Sumter Adult and Community Education Center offers a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely over the Internet. All of our courses include expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient, and geared just for you. Ready to explore our catalog? Click the Courses link at the top of this page.
Learn how to create your very own blog and podcast using the tools that you already have available on your computer.
Learn how to promote wellness, balance, and health in daily life as the various stages of health and illness are explored along with discovering how true health, means wholeness of the mind, body, and spirit.
Learn how to grow delicious, nutritious fruit and vegetables in your own backyard.
An informative introduction to the fascinating world of digital photography.
Learn practical strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) succeed in school.
With the Speed Spanish course, you will immediately start creating sentences and conversations in Spanish. Each lesson will introduce new techniques to increase your fluency quickly and allow you to start speaking Spanish right away.
Gain a marketable new skill by learning the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, financial reporting, and more.
If you work with data of any kind, knowing how to create a spreadsheet is key to effectively managing and organizing information. This course will introduce you to Microsoft Excel 2019 and teach you how to use this powerful software.
Learn to use QuickBooks Online to record income and expenses; enter checks and credit card payments; track your payables, inventory, and receivables; and much more.
If you're interested in increasing your financial awareness while also gaining a marketable skill, this series of courses is perfect for you. You will learn the basics of double-entry bookkeeping, while also learning how to analyze and record financial transactions, as well as prepare various financial reports at the end of the fiscal period.
(10 contact hours) Foundations 2 explores Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, spirituality, and meditation, blending ancient healing with modern practices.
(9.5 contact hours) Foundations 3 includes humor, music, sound, energy healing, and therapeutic massage, merging creative and energetic healing with conventional medicine.
(14.5 contact hours) Foundations 1 covers stress management, physical activity, nutrition, and healing environments, integrating traditional healing with modern healthcare.
Learn how to make a mask in Photoshop and use the selections features to enhance your creative works.
This course will provide you with a close look at the scientific investigation process as you work to plan for lab activities in your classroom. You will learn how to construct pre- and post-lab activities that align well with a lab experiment that follows the scientific method.