Occupation-related courses to be offered at Wayne Community
By From staff reports
Published in News on March 11, 2016 1:46 PM
Several occupation-related Wayne Community College Continuing Education courses will begin in the next couple of weeks.
"Basic Computer Repair and Upkeep" will be taught on Tuesdays, March 22-May 10, from 6-9 p.m. Adding expansion cards, memory (RAM), hard drives, and optical drives will be covered. Students will learn how to clean dust and debris from the computer case, install an operating system and run the system restore program for their computer. A WCC certificate will be issued to students who complete the course. Cost is $70.
"Introduction to Computers" is set for 5:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, March 17-May 5. It covers basic introductory level skills and using the Internet. A WCC certificate will be issued upon completion of the course. Cost is $70.
"Computer Repair/A+ Cert Prep," a hybrid course (part taught in a classroom, part taught online) will be offered Thursdays, March 17-May 12, 6-9 p.m. This course will teach how to troubleshoot, update and maintain a home or business notebook or desktop computer. Students learn to replace major components such as the hard drive or an optical CD or DVD ROM drive, upgrade memory (RAM), reload operating systems, recover from computer viruses and more. It includes all that students need to learn to take the A+ Certification examinations. Upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a discount voucher for the exam and a WCC certificate. Cost is $180.
"Life and Health Insurance" will be held Fridays, 6-10 p.m. and Saturdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., March 18-April 15. It is designed to prepare students for the North Carolina State Life and Health Insurance Agent Examination. Cost is $125.
All of these courses will be held on the college's main campus in Goldsboro except "Introduction to Computers" which will be taught at Woods Chapel Church in Goldsboro.
Register and pay in advance at the Continuing Education Division's Customer Service Desk in the Walnut Building on the college's main campus.
A complete schedule of spring courses can be found online at www.waynecc.edu/course-schedules/. Contact Maxine Cooper at 919-739-6938 or mcooper@waynecc.edu for more information.