Continuing Education Courses

This course covers the fundamentals of electricity with emphasis on resistance, voltage and current, electrical quantities and units of measurements, and OHM’s Law, Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws for Direct Current. The material will also cover the principles and applications of alternating current, inductors, capacitors, and phase relationships. Course Outcomes: Identify safe practices for working with DC circuits according to OSHA standards; explain OHM’s and Kirchhoff’s Law to internal/external customers; use electrical measuring instrumentation; apply OHM’s and Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws to calculate voltage and current; design and evaluate a DC Circuit; and apply principles of alternating current (AC) power in installation and troubleshooting of circuits. » Dates to be announced. 

This course covers instruction in lifesaving skills of respiratory (choking and near drowning) and cardiac emergencies involving adults, children, and infants to provide information about heart disease, pediatric and adult risk factors, prudent heart living, heart and lung function, and signals and action for survival. The course instructs learners in the management of the adult, child, and infant who needs CPR or foreign body airway management. This course will instruct learners in the two rescuer approach to the adult and child victim. Textbook is required.

Course Fee: $65 (5 Hours)

» Friday, January 12, 2024, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., PJC

» Friday, January 26, 2024, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., PJC - Greenville Center

» Friday, February 9, 2024, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., PJC - Sulphur Springs Center

» Friday, February 23, 2024, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., PJC

» Friday, March 1, 2024, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., PJC

» Friday, March 22, 2024, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., PJC - Greenville Center

» Friday, April 26, 2024, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., PJC - Sulphur Springs Center

Introductory course covering the use and maintenance of equipment, safety techniques, and hands on use of “top of the line” machines for sawing and shaping of rough gem materials to finished stones. Covers orientation of phenomenon stones; and cutting to calibrated sizes as well as free-form shapes. (WECM Course Number HRGY 1091 - Special Topics in Watchmaking and Jewelrymaking)

Course Fee: $234 (24 Hours)

» Classes scheduled as needed. Call 903-782-0447 for more information.

Are you interested in learning how to have fun with floral designs? The Basic Floral Design seminar will teach you how to have fun with your designs as you learn: Tools and techniques for dry silk and fresh floral designs; wiring and taping techniques; and floral design forms and basic principles of design. This class will give the student an introduction to: color theory and applications; flower and foliage identification; seasonal designs; event designs; and where to find great flowers year round. Each student will design and create a silk and fresh flower arrangement to take home. Each student will receive a kit which includes: floral tape, florist wire, wire cutters, glue gun, dry floral foam, designer bowl, mixed silks, and mixed greenery.

» Classes scheduled as needed. Call 903-782-0447 for more information.

Working with clay is a great place for imagination to meet fun, messy skills. Students will learn the art of hand building which includes pinching, slab, coil and textures. Students will also learn about the under-glaze process and compare it to glazing. Be prepared to get a bit messy. Hands on Clay is designed for fifth through eighth graders.

Course Fees: $65 (6 hours)

» Classes scheduled as needed. Call 903-782-0447 for more information.

Join us for four (4) fun filled days. Learn basic 3D computer character modeling or coding, cooking, first aid, games, cheer and dance routines, fun with Spanish, jewelry creations, crafting with math, sewing, and so much more. Pre-registration is required. For children who have completed kindergarten through fifth grade. Click here for the information flyer, course descriptions, and registration form.

Please download the application, fill it out and return it to mpotter@parisjc.edu, fax to 903.782.0443, or drop it off at the Continuing Education Department, Workforce Training Center (west door), Paris location.

The Parent Preview is Thursday, June 26 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Fees: $145 (32 Hours)

» Monday - Thursday, June 23 - 26, 2025, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., PJC

This course prepares you for the Verbal and Science Reasoning sections of the SAT and ACT tests. Taking both Course 1 and 2 in this SAT/ACT Preparation series prepares you for question types on each test using proven test-taking techniques.

Fee: $105
https://www.ed2go.com/pariscc

In this second course of a two-course series, we will analyze each of the quantitative test question areas on the SAT and ACT. Topics include basic and advanced math concepts (including fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, proportions) and algebraic and geometric concepts.

Course Fee: $105
http://www.ed2go.com/pariscc

This course will give you a practical and functional use of Spanish in a very short period of time. Relax and enjoy learning Spanish with a method that breaks the language down to basic components which enables you to reconstruct the language to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. You will experience a constant sense of learning and a constant sense of progression. And no homework required. Thousands of words are similar in both Spanish and English, which makes it easier to remember vocabulary. Grammar and pronunciation don't have to be "perfect" in order to be understood.

Messages in Spanish can be communicated with a few simple expressions. There are numerous opportunities to practice new Spanish skills with the increasing number of Hispanics in the U.S. People who relax and enjoy their learning experiences seem to acquire Spanish at a much faster pace. (WECM Course Number FRNL 1001 - Occupational Specific Foreign Language)

Course Fee: $65 (6 Hours)

» Mondays, April 3 - 24, 2023, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., PJC

» Mondays, June 5 - 26, 2023, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., PJC

» Classes scheduled as needed. Call 903-782-0447 for more information.