Community Education

PE 0503 65  PILATES^® EXERCISE

Pilates^® is a body-conditioning routine that helps build flexibility, muscle strength, and endurance in the legs, abdominals, arms, hips, and back. It puts emphasis on spinal and pelvic alignment, breathing, and developing a strong core, as well as improving coordination and balance.

Instructor: Melissa Loudenbeck

Location: Rec Center 121

Cost: $105

Days: Tue, Thur

Time: 12:00pm-12:50pm

 

PE 0505 01  TURBO KICK

Turbo Kick is a combination of intense kickboxing moves, as well as a unique blend of intense interval strength and endurance training all perfectly choreographed to high-energy and motivating music. Turbo Kick requires no previous kickboxing experience or equipment.

Instructor: Melissa Loudenbeck

Location: Rec Center 121

Cost: $105

Days: Mon, Wed

Time: 5:30pm-6:20pm

 

PE 0507 65  YOGA – BEGINNING

Stay in yoga practice for flexibility, strength, balance. Safe, gentle class, keeping awareness on breath, while releasing stress and tension. Yoga mats, yoga blocks, yoga straps, and foam rollers are not provided. Patrons may bring their own for use.

Instructor: Linda Laverty

Location: Rec Center 125

Cost: $60

Day: Mon

Time: 1:00pm-2:15pm

 

PE 0506 65  YOGA FOR HEALTH – INTERMEDIATE

A more challenging yoga practice with restorative and therapeutic benefits. Yoga mats, yoga blocks, yoga straps, and foam rollers will not be provided. Patrons may bring their own for use.

Instructor: Linda Laverty

Location: Rec Center 121

Cost: $75

Day: Wed

Time: 1:00pm-2:15pm

 

PE 0244 65  LEARN TO PLAY DISC GOLF

This four-session course will teach participants basic skills for playing disc golf. Participants will be provided three discs to practice with and keep (included in the fee), while learning how to achieve the lowest scores possible for their ability. The course will be led by Derek Tonn, a SWOCC employee and Ambassador with DGA Disc Golf in California (www.discgolf.com) since 2018.

Location: Soccer Field

Cost: $125 – Includes $50 fee for discs

Days: Sat 9/20,9/27,10/4,10/11

Times: 10:00am-12:00pm

 

PE 0509 65  ZUMBA^®

Zumba^® Fitness is a global brand that fuses fitness, entertainment and culture into an addictive dance-fitness class. Zumba^® utilizes the principles of fitness, interval training, and resistance training to maximize caloric output, fat burning, and total body toning. It’s a way of mixing body sculpting movements with easy-to-follow dance steps. Inspired by Latin dance and music, Zumba^® uses a variety of Latin styles in its routines, including cumbia, merengue, salsa, and reggaeton, as well as American styles like swing and hip hop.

Instructor: Tina Woodworth

Location: Rec Center 131

Cost: $50

Days: Wed

Time: 5:30pm-6:20pm

 

PE 0525 65  POUND FITNESS

Rock-Out while you Work-Out!! POUND is a full-body cardio session, combining light resistance strength training with constant simulated drumming. Through continual upper body motion using lightly weighted drumsticks, you’ll turn into a calorie-torching drummer! Rock, rap, dubstep, pop and old school music fuse to create the POUND track series. The POUND workout fuses cardio, isometric movements, plyometrics and isometric poses with pulse-racing, sweat-inducing drumming. Drum your way to a leaner, stronger physique – all while rocking out to your favorite music!

Instructor: Melissa Loudenbeck

Location: Rec Center 121

Cost: $85

Day: Tue

Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm

G 025DB 65  REGIONAL GEOLOGY – DEPOE BAY FIELD TRIP

A lecture in the field to highlight the significant geologic features along the Oregon Coast with stops focused between Florence and Depoe Bay. Some of the highlights are stops at: Devil’s Churn, mollusk fossils at Beverly Beach, Cape Foulweather, Devil’s Punchbowl, Pillow Basalts at Depoe Bay and more. The course consists of a field trip arranged to illustrate the geologic setting, stratigraphy and structure, topography, age and origin, significant events through geologic time, and special features unique to the region. Also offered as G145DB 01 for 1 credit.

