Special Interest & Personal Development
*Next Level Learning (NL): These classes are one with academic rigor and includes assignments, assessments, and projects. If you do not wish to complete these requirements, please speak to the instructor. Spaces are limited in these classes.
DESIGN & DIY
DIY Home Improvement RCEGN-6966-C01
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.
GAMING
LITERATURE & FILM
Creative Writing: An Easy Workshop (Upper Bucks Campus) RCEGN 9046 C70
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.
All Quiet on the Western Front RCEGN 9047 C01
This anti-war classic is almost a hundred years old. It produced two Academy Award-winning films in 1930 and 2023, and a Golden Globe and Emmy award winning film in 1980. Studying this book will show how it has remained relevant over the years. Also have the film renditions remained true to the text? Vance Kincade
Shadows and Secrets: Exploring American Gothic Short Fiction RCEGN 9057 C01
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
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-C01
& Mon - Tu, 7/13 & 7/14 5:30 - 7:30pm
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.
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).
SAT Prep - Math ATEST 1563 C01
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 (not phone app) and 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).
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. For more information on the course and to register visit: https://www.ed2go.com/bucks/
Special Interest
Smart Finances, Strong Future: A Practical Workshop WSMCE 9119 C01
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.
How to Start a Business Class WSMCE 8042 C01
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.
Voice-Over Acting in Bucks County Upper Bucks Campus RCEGN 9056 C70 & C01
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
Intro to Improv Upper Bucks Campus RCEGN 9066 C71
Boost quick thinking, collaboration, and confidence through fun improv exercises. We will warm up with classic games, practice adaptability with story telling challenges, and build teamwork using “yes, and” techniques. Explore character creation, perform short scenes, and end with reflection and cool down.
The Life and Death of Edgar Allen Poe: A Four-Part Literary & Psychological Exploration RCEGN 9073 C01
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.