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These non-credit course offerings provide students with general knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities while exploring areas of interest or curiosity.
Arts, Sciences, & Humanities Sections:
You may also be interested in our Writing Courses.
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Arts, Sciences, & Humanities
These non-credit course offerings provide students with general knowledge and the development of intellectual abilities while exploring areas of interest or curiosity.
Arts, Sciences, & Humanities Sections:
- Acting
- Art
- Film Studies & Screenwriting
- Foreign Languages
- Gardening
- Music
- Photography
- Self Improvement
- Wine Tasting
You may also be interested in our Writing Courses.
| Course Offerings - Acting |
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| U7340 | From Broadway to the Boardroom |
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| U7351 | So You Want to be a Voiceover Actor? |
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| U7352 | Introduction to Acting |
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| Course Offerings - Art |
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| U5301 | At the Potter's Wheel: A Pottery Workshop |
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| U3110 | Introduction to Drawing |
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| U5433 | Adobe InDesign For Beginners |
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| U5430 | Adobe Illustrator for Beginners |
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| U3224 | Watercolor Workshop for All Levels |
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| U3226 | Observe Art With Fresh Eyes: Classic or Cliché? |
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| U3227 | European Paintings at The Met: Learning to Look |
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| Course Offerings - Film Studies & Screenwriting |
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| U5700 | Be Your Own Film Critic |
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| U5705 | Digital Video Production Workshop |
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| U6114 | Beginning Screenwriting |
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| U6115 | Intermediate Screenwriting |
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| U6133 | Getting Your Documentary Produced |
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| U6500 | Hollywood Film School: A Crash Course for Independent Filmmakers, Producers, Directors, and Writers |
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| Course Offerings - Foreign Languages |
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| U6612 | Spanish I |
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| U6614 | Spanish II |
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| U6616 | Spanish III |
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| U6611 | Spanish: Advanced Conversation and Grammar |
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| U6636 | Medical Spanish |
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| U6645 | Medical Spanish II |
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| U6637 | Italian for Beginners |
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| U6638 | Italian II |
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| U6640 | Italian Part III |
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| U6641 | Italian Refresher Course |
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| U6666 | Mandarin Chinese |
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| U6649 | Conversational Yiddish |
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| Course Offerings - Gardening |
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| U5100 | Creating a Sustainable Landscape |
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| U5101 | Sound Gardening Techniques For a Healthy Garden |
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| U5102 | Great Flowering Landscape Shrubs and Trees |
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| U5103 | Selecting Superior Varieties of Annuals and Perennials for the Home Garden |
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| Course Offerings - Music |
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| U7350 | Audition Technique for the Musical Theater |
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| U5463 | Guitar Instruction |
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| U5461 | Piano Instruction |
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| Course Offerings - Photography |
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| U5421 | Introduction to Digital Photography |
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| U5425 | Intermediate Digital Photography |
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| U5423 | Advanced Digital Photography |
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| U5422 | Photoshop Part I |
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| U5424 | Photoshop Part II |
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| U5426 | Nature Photography |
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| U5429 | Travel Photography |
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| U5428 | Portrait and Special Event Photography |
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| U5427 | Lighting Workshop Intensive |
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| U5440 | Indoor Digital Portrait Photography |
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| U5441 | Outdoor Digital Portrait Photography |
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| U5415 | Maximize Your Point-and-Shoot Camera |
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| Course Offerings - Self Improvement |
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| U6140 | So...Tell Me About Yourself |
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| U6141 | Long Island's Aviation Heritage |
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| U6142 | Change Your Thinking/Change Your Life: Learn To Live Your Best Life Possible |
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| U6145 | Super Goal Sunday: For Women Who Know That Life Is More Than a Game! |
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| U7301 | Magic as a Hobby |
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| U7313 | T'ai Chi Chuan |
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| U7315 | Fencing |
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| U7319 | Creating Your Marketable Image |
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| U7324 | Stress Management for Busy People |
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| Course Offerings - Wine tasting |
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| U3500 | Introduction to Wine Tasting |
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| U3501 | Wine Tasting: Big Bold Reds |
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| U3502 | Around the World of White Wines |
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| U3503 | The World of Champagne and Sparkling Wines |
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| U3504 | Bordeaux, The King of Wines |
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| U3505 | Delicious Dessert Wines |
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| U3506 | Wine Tasting: Picnic And Summer Wines |
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| U3507 | Old World versus New World Wines |
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