Instructor: Ron Metzger

Location: Itinerary and details in Canvas and sent via email

Cost: $60 (includes transportation; please bring a lunch)

Date: Saturday, October 4, 2025

Time: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm

 

DRIV 0620 65  AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE

This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to drive more efficiently and safely. It contains up-to-date information about changes over time in ourselves, our vehicles, and our roads. The content of this course can help boost safety awareness, refresh and improve driving skills, minimize crash risk, increase confidence, prolong mobility, and maintain independence. Completion of this one-day six-hour driving refresher course can yield discounted auto insurance premiums. Bring your lunch, we will take a 30-minute break. To register call 541-305-6454.

Instructor: Ginny Carpenter

Location: Newmark 201

Day: Tue 10/14/25

Time: 9:15am-4:00pm

Cost: AARP members $20, non-members $25, check or cash payable to AARP at the class. Bring your AARP card and driver’s license.

 

DRIV 0622 65  BASIC MOTORCYCLE RIDER TRAINING

Basic Rider Training is a 15-hour (three-day) course for novice riders to build fundamental street-riding skills and strategies. Training motorcycles and helmets are provided. For individuals with no riding experience, this is the recommended course. Registration must take place prior to the date of the class at http://team-oregon.org. Instructor: Michael Heinen

Location: Newmark 201

Cost: $229

Days: Fri 9/19 6pm-8:30pm; Sat 9/20 8am-3:30pm;

Sun 9/21 8am-3:30pm

 

DRIV 0623 65  INTERMEDIATE MOTORCYCLE RIDER TRAINING

Intermediate Rider Training is an eight-hour (one-day) course for riders who already know how to get underway, turn, shift and stop a motorcycle or scooter while strengthening fundamental street-riding skills. Training motorcycles and helmets are provided. Registration must take place prior to the date of the class at http://team-oregon.org.

Instructor: Michael Heinen

Location: Newmark 201

Cost: $199

Day: Sat 9/20

Time: 8:00am-5:00pm

 

WR 0100 65  WRITING YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR

Elements of autobiography/memoir are presented, discussed, and practiced in writing short stories from your life. Reading short excerpts from published works expands understanding of these elements.  The class is a supportive and positive writing group, helping each other develop stories while learning and laughing.

Instructor: Sally Harrold

Location: Zoom

Cost: $105

Day: Tue

Time: 11:30am-1:50pm

 

MUP 0105 65  COMMUNITY CHOIR

The SWOCC Community Choir provides an opportunity for singers of all levels to participate in a musically rich, and socially engaging choral ensemble. The Community Choir will focus on providing a safe and stimulating environment for people of all backgrounds to learn, practice, and perform quality choral literature in a large group setting. Focus will be placed on healthy vocal production, musically inspiring performance, strong social connections, and effectively working with others. A wide variety of musical styles will be explored, and participants will present a concert performance at the end of each term. This is a non-auditioned ensemble, but the ability to match pitch is requested.

Instructor: Ken Graber

Location: Sunset 2

Cost: $30

Day: Mon

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

 

PHL 0844 65  PLAYING WITH PHILOSOPHY

We will play around with common idioms that include the word “play” as a way to introduce philosophical concepts while we play games, play films, and play music, and even read a play.

Instructor: Pete Hodges

Location: Eden 1

Cost: $75

Days: Wed 9/17-10/8

Time: 12:00-2:00pm

 

BOT 0221 65  FUNGAL ECOLOGY

From the forest to the classroom, you will learn to identify common mushrooms in Western Oregon. The main objective is to provide you with a broad overview of this kingdom of organisms. You will be part of robust classroom discussions to learn about fungal diversity, the role of fungi in decomposition, and other roles in the forest and across bioregions. Participate in field trips to learn to identify, harvest, and prepare wild mushrooms, followed with lab identification techniques and an opportunity to taste the culinary value of our region’s wild mushrooms.

