Noncredit Courses
FALL 2010
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Course Catalog
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FEATURED COURSES
Transforming good old bones into green classics, this course is for architects, builders, municipalities, engineers and others. Learn how to do historic renovations in a "green" way.
This course is cosponsored by the Hudson Valley branch of the US Green Building Council.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
1 session • $20 • 6:30 – 8:30 pm
DCB 561-01 • SRC – Video Conference Room
NEW LOCATIONS FOR FALL 2010
SUNY Ulster’s Continuing & Professional Education has added two new locations where you can take classes. Classes are being offered this fall on the beautifully wooded acres of Woodland Pond (code: WP) in New Paltz (click here for directions), and in Woodstock, at the Woodstock School of Art (click here for directions).
WOODLAND POND, NEW PALTZ
* 20% discount on select courses for seniors 60 and over.
For more information or to register, call 339-2025 or visit us at www.sunyulster.edu/CE
To view the flyer for these new courses, click here.
- Organic Gardening for Garden and Containers
This basic organic gardening course will cover where to site and build your garden and set up containers, soil testing, composting, garden layout, planning for succession crops, planting and harvesting techniques to maximize harvests. You will learn great gardening tips and strategies: how to identify and outwit garden pests and encourage beneficial insects and organisms; how to reduce plant diseases; how to build the soil’s nutritional value and increase crop productivity; and, finally how to grow your own nutritionally superior produce and become much healthier.
The class will also cover soil vitality, pH and plant nutrients, composting, mulches and mulching practices, watering and irrigation, crop rotation, pest and beneficial insect identification and strategies for bringing a natural balance to your garden.
Melody Newcombe was Publishing Editor of ‘The Harvest Times’ newsletter about organic and bio-dynamic community farming. She was VP of the Northeast Organic Farmers’ Association and organized the first organic farming conference at Cornell University and the CSA of Kingston. She been featured on the National Geographic Society CBS-TV special ‘The Hidden World’ of Insects; the NBC-TV feature “The Cicada Story” and WNET-TV special “Dining Out” about foraging for edible wild plants and NPR “Weekend Edition”.Wednesday, September 22 & 29 • 6 - 9 pm
2 sessions • $79
NCC 363-01 • WP, New Paltz
Materials fee: $10, payable in class
- One Stroke Painting
Learn to paint the Donna Dewberry One Stroke Decorative Style Painting. This course is open to both beginning and advanced students. The advanced class is for students who have completed the basic classes.
The four Basic classes will include a Basic Daisy Class; completing a small wood memory picture frame, a Basic Sunflower Class; completing a wood oval, a Basic Rose Bud and Wisteria Class; completing a wood plate, and a Basic Wildflower Class, completing a wood heart.
The four Advance Classes will include an Advanced Tiger Lily Class, completing a wood plaque; an Advanced Queen Ann’s Lace Class, completing a wood memory box, an Advanced Wild Rose Class, completing an oval surface, and an Advanced Mum and Daisy Class, completing an L shaped composition on a canvass board.
No painting experience is necessary, everyone can paint, and no drawing is required. Let this be the gift you give yourself, a chance to learn this fun, fulfilling, and easy way to paint.
Jeanne Sutton and Mary (Peg) Nau are certified One Stroke Instructors, Jeanne is a left-handed painter, and Peg is right-handed.Wednesday, October 6 – November 3 • 6 - 8 pm
4 sessions • $120
NCC 105-07 • WP, New Paltz
No class October 20
Materials fee: $60, payable in class - Prehistory of the Hudson Valley
The course will focus on what is currently known about Native American culture history and adaptations in the Hudson Valley region, from its earliest occupation by humans at least 12,000 years ago, to the period of initial European contact. Changing climate and environmental settings resulted in the development of diverse prehistoric lifestyles, which are reflected by the variety of archaeological site types that have been identified in the area. Some of these will be described during the course and their importance to developing an understanding of past life ways and adaptations in the area will be addressed.
