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Business

How to Start Your Own Business WSMCE 8042 C01

Tuition: $199.00
Instructor: Fred Fisher
Where & When: Newtown Campus 5 Mon, 10/19-11/16 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Ready to take your great idea, product or service and turn it into a business? You will explore what is involved in creating, starting up, and running a small business. We will determine if you have the passion to be an entrepreneur, the steps required to start your business and options for financing your business venture. You will learn how to evaluate your idea, understand your customer, and define exactly what and why people will buy from you. You will learn how to structure and organize your business, business financials, and marketing.

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Introduction to Regulatory Compliance WSMCE 9134 C01

Tuition: $298.80
Instructor: Eileen O’Sullivan
Where & When: Newtown Campus 12 Wed, 9/16-12/9 6-7:15 p.m.

This course provides a practical overview of the essential components for designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective compliance program. The curriculum is grounded in the widely recognized “Seven Pillars of Compliance,” a framework used across industries especially in financial services and corporate environments to promote ethical conduct, mitigate risk, and meet regulatory expectations. Designed for professionals in financial services and corporate roles, pre-law students, and small business owners, this course emphasizes real-world application over theory alone. You will gain a working understanding of compliance fundamentals, learn how to identify risks, and develop strategies to build or enhance compliance structures within their organizations. The course will also explore the use of AI for compliance programs.

No class November 25.

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Smart Finances, Strong Future: A Practical Workshop WSMCE 9119 C01

Tuition: $49.00
Instructor: Elizabeth Luckenbill, Financial Advisor
Where & When: Newtown Campus Coming in Fall 2026

The Financial Workshop is designed to help educate you about relevant financial topics through a series of seminar modules. The outcome of this workshop is understanding the financial fundamentals, the power of budgeting and how investment strategies can help design the retirement you want.

 

 

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DIY Home Improvement RCEGN-6966-C02

Tuition: $135.00
Instructor: Beth Allen, HIP CHICKS
Where & When: Newtown Campus 5 Tu, 9/29-10/27 7-9 p.m.

Beth Allen, Do-It-Yourself expert, contractor and designer returns to teach her popular 5-week course on home improvement and design. This course is ideal for new homeowners, DIY beginners and those with DIY experience as well. Course offerings cover the following topics: Tool basics, painting and design, electric and plumbing basics, weatherization, caulking and walls (fixing and hanging items). On the third class, you will bring your own drill to class and master its use with Beth’s guidance.

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Intentionally Spirited Home RCEGN 9092 C01

Tuition: $129.00
Instructor: Juliana Ferrazzi
Where & When: Newtown Campus 6 Thu, 9/17-10/22 6-7:30 p.m.

What does your home say about you and more importantly, how does it make you feel? In this inspiring course, you’ll discover how the spaces we live in shape our mood, creativity, and sense of self and how a few intentional changes can make all the difference. Interior designer Juliana Ferrazzi guides you through the art and neuroscience of creating a home that is beautiful, meaningful, and unmistakably yours. From color and light to personal style, comfort, and the objects that tell your story, each session blends rich visuals, engaging conversation, and practical ideas you can use right away. No design experience needed just a curiosity about the place you call home.

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Mah Jongg - Live Online RCEGN 8652

Tuition: $102.00
Instructor: Neilia Makadok, B.S.
Where & When: Live Online 4 Tu, 11/17-12/8 6-8 p.m.

Originating 2,000 years ago in China, Mah Jongg is an exciting, engaging and fun game using tiles to form hands, much like rummy. Learn to play the American version, using The National Mah Jongg League rules and card. Neilia Makadok, B.S.

Note: Registration closes on October 3 to allow class materials to arrive on time. An $18 material fee is included.

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Chess Fundamentals for Adult Beginners RCEGN 9091 01

Tuition: $69.00
Instructor: Eli Fay
Where & When: Newtown Campus 4 Thu, 9/17-10/8 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Always wanted to learn chess? This beginner-friendly workshop is designed for adults who are new to the game or want to refresh the basics. Through guided instruction and friendly practice games, you’ll build a solid foundation while enjoying one of the world’s most enduring strategy games. You’ll learn piece movement, check and checkmate, basic opening ideas and simple endgames. The programs designed to build confidence to improve your decision-making and practical foundation for casual or competitive play.

