2009 CCBC College Catalog

Community Education

The Community Education department makes lifelong learning education accessible, convenient and enjoyable. Hundreds of course options touch every generation from youth to senior citizen and strive to put the college in everyone’s neighborhood. Through Community Education, CCBC provides courses throughout the region in public schools, libraries, senior centers and various community centers, as well as on CCBC’s main campuses. Programs include:

Adult and Family Literacy focuses on helping adult learners master basic reading and math skills. In partnership several county agencies and grant funding from Maryland Literacy Works and U.S. Department of Education, this area offers:

  • Instruction to improve academic skills
  • GED preparation
  • Workplace literacy services
  • External High School Diploma Program (EDP)
  • English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
  • ESOL Family Literacy
  • Volunteer Tutoring

The Community Education program offers more than 3,000 community education courses each year, providing learning opportunities for more than 10,000 students. Curricula feature both introductory and in-depth learning experiences in areas such as:

  • Arts
  • Crafts and Hobbies
  • Performing Arts
  • Online Courses
  • Floral Design
  • Dance
  • Music
  • SCUBA
  • Career Training
  • Fitness
  • History
  • Languages
  • Personal Finance
  • Small Business
  • Writing
  • Boating Safety
  • Captain’s Licensing

The Youth Enrichment Center focuses on classes for students age 16 and under. The Center provides area youth the opportunity to learn in a fun, engaging environment. From toddler to teen, the Center offers courses that include:

  • Arts
  • Gifted and Talented
  • Summer Camps
  • Home Schooling
  • Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Languages
  • Computer Technology

The Senior Institute plays a vital role in the lives of thousands of older adults. The Institute offers a vast and eclectic array of courses and programs. Organizations providing residential services for seniors can arrange customized contract courses for their residents.

  • Computers
  • Music
  • Fitness
  • Foreign Languages
  • Fine Arts
  • History
  • Contemporary Issues

The Center for Alternative Customized College Education for Special Students (A.C.C.E.S.S.) offers customized contract courses to non-profit agencies serving individuals with developmental, emotional, and physical disabilities. Organizations serving these individuals are encouraged to contact us to arrange for contract courses to be held at their location or at one of the College campuses. Courses offered through our program include instruction in basic education, vocational preparation, life skills training, and personal development, all of which enable individuals with disabilities to become productive members of society. The Center provides courses in:

  • Adult Basic Education
  • Vocational Preparation
  • Life Skills Training
  • Comunication Skills
  • Fitness
  • Computer Technology
  • Creative Arts Courses
  • Skills Training for Caregivers of the Disabled

Single Step offers academic, life, pre-vocational, and career programming designed specifically for individuals with learning differences and disabilities that impact learning. Courses are offered on CCBC campuses on the east and west sides of the county. Single Step’s mission is to meet the transition, career training, and lifelong learning needs of the greater Baltimore area’s disabled community. Day, evening, and weekend courses are available. Programs include:

  • Transition Program focusing on academic, prevocational, and life skills
  • Childcare Program (MD State 90-Hour Childcare Certificate)
  • Warehouse Technician Certification Program (Forklift Certificate and CCBC Completion Certificate)
  • Clerical and Office Skills Program (CCBC Completion Certificate)
  • CCBC Harbour Horizons (CCBC Completion Certificate)

Evening and Weekend courses include:

  • Beginning Literacy for Special Learners
  • Interpersonal and Communication Skills
  • Literacy and the Young Child
  • Mathematics and the Young Child
  • Science and the Young Child
  • Managing the Early Childhood Classroom
  • Basic Skills for Independent Travel
  • Writing and Speaking Skills
  • Culinary Calculations: Math, Money, Food, and Dining
  • The Garden Project: Geometry, Art and Science in Your Own Backyard
  • Basic Skills and Concepts for Visual Arts
  • The New Frontier: From Entitlement to Eligibility

The Job Network is a partnership with the Baltimore County Department of Social Services and HumanIm, Inc., to assist welfare applicants and recipients in gaining economic self-sufficiency. The program has been a major force in workforce development in the Baltimore metropolitan area since August, 2000. Job Network offers comprehensive fulltime services including classes to develop job search and interviewing skills, computer classes, as well as case-management services to assist students in identifying and removing barriers to work, and job placement and job retention assistance.

Travel Studies

From day trips that can satisfy a whim, to overnight and weekend excursions, our Travel, Learn, and Grow Programs can take you far and wide. Broadway shows, museums, historic sites, wine tasting, mansions of the rich and famous, gardens, history, and more. CCBC has something for everyone.

We collaborate with both credit and non-credit faculty to develop travel tours that enhance the education in the classroom. Learn about the Salem witch trials and then visit the place where it all happened in a docent-lead tour. Traveling overseas, we have language classes that will teach you the language of the country you are visiting.

CCBC's study abroad program can be divided into two categories - those that focus on an academic environment and those that do not. If you are thinking about studying abroad, our International Travel Study program office is available to help.

Discover local attractions, discover America, or travel to worldwide destinations. Our Travel, Learn, and Grow offerings will provide you with your choices of vacations and getaways at a reasonable cost.

What better way to increase your thirst for travel and knowledge than to give yourself first hand experiences through one of CCBC's many options in our travel programs.