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Current Options Courses

Welcome to the 2025 Options Program! We're thrilled to assist you in acquiring fresh knowledge or enhancing your skills. Our courses and activities are engaging and enjoyable, led by seasoned experts who take pleasure in introducing individuals to their respective fields.

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Visit the cashiers office, and once you make a payment you are registered. For more information you can visit or contact the continiuining education department.

Spring 2025 Offerings

Academic Tutoring & Test Prep
Academic Tutoring and Test Prep

Open to grades 1st through 12th Improve academic skills through tutoring in Reading, Composition and Essay Writing, math Vocabulary Building and Phonics.  Learn Test Taking Skills and be prepared for the next grade!   Private & semi-private tutoring available. All tutoring takes place on the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø campus.

Dates: To Be Announced Saturdays
Time: 10am - 4pm
Fee $30 per hour semi-private
Fee $40 per hour private minimum 6 hrs
Location: Gwendolyn Brooks Library
Piano for Beginners (Ages 6-12)
Piano
If you really want to be heard, make music, not noise! Learn to play the piano in an electronic piano lab setting. Previous musical background helpful but not required. Book included!
Instructor: Darryl Thomas
Sat: Jul 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Fee: $85 includes book fee!
Location: HWH, Room 106
Piano Teens and Adults
Piano
Learn how to read music and play your favorite tune using engaging and effective techniques. Previous musical background helpful.
Instructor: Darrryl Thomas
Sat: Jul 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $85 includes book fee!
Location: HWH, Room 106
Total Body Fitness
Total Body Fitness

Watch those pounds melt away! This class is designed for all fitness levels. You will work your whole-body using weights and machines. It incorporates strength training for fitness, health and body conditioning.

Instructor: John Mammie
Sat: Jun 14, 21, 28, 2025
        July 12, 19, 26, 2025
Time: 8am - 9:30am
Fee: $99
Location: JDC room 210 Fitness
Martial Arts for Kids (Ages 5-10)
Martial Arts
Children can apply the physical and mental skills learned in martial arts into all aspects of life. The class is jam-packed with excitement and fun to keep students interested and motivated. Learn the fundamentals of mixed martial arts and get physically fit!
Instructor: Dr. Larry C. Tankson
Sat: Jul 12,19, 26, Aug 2, 9, 16, 2025
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fee: $75
Location: JDC Dance Studio

Options Booklet (Summer 2025)

 Note: New ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Satellite Site at 7936 S. Cottage Grove

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FAQs

  1. Fill out the registration form in the [Options Booklet](link to Options Booklet page)
  2. Register in-person at:
    i. ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Cashier’s Office: Cook Administration Building – Room 212
    ii. Options Program office: Jacoby Dickens Athletic Center, Room 201.
  3. Office hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday
Refer to the course descriptions for fees. Fees are payable by check, money order, American Express, Discover, Visa, or MasterCard. CTC/ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Alumni Association (link to the alumni association page) members receive 15% off registration!
Registration is now open! The Spring 2024 session begins on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
  1. For students enrolled in Options classes, parking decals are available for $10.00 (please note, decals can be purchased at the parking booths with proof of registration). Otherwise, there is a general fee of $5.00 to enter the campus upon each visit. Students enrolled in the university's academic courses are not eligible for Options parking decals.
  2. For Seniors, 60 and over, enrolled in Options courses, receive FREE parking decals.
The university reserves the right to limit the size of classes and to cancel classes due to insufficient enrollment.
  1. If you must cancel your course registration, we encourage you to send someone in your place by simply informing the Options department of the name change.
  2. Registration cancellations by phone or in writing must be received at least seven (7) days prior to the published course start date.
  3. Cancellation requests received before the seven-day deadline will result in fees being refunded, less a $10 administration fee – and processing may take six (6) to eight (8) weeks. We regret that no refund is available when a course registration is canceled after the seven-day deadline. Failure to read the information contained in this schedule does not constitute an exemption from stated regulations.