Non-credit Continuing Education classes can help you improve your job skills, train for a  new job, and learn a new hobby! Classes are low-cost and located throughout Columbus County.
 
Southeastern Community College plays an active role in the continuing education of the citizens of Columbus County. The College's Continuing Education programs provide courses for those individuals who did not graduate from high school, for those who need to retrain and update themselves in a vocational or professional area, and for those who desire instruction enabling them to grow in basic knowledge, improve in home and community life, and develop or improve leisure time activities. 

These classes are open to everyone age 18 and above. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds may take Continuing Education classes with permission from their school district. The courses are FREE to North Carolina residents age 65 and older!

Registration (and fee payment) is required at the first scheduled meeting of the class. Insurance is required for some classes.
Southeastern also provides in-plant job skills training and literacy classes for area businesses and industries.

We welcome your suggestions. If you know of a training need or have an idea for a new class, please call us about it at 642-7141, ext. 296 or by email at adorman@sccnc.edu.
 
Continuing Education Units
Southeastern Community College awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for non-credit courses and special activities. A permanent transcript will be established for each non-credit student. The transcript will be updated each time the student completes a non-credit course. CEUs will be awarded for non-credit courses satisfactorily completed on the basis of one CEU for each 10 hours of instruction. Fractions of CEUs will be awarded. Thus, a 66 semester hour course will earn the student 6.6 CEUs. CEUs will not be awarded to students who fail to satisfactorily complete a course.

A student may request copies of his/her transcript by writing to the Continuing Education Division and providing his/her name, address, and social security number.

Admission and Registration

Adults 18 years of age or older and not enrolled in public school may be admitted to continuing education classes. In extenuating circumstances and upon the approval of the appropriate public school principal and superintendent, persons 16-17 years of age and enrolled in public school may take certain courses. A course schedule is published and made available to the public prior to the beginning of each semester. Courses which begin during a semester are announced through the local news media. Information about these courses may be obtained by calling the Continuing Education Division at the college and/or accessing the class schedule (www.sccnc.edu).
 
Occupational Extension Course Repetition

Special provision legislation states that “community colleges may permit a student to repeat a course more than once if that student demonstrates that the course repetition is required by standards governing the certi?cate or licensing program in which the student is enrolled.”Individuals who have taken an occupational extension class more than twice in a ?ve-year period will be charged a fee according to state guidelines.
 
Expenses*
Registration fees are required for occupational extension, continuing education classes, and community service classes. The registration fee is waived for students enrolling in special classes for fire service, rescue personnel, and law enforcement officers, and North Carolina residents age 65 and older. Some continuing education classes are subject to insurance fees on a quarterly basis. 
 
Continuing Education 
Fee Structure

Registration fees for occupational extension and community service continuing education classes are set according to the total number of hours a course is scheduled to meet. The fee schedule for these classes follows:

The registration fee is waived for EMS, fire service, and law enforcement officers enrolling in courses designed to meet their training requirements as well as for North Carolina residents age 65 and older enrolling in special interest classes. Some continuing education classes are subject to insurance fees on a semester basis. The registration fee is not charged for Basic Skills Programs, which include Adult Basic Education, General Educational Development (GED) High School Equivalency Diploma, Compensatory Education, and English as a Second Language. There is a $7.50 fee for official GED testing.

 
Occupational Extension:  Community Service:

$50 - 1 to10 hours
$55 - 11 to 30 hours
$60 - 31 to 100 hours
$65 - More than 100 hours                   

 $30 - 1 to 10 hours
$40 - 11 to 30 hours
$50 - 31 to 100 hours
$60 - More than 100 hours

A registration fee is not charged for Basic Skills Programs which include Adult Basic Education, High School Diploma Equivalency Certificate (GED), Compensatory Education, and English as a Second Language. There is a $7.50 fee for final GED testing. 

Supplies and Materials
In special cases, students may be responsible for purchasing supplies and materials for continuing education classes. Books and many supplies are available through the college bookstore. 

Refund Policy


The Administrative Code specifies the conditions for registration fee refunds for occupational extension classes:

1. A full refund will be made if the college cancels a class.

2. A student who officially withdraws from a continuing education membership hour class prior to the first class meeting shall be eligible for a 100 percent refund.

3. After the respective class begins, a 75 percent refund shall be made upon the request of the student if the student officially withdraws from the class prior to or on the 10 percent point of the scheduled hours of the class. Note: This rule is applicable regardless of the number of times the class meets or the number of hours the class is scheduled to meet.

4. A 100 percent refund shall be made if the student offcially withdraws from a contact hour class prior to the first day of class of the academic semester or term or if the college cancels the class. A 75 percent refund shall be made if the student officially withdraws from a contact hour class on or before the tenth calendar day of the class.

5. Refunds of registration fees for community services and self-supporting classes and activities will be granted only in the case of paid pre-registration, if requested in writing to the Vice President of Continuing Education and Economic Development prior to the first session of the class or activity.

6. If a student, having paid the required registration fee for a semester or term, dies during that semester (prior to the last day of examinations of the college the student is attending), all registration fees for that semester or term may be refunded to the estate of the deceased.

7. Military Registration Fee Refund – Upon request of the student, each college shall do the following:

a. Grant a full refund of registration fees to military reserve and national guard personnel called to active duty or active duty personnel who have received temporary or permanent reassignments as a result of military operations taking place outside the state of North Carolina, thus making it impossible for them to complete their course requirements.

b. Buy back textbooks through the college’s bookstore operations to the extent possible. Colleges shall use distance learning technologies and other educational methodologies to help these students, under the guidance of faculty and administrative staff, complete their course requirements.

Request for refunds must be made in writing to the Vice President of Continuing Education and Economic Development.