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Life Enrichment

Seniors Program

Learning is a lifelong experience!

Our Senior Adventures in Learning (SAIL) program provides a wide variety of Continuing Education classes on CCBC campuses, retirement communities and Baltimore County Senior Centers.

Our no-stress classes offer plenty of opportunity for social and cultural enrichment with no homework or tests! Wellness and fitness classes invigorate your body and sense of self. Learn new skills, develop hidden artistic talent and broaden your horizons through a variety of classes. Students aged 60+ only have to pay class fees.

Course Categories:

  • Arts and Hobbies: Learn to draw and paint using a variety of media and explore opportunities to try different arts and crafts. Explore new leisure activities and improve your skills in those hobbies that you enjoy including stitchery, card games, jewelry, antiques, bird watching, gardening and cooking.
  • Computers: Develop new computer skills including sending and receiving email, explore using smart phones, tablets and navigating social media too.
  • History, Politics and Events: Gain knowledge of historical figures, places and events from around the world, delve into politics and current affairs and research your own genealogy.
  • Humanities and Culture: Discover current and past cultures, world religions, scientific information, different genres of film, theater, literature and music.
  • Photography: Learn to use your digital camera effectively and how to enhance, edit and touch-up your photographic images.
  • Wellness and Fitness: Participate in a variety of exercise and personal improvement classes, such as pilates, meditation, tai chi, qigong, yoga, water aerobics, zumba and more.
  • Writing: Learn to express yourself through journaling and creative writing whether to capture memories or write and publish a book.
Spring 2025 Classes

Learn Lectures and Tours

Prefer bite-sized lessons? Take advantage of our Learn Lectures or Lunch and Learn classes.

  • Our Learn Lectures do not include lunch and cost $35.
  • Our Lunch and Learn Lectures feature a lecture followed by lunch at a nearby restaurant. The cost per class, including lunch, is $64.
Table depicts the dates, topics and cost of lunch and learn lectures for Winter and Spring 2025.
Date Topic Time Cost
1/31 The Great Migration 10 a.m.–Noon $64
2/18 The Murder of Tsar Nicholas II and His Family 10:30 a.m.- Noon $64
2/21 History of the Baltimore Slave Trade 10:30 a.m.- Noon $64
2/28 John Adams 10 a.m.–Noon $64
3/4 Nazis, a Bicyclist and a Writer's Journey 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
3/10 Cleopatra's Egypt 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $64
3/13 Italian Chef: Giada De Laurentiis 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $64
3/14 Antietam—The Day that Changed America 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
3/18 Post–Election Political Landscape 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
3/25 The Science Behind the 10 Plagues 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
3/28 American Frontier 10 a.m.–Noon $64
4/11 Aftermath of the Lincoln Assassination 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
4/22 Climate Change: When Did It Happen? 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
4/25 Gertrude Bell: Desert Adventurer 10 a.m.–Noon $64
4/30 Judy Garland: The Lady and the Legend 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
5/2 Impact of Climate Change on Maryland 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
5/6 Billie Holliday: Lady Sings the Blues 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
5/13 History of Women’s Shoes and the Life of Salvatore Ferragamo 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
5/27 America's Political Landscape in Mid-2025 10:30 a.m.–Noon $64
6/9 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. $64

Register today!

We make it easy to register and pay for your Continuing Education classes. Whether online, by phone or in-person. Find the method that works best for you!

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Stephan Edmonston

Director, Seniors Program