No prior chess experience is required.

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Literature & Performing Arts

Creative Writing: An Easy Workshop RCEGN 9046 C72 & C73

Tuition: $169.00
Instructor: Lynda Gene Rymond
Where & When: Upper Bucks Campus (C72) 8 Mon, 9/21-11/9 1-2:45 p.m. Upper Bucks Campus (C73) 8 Mon, 9/21-11/9 6-7:45 p.m.

Get started writing or get re-started! Using a wide variety of prompts, we’ll write, share and write some more. This is a non-academic workshop welcoming poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Find your voice via positive feedback.

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It’s Time to Write that Book! RCEGN 9044 C02

Tuition: $139.00
Instructor: Elisabeth Caldwell
Where & When: Newtown Campus 6 Tu, 9/8-10/13 6-8:30 p.m.

This six-week course is designed for aspiring and emerging fiction writers and provides an overview of the writer’s journey from concept to publishing. In this course, you will learn and engage with the foundational pillars of novel writing, including: deep point-of-view, crafting compelling characters with clear motivations, outlining methods, structuring a robust plot, writing effective dialogue, and building immersive settings. The course will also cover critique, editing, and the publishing process.

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Memoir Writing RCEGN 8866 CPV1

Tuition: $149.00
Instructor: Jennifer Nelson
Where & When: Pennswood Village 6 Mo., 9/14-11/2 3-5 p.m.

The goal in this memoir writing workshop is to capture your life experiences in six short true stories for those who will survive you and for you to reflect on highlights of your life. Remember you are not writing for publication, but to set the record straight, which should liberate you to honestly explore your life choices and experiences.

Classes at Pennswood Village are open to the public. No class on 10/5 and 10/12.

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Shadows and Secrets: Exploring American Gothic Short Fiction RCEGN 9057 C50

Tuition: $109.00
Instructor: Amanda Kala
Where & When: Lower Bucks Campus 6 Mon, 9/14-10/19 6:30-8 p.m.

This six-part noncredit series invites participants to explore the eerie, unsettling, and psychologically complex world of American Gothic literature. Each session will focus on one masterful short story that captures the genre’s tension between the ordinary and the macabre. Students are encouraged to read the story before class. During each session, we will discuss key themes, symbols, historical context, and how each author uses fear, isolation, and the supernatural to reflect deeper social and emotional truths. Amanda Kala.

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The Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe: A Four-Part Literary & Psychological Exploration RCEGN 9073 C50

Tuition: $89.00
Instructor: Amanda Kala
Where & When: Lower Bucks Campus 4 Mon,
10/26 - 11/16
6:30 - 7:30pm

This four-part course explores the life of Edgar Allan Poe through the lens of his writing, examining how trauma, loss, instability, and obsession shaped both his mental state and his most enduring works. By reading Poe's fiction and poetry alongside key moments in his life, students will trace a gradual psychological unraveling that culminates in his mysterious death.

 

 

 

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So You Want to Be an Actor RCEGN 9099 C01

Tuition: $199.00
Instructor: Debi Kierst
Where & When: Newtown Campus 9/8-10/27 6-8 p.m.

Have you ever dreamed of being on stage? Whether you’re a beginner, returning to acting, or looking to refresh your skills, this six-week course is the perfect introduction. Offered in partnership with Langhorne Players, now in their 79th season, you’ll learn from accomplished actor, director, and teacher Debi Kierst. Explore character development, stage presence, vocal production, script analysis, audition techniques, and the rehearsal process while gaining insight into the Bucks County theatre community. The course concludes with a performance of a short scene or monologue, giving you the opportunity to showcase your new skills and build confidence both on stage and in everyday life.

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Voice-Over Acting RCEGN 9056 C70 & C01

Tuition: $59.00
Instructor: Brian Atwood
Where & When: Upper Bucks Campus C70/ Tu, 9/15 7-9 p.m. Newtown Campus C01/ Tu, 9/29 7-9 p.m.