Instructor: Maria Farinacci

Location: Coaledo 10

Cost: $219

Day: Lecture (5) every other Wednesday 9/24-11/12

Time: 5:30pm-7:20pm

Day: Field Trip (4) every other Friday 10/3-11/14

Time: 10:30am-4:00pm

AG 0502 99  GARDENING THE SOUTH COAST

Join us for a fun course focusing on sustainable vegetable production and organic practices for growing and sharing nutritious food. Students will gain hands-on experience with the proper selection and use of tools, production, harvesting, processing, and preparation of the variety of crops grown on the Southern Oregon Coast. Topics cover how to have a successful garden by building healthy soils, season extension techniques, proper pruning and planting times, and selection of seeds. Instructor: Amanda Whittemore

Location: Curry Campus 118

Cost: $200

Days: Tue

Time: 1:30pm-4:20pm

 

ART 0115 99  FUSED GLASS BASICS

Experience is the best gift. Bring a friend and share an afternoon creating a beautiful piece of art. Glass fusing is the process of joining compatible sheet glasses together then heating them in a kiln until the glass fuses or melts together. It grants you the power to create colorful, dynamic works of glass art that are completely unique. Fused glass is used to fabricate plates, tiles, bowls, jewelry, wall hangings, and other artistic creations.  This class teaches the basics of fusing glass while creating a bird, flower or Christmas tree using glass shards. We will cover an overview of the art, cutting glass, and safety while creating a design with glass to be contour fused. Cost includes materials and supplies. Class meets both days.

Instructor: Rosa Little

Location: Curry Campus 118

Cost: $120

Day: Fri 11/7/25

Time: 3:00pm-5:50pm

Day: Fri 12/5/25

Time: 4:00pm-4:50pm

 

ART*0145 99  DRAWING FUNDAMENTALS

This is a drawing fundamentals course designed to introduce students to a wide variety of mark-making techniques which will then be combined into a final composition in which these techniques will create a textured multi-dimensional drawing.

Instructor: Gary Christensen

Location: Curry Campus 138A/B

Cost: $90

Days: Mon, Wed

Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

 

ASL 0501 99  AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Introduces the natural, signed language of American deaf people. Includes instruction in proper sign formation, American Sign Language (ASL) grammar and vocabulary, expressive and receptive skills. Emphasis on the history of ASL, the deaf community in North America, and deaf education.

Instructor: Bj Farris

Location: Curry Campus 206

Cost: $115

Days: Tue, Thur

Time: 4:00pm-5:20pm

 

BA 0134 99  RETIREMENT INTELLIGENCE

This is a virtual class held via Zoom designed to help individuals plan for retirement. What’s your retirement dream? Learn how to put together a plan that will help you reach your goals. Class includes a workbook to help individuals create their own plan and a private coaching call. Pre-register by October 14.

Instructor: Jesse Coffee

Location: Virtual Zoom

Cost: $39

Days: Tue 10/21/25 & 10/28/25

Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm

 

BOT 0224  MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION

This course instructs students in the identification of local wild mushrooms; their basic characteristics; positive identification of edible and non-edible species; preparation for food; and methods of preserving will be stressed.

Instructor: Bob Burch

Cost: $55

BOT 0224 99 Brookings

Location: Curry Campus 137A/B

Day: Lecture Fri 11/14    Time: 6:00pm-8:50pm

Day: Field Trip Sat 11/15    Time: 9:00am-1:50pm

BOT 0224 98 Port Orford

Location: Port Orford American Legion Hall

Day: Lecture Sat 11/15    Time: 6:00pm-8:50pm

Day: Field Trip Sun 11/16    Time: 9:00am-1:50pm

 

DRIV 0620 99  AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE

This course offers you the opportunity to learn how to drive more efficiently and safely. The course contains up-to-date information about changes over time in ourselves, our vehicles, and our roads. The content of this course can help boost safety awareness, refresh and improve driving skills, minimize crash risk, increase confidence, prolong mobility, and maintain independence. Completion of this one-day six-hour driving refresher course can yield discounted auto insurance premiums for individuals. To register call 541-469-6822.