Your instructor is Eugene J. Boesch Ph.D., R.P.A.Saturday, September 25 & October 2 • 10 - noon
2 sessions • $55
NCC 847-02 • WP, New Paltz - American Military History
The Battle for the Philippines, December 7, 1941 - May 6, 1942, was the real turning point of the war in the Pacific. Follow the journey of captured American soldier from their voyage on the Hellship, Tottori Maru, to Formosa and Korea and the chronicle of their six mile trudge in ice and snow and freezing rain in Mukden Manchuria. Find out how they fought the Japanese through sabotage. Learn about the OSS Team that saved their lives and how the Russians liberated them in August 1945.
Watch and hear several videos and audio presentations of American sacrifice, courage, and survival. Follow the DVDs and oral presentations from Undaunted Valor, which is the voice of the men who survived and became prisoners of war. These are all previously unwritten, untold firsthand accounts.
Your instructor is Suzanne Zimbler a WW II historian and author of Undaunted Valor, The Men of Mukden.Thursday, October 7 - 28 • 6 - 8 pm
4 sessions • $65
NCC 920-02 • WP, New Paltz
Text fee: Undaunted Valor- $26, payable in class
ALSO at WOODLAND POND:
Senior Computer Learning Center (SCLC) Workshop Classes at Woodland Pond
All Workshops are $20. A basic knowledge of computers is required for all workshops. Please bring a laptop to class.
For more information or to register call 331-9360 or email office@kingstonslc.org.
- Organize Pictures & Files
Use Windows Explorer to move and arrange computer data. Make folders, move pictures from camera to flash drives, move video clips into folders and make and delete folders.
Monday, September 13, 1:30-3:30, WP Library
- Medical Info on the Internet
Excellent information for the health conscious; the workshop will also review other sites for entertainment.
Monday, September 27, 1:30-3:30, WP Library
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL of ART, WOODSTOCK
Classes are open to students of all ages and with all levels of experience. There are no entrance requirements. Students may sign up at any time. Go to the WSA website formore information or to register: www.woodstockschoolofart.org.
Please include the code that starts with WSA to identify these classes when registering.
Note: Students who have not previously enrolled at the Woodstock School of Art must pay a one-time matriculation fee of $15.
- WSA-SF/CE • Watercolor with Staats Fasoldt
Wed, 9 am - noon; Sat, 9 - noon and 1 - 4 pm, 4 consecutive weeks $140 (one 3 hour class per week).
Demonstrations, individual instruction, and critiques. You will learn to handle watercolor in a wet, spontaneous manner with strong emphasis on composition and value control. Learn to simplify and perfect drawings for the painting process. - WSA-KG/CE • Printmaking with Kate McGloughlin,
Fri, 9 am - noon, 4 consecutive weeks $140.
Work with Kate in our fabulous printmaking studio and learn basic procedures and techniques in etching, woodcutting, wood engraving and linocut printing. Lab fees apply. - WSA-TC/CE • Figurative Clay Sculpture with Tricia Cline,
Wed, 1 - 4 pm, 4 consecutive weeks, $175.
The study of the figure through direct observation. A great class for beginners and experienced alike. Materials fees apply. - WSA-JR/CE • Figure Drawing and Painting with Judith Reeve
Tue, 1 - 4 pm, 4 consecutive weeks, $175.
You will explore the construction of the figure and proper modeling of form through value, color, color temperature and edges. Emphasis placed on color harmony and color composition. - WSA-FG/CE • Basic Drawing and Painting with F. Tor Gudmundsen
Sat, 9 am - noon, 4 consecutive classes, $140.
Do you want to “brush up” on concepts and skills in drawing and painting or want to learn a new medium? This class covers basic concepts and skills in drawing and painting.
Click here for a list of current courses.
BUILDING PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE CERTIFICATION COURSES
The Center for Energy Efficiency and Building Science (CEEBS) of Ulster County Community College and the Building Performance Institute offer courses in Building Analyst, Envelope Professional, and Heating Professional training. These courses use the "whole house" performance based approach, and address a comprehensive range of interrelated building issues..
COURSES (For complete information about each courses and registration forms, click on the course name. To register for any of these courses, print and complete the registration form, then mail or fax it to the address on the form.):
- BUILDING ANALYST
Class starts September 15, 2010.
Registration and payment due by September 10, 2010.
- ENVELOPE PROFESSIONAL
Class starts October 13, 2010.
