runs at the start of each term) and
you can rejoin the Beginners class when you are ready.
MUSC9469.CP00211Q
Online
Saturdays, September 4 – October 9
$150
MUSC9469.CP01211Q
Online
Saturdays, October 23 – November 27
$150
Intermediate
This 6-week self-paced intermediate course with three Q&A sessions builds on the Beginners course and the focus, in this course, turns to shaping a player’s sound and building their playing confidence. In addition, the course starts to look at a wider range of rhythms of tunes and examines various ways to play these tunes with decorations. This course suits both students who have completed the Beginners course as well as established players.
MUSC9469.CP01204Q
Online
Saturdays, July 17 – August 21
$297
MUSC9469.CP02211Q
Online
Saturdays, October 30 – December 4
$297
Absolute Beginners
The Absolute Beginners course is offered FREE to any student who registers for the Beginners course.
MUSC9469.CP03211Q
Saturdays, September 5 – October
Questions?
Community Programs Office
cecommunityprograms@midland.edu
(432) 685-4518
LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO or VOICE LESSONS
Would you like to learn the basic skills of learning and playing the piano, or would you like to take voice lessons and learn to sing or sing better? Take individualized courses by Janice N. Archer. The instructor provides music or you can bring your own. Enjoy music from different genres such as spiritual, mariachi or rock and roll.
Janice N. Archer sets all dates and times. Cost is $22 for half-hour sessions. Short or long-term lessons available; any age is accepted and classes are taught in English or Spanish.
Call instructor at (432) 631-3966, or the Continuing Education office at (432) 685-4518 for further information.
Retirement Planning Today
In this course you’ll learn how to: manage investment risks, use new tax laws to your advantage, make informed decisions about your company retirement plan, and adjust your estate plan to function properly under the new laws.
However, money is only one aspect of retirement planning. This course blends financial education with life planning to help you build wealth, align your money with your values, and achieve your retirement lifestyle goals.
The instructor is William (Bill) Dendy, JD, MBA, CPA, CPF®, CLU, President of Elite Financial Management, Inc., and has 27 years of professional experience in investments and financial planning.
This course includes a 225-page illustrated textbook. Couples may attend together for a single registration fee. Class sizes are limited so register today. Class is located in the Marie Hall Academic Building, Room 101.
Updated class information will be added summer 2021
For more information, visit the Elite Financial Management website.
Digital Photography Basics
This 8-week course will be an overview of the many facets of photography and is designed to help lovers of photography get the most out of their camera. Each student will use their own digital camera, preferably a DSLR, to learn camera controls and functions, as well as the basics of light, shadow, composition, and framing.
Designed for the beginner and enthusiast alike, this course is structured to enforce photography basics, as well as push each photographer in their own personal creativity and craft through lecture, discussion, in-class group exercises, and outside assignments.
RECR9472.CP00211Q
Tuesdays, September 14 – November 2
7 – 9 pm
$95
Instructor, Mary Kathryn Wimberly
More Information and Registration
Scotland - Prehistory to Unification
A quick study of the geology, myth and facts of Scotland's people, kings and wars leading to the nation we know and revere today. Handouts and maps.
MISC9681.CP00211Q
Thursdays, September 21 – October 19
7 – 8:30 pm
$25
Instructor, Shirley Ayn Linder, BA, MA
More Information and Registration
Voice-Overs ... NOW is YOUR Time (Online)
In what could be the one of most enlightening hours you’ve ever spent, this class will show you how YOU could actually begin using your speaking voice for commercials, films, videos and more! Most people go about it the wrong way. In this class, you will learn about a unique, outside-of-the-box way to cash in on one of the most lucrative full or part-time careers out there!
This is a business that you can handle on your own terms, on your own turf, in your own time, and with practically no overhead! And NOW is the best time to make this happen as new companies are looking for new voices like never before. This exciting and fun class could be the game changer you’ve been looking for! Participants will be provided with logon information after registering.
MISC9680.CP00211Q
Thursday, Oct0ber 7, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
$50
DRIVER EDUCATION (ONLINE)
Midland College and Safety-USA are proud to offer three online Texas Education Agency-approved driving courses.
- The Safety-USA Teen Driver Education course (course fee $129.95) is required for students ages 14-17 seeking their Texas driver license for the first time.
- The Adult Driver Education course (course fee $65) is required for first-time Texas driver license applicants ages 18-25.
- The Defensive Driving course (course fee $25) is approved for traffic ticket dismissal by all Texas courts and can be used for a discount on automotive insurance.
Safety-USA has offered comprehensive courses to over 100,000 people and has over 10 years of experience in driver training and driver safety courses. They have designed online courses that remain the best in the industry. All courses are available online and completed at one’s own pace.
Texas-based customer services offered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For more information or to register, visit https://tx-dps.com/affiliates/midland-college and click the “Courses” tab and then click the “Online Driver Education” tab.
ed2go
All instructor-facilitated online courses run for six weeks (with a 10-day grace period at the end). Courses are project-oriented and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links, and more. You can complete any of these courses entirely from your home or office and at any time of the day or night. Course such as these:
- Lose Weight and Keep it Off
- Helping Elderly Parents
- Mastering Digital Photography: Photographing People
- SAT/ACT Pre-Courses
- LSAT Preparation
- GMAT Preparation
- Luscious, Low-Fat, Lightning-Quick Meals
- Discover Sign Language and so much more!
Get started today!
- Visit our Online Instruction Center: https://www.ed2go.com/midlandcollege/.
- Click the Courses link, choose the department and course title you are interested in and select the Enroll Now button. Follow the instructions to enroll and pay for your course. Here you will choose a username and password that will grant you access to the Classroom.
- When your course starts, return to our Online Instruction Center and click the Classroom link. To begin your studies, simply log in with the username and password you selected during enrollment.
MORE COURSES AVAILABLE AT OUR ONLINE INSTRUCTION CENTER
Additional Information & Policies
TUITION AND FEES
Tuition and fees must be paid in full by 12:00 pm (noon) two business days prior to the first class day. Some departments may require payment earlier, students need to verify, at time of registration, when their payment will be due. Students will only be contacted if a course is cancelled or if any changes are made to the course information originally published in the CE schedule. Tuition and fees are based on the number of course hours, instruction costs, and equipment and building use.
REFUND/CANCELLATION POLICY
Courses that lack sufficient enrollment will be cancelled by 12:00 pm one-business
days prior to the first class day. If a course is cancelled, the continuing education
department makes every effort to notify all registered students promptly. Students
will only be contacted if a course is cancelled or if any changes are made to the
course information originally published in the CE schedule.
Each Continuing Education class has a minimum student enrollment requirement that
has to be met in order for the class to make. Paid students that are enrolled in a
cancelled course will automatically be issued a refund from our accounting department.
No cash refunds will be issued.
Students will receive 100% refund (less a $10 processing fee) if they drop prior to the first class day; they will receive an 80% refund (less $10) if they drop before the second class day. With the exception of extenuating circumstances, students will not receive a refund for a one-day class if they drop on the day of the class. No refunds will be given after the second class day. It is the student's responsibility to cancel their registration. Allow 30 days for a refund.
PARKING PERMITS
Students enrolled in CE courses at MC Main Campus will receive a parking permit the first day of class.