Business and Industry Department

Occupational Extension

Community Services

Basic Skills (ESL,ABE,GED,AHS+CED)

Business & Industry Coordination

Small Business Center

HRD

JobLink Career Center

Emergency Services

Semester Schedules

On-Line Classes

Fees

To provide education and training for the workforce, basis skills and literacy education, occupational education and community service programs.

To provide services to business and industry which promote economic development.

To provide services to enrich the quality of life.
 
 

The primary purpose of BCC's Continuing Education division is to provide programs with an emphasis on upgrading work skills and work-related training. The college works closely with business and industry to meet their training needs.
 
 

BCC's Continuing Education offerings are divided into four areas: Occupational Extension, Community Service, Basic Skills, and Business and Industry Services. Classes meet at each of BCC's campuses and at community locations throughout the county.

BCC's Continuing Education classes are open to individuals 18 years and older. Sixteen and seventeen year-olds may register with written permission from their high school principal You must fill out a registration form and return it in person to any one of the BCC campuses. If you are registering by mail, please complete a registration form and enclose a check or money order for registration fee, made payable to BCC and mail to: BCC, Continuing Department P O Box Dublin, NC 28332..

 Pre-registration/Prepayment.

Pre-registration/Prepayment is required for all classes. Most classes require a registration fee and some classes may require books/materials. To pre-register, you may come by the Continuing Education Department. Our hours are Monday -Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

If you need more information, please call the Continuing Education Department at 910-862-5100 ext. 5568.

Early Registration  

Have you ever signed up for a class only to find it cancelled? Have you later discovered a friend who wanted to take it, too, but hadn't registered? Or maybe you've planned to take a class and arrived the first session to find it cancelled for lack of enrollment. Well, here are two ways to help keep your selected class on the schedule.

Continuing Education classes begin in different weeks and months. Check start dates to be sure you won't miss a course.

• Register early -- do it today! Each class has a minimum required enrollment. Once that number is reached, the class is a "go". 
• If you find a class you like, encourage a friend to join you. Sometimes two or three people make the difference between "Go" or "Cancel." So, the word about waiting is DON'T! Register NOW. 

Continuing Education Fees

There will be no processing fee for Continuing Education classes.

The new fee structure is listed below:

$50 for 0 - 10 hours

$55 for 11 - 30 hours

$60 for 31 - 100 hours

$65 for more than 100 hours.

Dropping and Adding Classes

If you want to drop a class, you must fill out a drop/add form. Depending on when you drop the class, the college will refund your registration fee. See Refunds, below. If you want to add a class, you can register up until the first day of class. You can replace one course with another if they have the same registration fee by filling out the drop/add form.

Refunds

The refund policy for Bladen Community College's Continuing Education Division was established by the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, Raleigh on October 15, 1993.

Brief Statement of Policy:

1. A pre-registered extension student who officially withdraws from an extension class(es) prior to the first meeting of the class will be eligible for a 100 percent refund by completing an official request form.
2. The refund will be 75 percent if requested prior to the 10 percent date of the class(es) meeting.
3. No refunds will be given after 10 percent of class meetings.

 Repeating a Class

North Carolina legislation states that Community Colleges may permit a student to repeat a course more than once if that student demonstrates that the repetition is required by standards governing the certificate or licensing program in which the student is enrolled. The policy applies to occupational courses ONLY. A predetermined rate of approximately $5.00 per scheduled hour would be charged to those individuals who had taken occupational extension course more than twice and were not otherwise exempt. 

Occupational Extension

Occupational Extension courses consist of single courses, each complete of itself, designed for the specific purposes of training an individual for full-or part-time employment, upgrading the skills of persons presently employed, and retraining others for new employment in occupational fields.
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Community Services

The Community Services Program (CSP) offers single courses, each complete in itself, that focus on an individual's personal or leisure needs rather than occupational or professional employment.
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Basic Skills

 The Basic Skills program provides educational opportunities for adults 16 years or older who are out of school. The program addresses the needs of adults who do not have a high school diploma or who lack sufficient mastery of basic education skills to enable them to function effectively in society. They can improve their reading, writing, mathematics, and communication skills through five major programs: General Education Development(GED), Adult High School (AHS), English as a Second Language (ESL), and Compensatory Education (CED). Classes are free of charge and are offered in a variety of settings and at convenient times. Over 12,000 classes are offered annually on community college campuses, work sites, churches, public schools, community centers, libraries, homeless shelters, correctional institutions, and other locations.

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Business & Industry Coordination

Coordinates with industry for needed employee training, computer training, safety training, and management seminar training.
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Small Business Center Network





The Small Business Center Network supports the growth of existing businesses and the development of new business by being a community-based provider of training, counseling and information. The SBC assists small business owners and prospective owners in every area of their business needs by providing: seminars and workshops, direct one-to-one counseling and referral service. The Small Business Center Network serves as a resource and information center with a variety of references and resource materials, video tapes, software packages, business magazines and publication. For more information about The Small Business Center Network visit the state web site at http://www.ncccs.nc.us.
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HRD

HRD is a structured program to recruit, counsel and train unemployed and underemployed adults. The primary objective is to help trainees orient themselves to the world of work, appreciate the effects of their behavior on others and develop the basic academic and communication skills prerequisite to obtaining and maintaining employment.
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JobLink Career Center

The Mission of the JobLink Program is to provide our workforce and employers the best customer-focused, customer-friendly planning, training, and placement services. The result is a workforce ready to meet the challenges of the 21^st century. Here are a few of the services you can access through the JobLink Career Center. For more information about JobLink Career Center visit the state web site http://www.joblink.state.nc.us.
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  Career Resources

 Career Choices

 Career Development

 Special Programs

Emergency Services

The Emergency Services program provides medical (CPR, EMT) and fire training courses to volunteers and individuals seeking employment. The program is designed for individuals to gain technical information and skills through a variety of learning experiences and practical problems. The classes are often taken directly through training sessions held in local departments and training fields in the community.
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On-Line Campus

BCC offers a complete selection of over 100 On-Line Classes. These classes are designed to allow learners to enhance their knowledge and improve their skills at a time and place convenient for them. Class size is limited so instructors can provide the same high level of personal interaction that they do in a traditional classroom. 

For more information on these On-Line courses offered through Continuing Education Department visit the colleges web site at http://www.bladencc.edu, at the prompt click on Distance Education at BCC and look at the courses offer under Continuing Education.
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Bladen Community College

Continuing Education Department

For more information about the Continuing Education programs, you may contact:

Bladen Community College

Continuing Education Department

Building 2-Upstairs

P.O. Box 266

Dublin, NC 28332

910-879-5500

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