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About Continuing Education

St. Louis Community College is a leader in lifelong learning. In responding to the educational needs of the St. Louis metropolitan area, St. Louis Community College Continuing Education has evolved into a leader in the delivery of high-quality educational programs. We offer the following programs and services.

Personal Development Courses - Pursue your interest in art, languages, hobbies, fitness, finance and more.

Professional Development Courses - STLCC provides up-to-date training in a variety of areas, including computer and technical programs, career development, food service and more. Specialized programs include:

  • Allied Health Continuing Education - offers both non-credit and credit programming. Credit courses include EMT, Paramedic Technology, and the R.N. First Assistant program. Credit-free courses are offered for nurses, EMS personnel and other allied health professionals. For more information, contact Diane Sterett at 314-644-9272 or dsterett@stlcc.edu.
     
  • Women Entrepreneur Training Program - A Small Business Curriculum Designed for Women. This 13-week entrepreneurship training workshop is designed to address the specific needs, challenges and opportunities faced by women entrepreneurs. This course will teach you the financial and business fundamentals that every woman entrepreneur must know to compete and run her business profitably. Everyday more and more women are embracing entrepreneurship as a viable, fulfilling career alternative to traditional forms of employment. Women entrepreneurs own over 6.5 million businesses generating $940 billion in revenues.
     
  • Small Business Development Program - offers small business owners with programming that provides the tools they need to succeed in today’s swiftly changing business environment. For more information, call 314-513-4581.
     
  • Child Care Providers Program - offers a variety of classes for those employed in the child care field or for those interested in learning more about working with children through the Caring for Kids program. Child care clock training hours are available. For more information, call 314-513-4391.
     
  • The Center for Visual Technology - is home to one of the leading digital arts programs in the nation. Workshops are taught by professionals who have their pulse on the market and their focus on quality training. For more information, call 314-984-7956. Check out the list of the current workshops. 

Online Courses - STLCC has partnered with multiple providers of online learning nationally recognized for their high quality instruction and content. Take your online course from the comfort of your home or office at the times that are most convenient for you. Our course providers offer a wide variety of subject areas and classes, virtually something for everyone.

  • Personal and Professional Development low cost, short-duration, instructor guided courses are available in partnership with ed2go. They are informative, fun, convenient and highly interactive. Courses are project-oriented and include lessons, quizzes, hands-on assignments, discussion areas and supplementary links. Most of these courses are only $89 each and six weeks long.
    ed2go course catalog.
  • American Management Association self-study courses provide more than 60 skill-building courses in 20 subject areas including supervision, leadership, human resources, finance, communication and management. These courses help individuals to master the skills that are critical to business and management success. Each online course is filled with practical exercises relating the underlying theory to your every day work environment. AMA self-study provides the latest management practices, real-world solutions, and the chance to gain recognition from the world leader in management development education. AMA course catalog.
  • Career Advancement and Certification programs through Gatlin Education Services provide the competency-based or certification-based learning required by many adult learners and career changers. The over 100 online certificate programs are designed to provide the workforce skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations including the Allied Health, IT, Business, Technical, Skilled Trades & Construction industries. These courses include everything students need; high quality on-line content, textbooks, CD-ROMs, and most importantly an online instructor/mentor committed to student success.
    GES course catalog.

Customized Curriculum Development - In collaboration with area businesses, schools, industries, agencies and organizations, STLCC offers educational training programs throughout the metropolitan area. We can design a program to meet the needs of your constituents. We can offer credentialing, certificates and transcriptions of training. STLCC Continuing Education can coordinate your next conference or create an on-site workshop.

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GED Preparation, Academic Skills and Literacy Training, and ESL - Students can study to earn a GED, improve basic reading, writing and math skills, and learn English conversation reading and writing skills.

Youth Programs - Young learners can get involved in classes developed especially for them, or for parents and children to take together. In addition, the college offers a variety of programs for youth such as Kids on Campus, College for Kids and summer camps. For more information, contact the STLCC Continuing Education office at 314-984-777 or e-mail: stlccconed@stlcc.edu.