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Workshops and Continuing Education

Celebrate Learning as a Life-Long Adventure!

Sierra Nevada College’s Continuing Education courses and workshops serve the Lake Tahoe communities with opportunities for lifelong learning.  CE classes serve a variety of ages; some offer the option of receiving college credit.

Music

Sierra Nevada College and Community Chorus

Choir Director: Donna Axton

Do you love to sing? Would you enjoy singing great music with a group of fellow music-lovers who are serious about music and about having fun at the same time?

Join the SNC Chorus. We are a high-level performing group made up of community members as well as SNC undergraduate students. We perform 3 concerts: a Winter Concert in early December; A Spring Concert in April; and a “Broadway” Concert in mid –May, on the Wednesday before the college’s graduation.

We meet Monday evenings during the SNC semester. Fall semester rehearsals start the Monday after Labor Day and Spring semester rehearsals start the Monday after Martin Luther King Day.

  • Schedule: Mondays, 5:30 – 7:30pm
  • Location: David Hall rm. 103
  • Registration: $50
For more information

Donna Axton
Music Program Chair
daxton@sierranevada.edu
775-881-7586

Fine Arts

Adult Ceramic Studio

Instructor: Anthony Marrone

Spring 2017

Wednesday Evenings, 8 Week Sessions

  • Session 1: January 17 – March 7
    Session 2: March 21 – May 9
  • Time: 6:30 – 8:30pm
  • Location: Holman Arts & Media Center #103
  • Fee: $225 (includes clay, glazes, and firing)

For Kids!

Fall 2017 Children’s Art Program

Watercolor & Acrylic Painting
Instructor: Kelley Werner

  • Dates: October 17 – December 5. No Class October 31.
  • Grades K – 5: Tuesdays 4 – 5:30 pm
    Grades 6 – 8: Tuesdays 6 – 7:30 pm
  • Location: Holman Arts and Media Center RM 201
  • Fee: $200 per student

Summer Art Workshops

SNC offers a variety of summer workshops given by nationally known ceramists, glass artists, painters, sculptors, printmakers, digital artists, musicians, photographers, paper makers, jewelers, and more.

On Tuesday night at 7pm, each week during the workshops, we’ll host our “Meet the Artist” lecture in the Prim Library, which will be immediately followed by an informal reception in the Tahoe Gallery.

For More Information:

Sheri Leigh O'Connor
Chair, Department of Fine Arts
sleigh@sierranevada.edu
775-881-7588

Outdoors

AIARE Level 1 – Intro to Winter Backcountry Skills
AIARE is full for January 2018. Come back next year!

Instructor: Rosie Hackett

This class includes the nationally recognized AIARE (American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education) Level 1 curriculum. Learn to recognize and assess avalanche hazardous conditions, choose appropriate terrain and safe travel techniques, and perform avalanche rescues. The course provides a framework for decision-making and risk management in avalanche terrain through both classroom instruction and field experience. Successful students will receive an AIARE L1 certificate.

The class meets for four full classroom/field days. The course is fast paced and the material builds on itself, so it’s important to not miss anything!

2018 Schedule
  • Session 1: Jan 12 – Jan 15, 2018 FULL
    Session 2: February 16 – 19, 2018 (Friday – Monday) FULL
  • Schedule: 8am – 4pm daily
  • Location: TCES (Tahoe Center for Environmental Science)
  • Fee: $295
Wilderness First Responder Training

WFR & WFR Recertification are full for January 2017. Come back next year!

Instructor: Rosie Hackett

For anyone who spends significant time in remote places, the Wilderness First Responder (WFR) courses will prepare you to manage medical emergencies for multiple days. Learn the current techniques, protocols and controversies in wilderness medicine through both classroom training and realistic outdoor scenarios. Recognized by the NOLS Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI). Includes WMI Adult and Child CPR & Airway Management certification.

2018 Schedule

Wilderness First Responder
Email rhackett@sierranevada.edu to be placed on the mailing list.

  • Dates: January 2 – 11, 2018 FULL
  • Schedule: 8am – 5pm
  • Location: TCES (Tahoe Center for Environmental Science)
  • Fee: $715.00 (tuition only)

Intensive 80-hour curriculum includes a full-scale night mock rescue. Covers topics including long-term patient care, wound management, straightening angulated fractures, reducing dislocations, litter packaging and administering medications.

Wilderness First Responder Recertification

  • Dates: January 13 – 15, 2018 (Saturday – Monday)
  • Schedule: 8am – 5pm
  • Location: TCES (Tahoe Center for Environmental Science)
  • Fee: $315.00 (tuition only)

Join the leader in wilderness medicine for a three-day scenario-based course to review and practice evacuation and decision making guidelines. Ideal for current Wilderness First Responders and Wilderness EMTs. Pre-approved for 18 hours of EMT CEUs by CECBEMS.

Note: All students are required to submit a photocopy of their WFR certification card and complete a WRITTEN EXAM on the first day of the course.

Teacher Education

Sierra Nevada College offers a variety of individual courses for educators to complete licensing and professional development requirements.

Expand Your Horizons – College Classes for All

High School Dual Enrollment

Qualified students at Incline High School may enroll in college-level courses and receive college credit.

Audit Classes

Take classes from talented faculty who have distinguished careers in their field. Anyone 14 years of age and older can enroll to audit undergraduate SNC classes for up to 6 credits per semester, subject to space availability and instructor approval. Registration opens the Friday before the semester start. The cost is $66 per credit plus course fees and books.

Registration

Due to time constraints, the best way to register to audit classes is in person in the Registrar’s Office, David Hall Rm. 208, Monday – Friday 9am – 4:30pm. If you cannot come in in person, or need additional information, contact the office at 775-881-7551.

To expedite your registration, please complete the following before contacting the Registrar’s Office:

 

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