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School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education

Continuing Education Summer 2012

The School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education at Purchase College provides lifelong learning for the individual and the surrounding communities of Westchester and Fairfield counties. The school is dedicated to delivering quality credit and noncredit courses, adult degree completion programs, and professional certificate programs designed to enrich lives and meet the existing and emerging educational needs of adults, youth, and precollege teens. Daytime, evening, weekend, hybrid, and online courses are available throughout the year.

Liberal Studies Degree Completion Program

Designed especially for adults and transfer students, our liberal studies B.A. program offers students a high-quality education and the flexibility to earn a bachelor’s degree through part-time or full-time study—at Purchase College or our extension site at Rockland Community College. Learn more >>

Programs for Educational Advancement

Special programs are also offered for undergraduate, graduate, and personal advancement, including:

Personal Enrichment

Summer 2012 Courses:

Acting Workshop
Getting Paid to Talk
The Six-Hour Art Major
Chess for Life:
Training the Mind
Courses with Noncredit Options
Selected credit courses available at a lower noncredit tuition rate
Filmmaker's Intensive (no longer held at Purchase College this summer)

Fall 2012 Courses:
Register now!

Performing and Visual Arts:
- “Split the Difference”:
  The Language and
  Technique of Voiceover
  Acting
- Drawing for Comics and
  Storyboards
- Woodworking:
  A Hands-On Workshop
- Woodturning Workshop
Courses with Noncredit Options
Selected credit courses available at a lower noncredit tuition rate