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| phone: 602.787.6800 fax: 602.787.6805 ce.online@pvmail.maricopa.edu PVCC Division of Continuing Education Kranitz Student Center, Rm 204 18401 N. 32nd St. Phoenix, AZ 85032 |
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NON-CREDIT CLASSES Top of page Popular Classes for Boomers and Seniors Understanding Your Social Security Benefits Learn what you need to know about Social Security. This course will provide an overview of all the programs dealing with retirement, survivors, disability, Medicare, and supplemental security income benefits. Handouts provided. Register early as this class fills quickly. Instructor: Barbara Jackson, Social Security Administration Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10008
Funeral Planning Now is the time to make the right decisions and help your family deal with loss of a loved one. Remove some of the fear surrounding this topic and learn how to pre-plan your own arrangements or deal with arrangements as a survivor. The Family Estate Planning Kit is included and covers information on wills, living wills, bank accounts, veteran’s benefits, social security benefits, hospice services, death certificates, funeral preferences and cemetery/mausoleum arrangements. Instructor: Sandy Hancock Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-60028
Recreational Guitar for Seniors This fun course is designed to get you playing the guitar quickly. With recreational guitar, a person concentrates first on learning key chords in keys that enable anyone to be able to accompany themselves with a guitar and sing songs. As you progress, more traditional methods of sight reading sheet music and music theory will be introduced. Emphasis is on fun! Students must provide their own guitar. Instructor: Jack Albert Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10044
Reader’s Theatre Put your acting skills and imagination to work recreating stories and characters in an amalgamation of radio theatre and storytelling. Classes will emphasize performance skills and ensemble work. Performances throughout the Valley are anticipated and added rehearsals required. Class size is very limited. Instructor: Marilyn Warsofsky Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10003
Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People You don’t need years of weekly lessons to learn piano! In just a few hours, you can learn enough secrets of the trade to give you years of musical enjoyment. How do we do it? While regular piano teachers teach note reading, piano professionals use chords. In this demonstration course, you can learn all the chords you’ll need to play any song in this one session. Any song, and style, any key! Required materials fee of $30 for workbook and CD is payable in class. Instructor: Craig Coffman Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-90004
How to Play Piano By Ear Learn one of music’s deepest mysteries: how to play songs without relying on music. This course will provide a practical presentation of music theory that includes predicting chord progressions, learning from recordings, and transposing - expressed in everyday language. This is an ideal follow-up to ‘Instant Piano’ and is open to anyone who has a basic understanding of chords on any instrument. Required materials fee of $30 for workbook and CD payable in class. Instructor: Craig Coffman Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-90030
*Savings Package: Take both Piano classes and save $13! Cont_ed 100-90031 #49051 $65 Materials are $60 Top of page Birdwatching for Beginners If you are curious about the birds around you but just don’t know where to start, this is for you! Be introduced to the basics of birdwatching and the fun and entertaining way to ‘watch’ them. Learn to spot and identify a variety of birds by sight and sound, how to use a birding book, and use and calibrate binoculars. Text: Peterson’s Field Guide to Western Birds, available at most bookstores and amazon.com. Bring binoculars all classes. For the field trips wear strong, sturdy shoes, bring water, food sunscreen, binoculars and the field guide. Saturday classes will be held off campus. Instructor: Gregory Rocca, PhD Subject: Cont_ed Course #100-60101
Father of Arizona NEW! Who was Charles D. Poston and why is he considered to be the ‘Father of Arizona’? Join us and find out! Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10080
Geronimo Was Geronimo a blood thirsty killer or freedom fighter? We explore the life of this legendary figure. Portions of a video about the Apache resistance will be shown. Instructor: Mike Steinberg Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10059
Road to Statehood This seminar will discuss why it took the Territory of Arizona 49 years to become a state. Instructor: Mike Steinberg Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10040
Ice Princess NEW! This seminar will present the story of Hattie Mosher (1865 - 1945), whose father made a fortune in the early Phoenix ice - making business. She lost the family fortune in a most unusual way and died penniless. The reason might surprise you! Instructor: Mike Steinberg Subject: Cont_ed Course #400-10081
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