lifelong learning classes at wake tech community college
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Plus 50Ageless Learning
plus50.waketech.edu
A selection of Wake Tech Continuing Education courses for career development
or personal interest, especially for adults 50 and over.
Wake Tech’s Plus 50 classes are focused on the interests of adults age 50 and over, but all are welcome! Writing, film, foreign languages, cooking, computer technologies, health and wellness, photography, finances –the list goes on and on.
Learn skills for a new career, explore interests, try your hand at entrepreneurship, or plan for life after retirement. Experience the joy of learning!
plus50.waketech.edu
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Learning opens doors!
What would you like to do?
Wake Tech Continuing Education offers a wide range of courses that can give you the skills to help you achieve your goals.
Volunteer in the community
Better manage your finances
Learn something new
Start a new business
Learn or improve on a language
Get a new edge on your career
Plan for retirement
Entertaining
• Bartending 101
• Special Event Planning
Computer Technology
• Basic computer skills
• Computer Keyboarding
• Introduction to Personal Computers and Windows
• Microsoft Office Applications
• Photoshop Elements for Digital Photographers
• Shopping Online
Languages
We offer a wide variety of non-credit language courses each semester—from beginner to advanced levels—including:
• Arabic• Japanese• Chinese• English for Non-Native
Speakers• French• Korean• Portuguese• Sign Language• Spanish
Other language programs:
• How Languages Are Learned
• Oral Communication for the Non-Native Speaker
Creative Arts• Acrylic Painting
• Expressions in Oils
• Interior Design
• Jewelry Making
• Sewing: Beginning I
• Fiction Writing for Beginners
• Photography Classes, from basic to advanced and techniques
• The Basics of Film Production
• Introduction to Directing
• Voice-Over Training for the Everyday Professional
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Voluntarism
• Become a Professional Dog Groomer
• Bookkeeping
• Start an Organizing Business
• Craft Beer Brewing
• A Career in Cake Decorating
• The Business of Writing for Children
• Feelance Writing
• How to Start a Home Based Business
• Introduction to Grant Writing
• Medication Aide
• Create Strategies for Organizing and Marketing your Business
• Beginning Literacy for the ESL Classroom
• Public Speaking for Everyday Use
• Substitute Effective Teacher Training
• Nanny Academy
• Activity Coordinator for Long-Term Care
Personal Finance
• Retirement Planning Today
• How Money Works: A Common Sense Guide to Financial Success
• Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh My!
• How to Make Money When You Don’t Have a Job
• Financial Fitness: A Balanced Budget
Recreation and Wellness
• Belly Dancing
• Line Dancing
• Beginner Salsa Dancing
• Introduction to Ballroom Dance
• Tai-Chi
• Chi-gong
• Personal Trainer Certification
Cooking and Baking
• A Cook’s Tour of Latin America and the Caribbean
• A Taste of Southern Cuisine
• American Regional Cooking: From North to South
• Cooking With Fall’s Harvest
• European Cuisine
• Italian Cooking
• Mediterranean Cooking
• The Food and Flavors of Italy