Find out how to become a voice-over actor and market yourself in Bucks County and beyond. Students will read from real voice-over scripts. Taught by Lansdale-based voice-over actor/coach Brian S. Atwood, who gives his perspective, shares insights, and offers tips to succeed in the voice-over business. Brian Atwood.

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Writers in Session RCEGN 9083 C70

Tuition: $188.60
Instructor: Lynda Gene Rymond
Where & When: Upper Bucks Campus 8 Tu, 9/22-11/10 1-3 p.m.

Our world is full of distractions and needs, and it can be a real challenge to make time and space to create. This workshop is your time to write – with a little support. We’ll do a brief check-in about individual goals – reaching a word count, writing two scenes, revising some poems? Then you’re a writer at work until we check in again at the end. An experienced author and poet will facilitate with encouragement and expertise.

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Test Preparation

Worried about scoring well on that SAT? Our college test prep course is designed to help you practice, prepare, and sharpen the exact skills you will need to get you one step closer to "Being your BEST at taking that TEST!”

For more information call 215-968-8409 or email coned@bucks.edu.

SAT Prep-Reading & Writing ATEST-1562-C03

Tuition: $169.00
Instructor: Tasia Kavalek
Where & When: Newtown Campus Wed 9/9 & Thu 9/17-10/29 7-8:30 p.m.

This course is designed to help students prepare for the new digital SAT exam. The test is adaptive to individual student responses and has a total testing time of 2 hours and 14 minutes with only two sections: reading & writing and math.

Optional book: Kaplan Digital SAT Total Prep Book 2026 (ISBN: 978-1506297576). Available on Amazon.

It is recommended that students complete a full-length practice test to make an informed decision about registration. Visit the SAT pages of the College Board website (SAT - SAT Practice & Preparation - Full Length SAT Tests) and choose “Full-Length Linear (Nonadaptive) Practice Tests.” Four different practice tests are available, along with a scoring guide and answer explanations. The results of the practice test will help students determine what preparation is needed before test day (math only, reading/writing only, or both).

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SAT Prep-Math ATEST 1563 C03

Tuition: $169.00
Instructor: Sarah Neill
Where & When: Newtown Campus 8 Tu, 9/15-11/3 7-8:30 p.m.

This course is designed to help students prepare for the new digital SAT exam. The test is adaptive to individual student responses and has a total testing time of 2 hours and 14 minutes with only two sections: reading & writing and math.

Required materials: Scientific or graphing calculator (cannot be a phone app)

Optional book: Kaplan Digital SAT Total Prep 2026 Book (ISBN: 978-1506297576). Available on Amazon.

It is recommended that students complete a full-length practice test to make an informed decision about registration. Visit the SAT pages of the College Board website (SAT - SAT Practice & Preparation - Full Length SAT Tests) and choose “Full-Length Linear (Nonadaptive) Practice Tests.” Four different practice tests are available, along with a scoring guide and answer explanations. The results of the practice test will help students determine what preparation is needed before test day (math only, reading & writing only, or both).

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GRE Prep Series

GRE Preparation – Part 1 (Verbal)

Part 1 takes you through all the question types on the verbal reasoning and analytical writing sections, including reading comprehension, text completion, sentence equivalence questions, and both essay tasks.

GRE Preparation – Part 2 (Quantitative)

Part 2 features a math review and techniques for tackling the quantitative comparison, data interpretation, and standard math questions that make up the quantitative reasoning sections, as well as how to tackle the GRE’s unique new question formats.

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Travel Planning

Accessible & Special Needs Travel Planning RCEGN 9100 C01

Tuition: $79.00
Instructor: Cindy Caldwell
Where & When: Newtown Campus 3 Wed, 9/16-9/30 6-7:30 p.m.

Planning a vacation shouldn’t mean accessibility worries. This 3-week course gives travelers with disabilities, seniors, and caregivers practical tools for confident trip planning. Led by a licensed Occupational Therapist and Certified Autism Travel Professional, you’ll learn to assess your needs, decode accessibility claims, and ask the critical questions that reveal what’s truly accessible. Build a personalized toolkit with templates and checklists for navigating mobility equipment, sensory needs, medical requirements, and age-related considerations. Stop letting accessibility concerns hold you back—your next adventure awaits!

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