Registration and payment due by October 8, 2010.
- HEATING PROFESSIONAL
Class starts November 9, 2010.
Registration and payment due by November 5, 2010.
COMMERCIAL DRIVING & EQUIPMENT
- NEW YORK STATE COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE COURSE
Course Number – HSI 393
Tuition: $4635
41 hoursDescription
Students will receive a class lecture pertaining to both Federal and State Guidelines with the topics covered including:
- Driving Safety, Basic Vehicle Control
- Airbrakes
- Pre-Trip Vehicle Inspection
- Combination Vehicles
Current New York State licensed drivers will gain the knowledge and skills required by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Department. Training is provided to facilitate students to ultimately gain licensure in Class “A”, Class “B”, “P” Endorsement, and if needed also allows for the removal of an “O” Restriction.
Please note that fees for tests are not covered by this course and you will be responsible for all testing fees for permit, road tests, and licensure upgrade fees all of which are payable directly to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.
Vehicles will be provided for your road training and road tests.
You must be a resident of New York State, present a valid New York state driver’s license and have good medical standing.
41 hours
8 hours classroom, 33 hours road trainingHSI 393-02
Course dates and times:
Classroom: Sep 19 - Nov 14, 2010 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Remaining 33 hours road training scheduled individuallyHSI 393-03
Course dates and times:
Classroom: Oct 24 - Dec 19, 2010 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Remaining 33 hours road training scheduled individually
HSI 393-04
Course dates and times:
Classroom: Nov 21, 2010 - Jan 16, 2011 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Remaining 33 hours road training scheduled individually
HSI 393-05
Course dates and times:
Classroom: Dec 12, 2010 - Feb 6, 2011 • 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Remaining 33 hours road training scheduled individually
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FORKLIFT OPERATIONS
Course Number - HSI 357
Tuition: $2,375.DESCRIPTION
This professional training program covers forklift truck operation along with aerial lift operation for booms and scissors including maintenance and correct safety practices. The course includes machine familiarization, controls, daily checks, refueling and battery procedures, steering, load weight assessment and handling, stacking racking, awkward loads and vehicle loading and unloading as well as covers in detail the pre-start and operational checks that are required to be done on forklift s and aerial lifts. Upon completion, students will receive 2 standard compliant OSHA 3-year safety cards.
-30 hrs-
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Course Dates:
HSI 357-05, Dec 5, 11, 12, 2010
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INTRODUCTION TO EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT
Course Number - HSI 330
Tuition: $2,975This hands-on course covers safety and industry regulatory standards regarding operating earthmoving equipment. Actual time on equipment provides students with opportunities to learn practical operation, controls and instrumentation, steering and maneuvering, equipment inspection and maintenance, operating limitations, material stockpiling, grading and levels and trenching. Vehicles include pay-loaders and excavators used mainly for uploading sand, dirt and mud into trucks, clearing rubble and digging.
Course dates:
HSI 330-09, Sep 19, 25 & 26, 2010
HSI 330-10, Sep 19, Oct 2 & 3, 2010
HSI 330-11, Nov 14, 20, 21, 2010
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ADVANCED EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT
Course Number - HSI 356
Tuition: $2,975.DESCRIPTION
The Earth Moving Equipment Operator Program provides a comprehensive curriculum including the fundamental and intermediate subject matter in both theoretical (classroom) and practical (field training) aspects of grade reading, excavation and heavy equipment operation, affording a broad look into the processes of planning and executing earth moving activities on various types of construction projects by using machinery to move construction materials, earth, and other heavy materials at construction sites.
The hands-on (practical) training allows the student to acquire advanced seat time, specifically backhoe/ loader operations, presenting proper practices for setting grades off bench marks and describing methods for setting grades using various types of levels. The student is taught how to read and interpret construction plans to determine grading requirements, and a review of grading operations. Safer operation of the equipment is also emphasized.
The complete curriculum consists of 30 hours of classroom training and equipment and field training.
The program includes a Flagger Certification class.
Course dates:
HSI 356-03, Oct 17, 23 & 24, 2010
HSI 356-04, Oct 30, Nov 6, 7, 2010