Instructor: Robert Pfenning

Location: Chetco Activity Center

Day: Fri 10/10/25

Time: 8:45am-4:30pm

Cost: AARP members $20, non-members $25, check or cash is payable to AARP at the class. Pre-register by Oct. 9.

Bring your AARP card and drivers license.

DRIV 0620 98  AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE

Instructor: Robert Pfenning

Location: Chetco Activity Center

Day: Sat 10/11/25

Time: 8:45am-4:30pm

Cost: AARP members $20, non-members $25, check or cash is payable to AARP at the class.

Pre-register by October 9.

Bring your AARP card and drivers license.

 

HE 0591 99  MEDICARE 101

In this class students will learn about the four parts of Medicare: Medicare part A, B, C, and D. They will learn about the timelines surrounding Medicare enrollment and the policies. An in-depth presentation on Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare Supplements will be provided. Students will leave the class with the tools to make informed decisions on what type of plan best fits their own, or a family member’s needs.

Instructor: Becky Holm

Location: Curry Campus 137A/B

Cost: Free

Day: Mon 9/22/25

Time: 2:00pm-3:20pm

HE 0591 98  MEDICARE 101

Instructor: Becky Holm

Location: Curry Campus 137A/B

Cost: Free

Day: Mon 11/17/25

Time: 2:00pm-3:20pm

 

MISC 0371  UNDERSTANDING DOG BODY LANGUAGE CANINE TRAINING

Learn to understand your dog’s behavior, including how to read dog body language signals. The difference between calming signals versus warning signs, and examples of each will be discussed. Understanding aggression, respecting dog language, and information on bite inhibition and bite scales will be covered. This course is designed to provide the owner/handler with the tools necessary to handle canines in a safe and controlled manner. Please leave dogs at home.

Instructor: Marina Berny

Location: Curry Campus 137A/B

Cost: $50

Days: Mon 10/6/25

Time: 5:00-7:20pm

 

SBDC 0590 99  LEARN BY DOING: TIME MANAGEMENT

Time is your most valuable asset and is the “great equalizer” – everyone has 24 hours in a day. Planning what you do with it makes every minute count. Take control of your schedule, reduce stress, and achieve more with less effort. Presented by Gayle Goldstone, Small Business Development Center Business Advisor.

Instructor: Gayle Goldstone

Location: Curry Campus 137A/B

Cost: $40

Days: Tue 9/9/25 & 9/23/25

Time: 3:00-5:00pm

WR 0100 99  WRITING YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Who better to tell your story than YOU? Come and learn how our memories are mountains of rich content ready to be mined for autobiographical treasure. The act of re-discovering vital experiences within our own personal histories, then arranging them into a written story, is autobiographical writing – an evocative nonfiction genre with a robust tradition in American literature. In this course, we will read short selections by celebrated memoirists, paying special attention to tone, style, and form as we craft pieces of personal memoir.

Instructor: Coral Anderson

Location: Curry Campus 118

Cost: $70

Days: Thur 9/25/25 – 11/6/25

Time: 1:30pm-3:20pm

 

WR 0115 99  INTRODUCTION TO GRANT WRITING

This Introduction to Grant Writing course provides a basic understanding of grant writing and the foundations of project development. We will cover how to prepare your organization to apply for grants and identify local sponsors and small grants to consider. The course is open to all but geared toward smaller non-profits. Instructor: Alisa Green

Location: Curry Campus 109

Cost: $75

Days: Sat 10/4/25 & 10/18/25

Time: 10:00am-12:50pm