California Community Colleges System Courses

Body Conditioning After a Stroke

This course helps older adults who have experienced an acquired brain injury to maintain or improve their mobility and physical endurance through an individualized program offered in a group setting.

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• Paid Course

Pool Exercises for Older Adults

This course assists older adults with joint difficulties and other chronic conditions by helping them engage in a zero-impact exercise in water. Older adults learn routines that use the resistance of

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• Paid Course

Movement, Posture, and Weight Control for Older Adults

This course helps older adults maintain or improve their physical health, weight, muscle strength, coordination, and cardiovascular conditioning through low-impact aerobic exercises as well as some st

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• Paid Course

Comprehensive Conditioning for Older Adults

This course assists older adults in improving their health and cardiovascular performance through low-impact aerobic exercises, some strength training, and stretch movements that increase their range

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• Paid Course

Modified Physical Conditioning for Older Adults

This course helps older adults in long-term care facilities maintain as high a level of mobility and fitness as possible, and to preserve as much independence as possible.

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• Paid Course

Feeling Fit for Older Adults

This course helps older adults build and maintain their strength and socialize with others who have similar goals. Older adults who have not recently engaged in an exercise routine burn calories, buil

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• Paid Course

Introduction to SMC Fitness Center

Build your stamina and flexibility at your own pace in this course, especially designed for older adults. Students must attend at least 80% of the sessions. There is a separate section for intermediat

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• Paid Course

Pilates Level 1

This course is designed to introduce Emeritus students to the beginning Pilates matwork technique of exercise, starting with 30 basic exercises. Pilates is a unique method of body control and conditio

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• Paid Course

The Fix-It Class – Repair Almost Anything

This course teaches older adults about household tools, how to make minor or more complex home repairs or maintenance, and how to evaluate proposed repair processes when hiring and paying a repair per

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• Paid Course

Sewing Lab

This course helps older adults learn sewing-based skills, including how to construct clothing, engage in creative sewing projects, use patterns, engage in patchwork or machine quilting, and/or other s

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• Paid Course

Consumer Education for Older Adults

This course helps older adults learn about the resources consumers can use to make the best choices about goods and services and provides a space to discuss these resources with their peers. The cours

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• Paid Course

Nutrition Fundamentals for Older Adults

This course assists older adults in making nutritional changes that enhance their quality of life and allow them to maintain a high level of independence. Older adults will learn about food fads, as w

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• Paid Course

Restaurant Critic – Dining Wisely: Healthy Eating Choices for Older Adults

This course helps older adults learn how to prepare healthy foods for a small household and how to make cost-effective choices in planning a menu. Older adults work together to create a cookbook or re

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• Paid Course

American History Through Cooking

This course explores American history through different cultural lenses using food and cooking. We will examine the cultural and culinary contributions of different ethnic groups to American cuisine a

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• Paid Course

Needlecrafts I

This course provides a supportive, stimulating, and creative learning environment to allow older adults to create inexpensive knitting projects. Older adults learn and practice knitting and crocheting

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• Paid Course