A selection of Wake Tech Continuing Education courses for career development or personal interest, especially for adults 50 and over. Wake Tech’s Plus 50 classes are focused on the interests of adults age 50 and over, but all are welcome! Writing, film, foreign languages, cooking, computer technologies, health and wellness, photography, finances –the list goes on and on. Learn skills for a new career, explore interests, try your hand at entrepreneurship, or plan for life after retirement. Experience the joy of learning!

1. Plus 50
Ageless Learning
+50
A selection of
Wake Tech Continuing Education
courses for career development
or personal interest, especially for
adults 50 and over.
plus50.waketech.edu
Wake Tech’s Plus 50 classes are focused
on the interests of adults age 50 and over,
but all are welcome! Writing, film, foreign
languages, cooking, computer technologies,
health and wellness, photography, finances
–the list goes on and on.
Learn skills for a new career, explore
interests, try your hand at entrepreneurship,
or plan for life after retirement. Experience
the joy of learning!
View the complete
schedule of courses
Find:
Wake Tech
Continuing
Education
plus50.waketech.edu
919-866-5800

2. Learning opens doors!
What would you like to do?
Volunteer in the community
Start a new business
Learn something new
Plan for retirement
Better manage your finances
Learn or improve on a language
Get a new edge on your career
Wake Tech Continuing Education
offers a wide range of courses that
can give you the skills to help you
achieve your goals.
Entertaining
• Bartending 101
• Special Event
Planning
Computer
Technology
• Basic computer skills
• Computer
Keyboarding
• Introduction to
Personal Computers
and Windows
• Microsoft Office
Applications
• Photoshop
Elements for Digital
Photographers
• Shopping Online
Languages
We offer a wide
variety of non-credit
language courses each
semester—from beginner
to advanced levels—
including:
• Arabic
• Japanese
• Chinese
• English for Non-Native
Speakers
• French
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Sign Language
• Spanish
Other language
programs:
• How Languages Are
Learned
• Oral Communication
for the Non-Native
Speaker
Creative Arts
• Acrylic Painting
• Expressions in Oils
• Interior Design
• Jewelry Making
• Sewing: Beginning I
• Fiction Writing for
Beginners
• Photography Classes,
from basic to advanced
and techniques
• The Basics of Film
Production
• Introduction to
Directing
• Voice-Over Training
for the Everyday
Professional
Business,
Entrepreneurship,
and Voluntarism
• Become a
Professional Dog
Groomer
• Bookkeeping
• Start an Organizing
Business
• Craft Beer Brewing
• A Career in Cake
Decorating
• The Business of
Writing for Children
• Feelance Writing
• How to Start a Home
Based Business
• Introduction to
Grant Writing
• Medication Aide
• Create Strategies
for Organizing and
Marketing your
Business
• Beginning Literacy for
the ESL Classroom
• Public Speaking for
Everyday Use
• Substitute Effective
Teacher Training
• Nanny Academy
• Activity Coordinator
for Long-Term Care
Personal Finance
• Retirement Planning Today
• How Money Works: A
Common Sense Guide to
Financial Success
• Stocks, Bonds, and
Investing: Oh My!
• How to Make Money When
You Don’t Have a Job
• Financial Fitness: A
Balanced Budget
Recreation and
Wellness
• Belly Dancing
• Line Dancing
• Beginner Salsa
Dancing
• Introduction to
Ballroom Dance
• Tai-Chi
• Chi-gong
• Personal Trainer
Certification
Cooking and Baking
• A Cook’s Tour of
Latin America and
the Caribbean
• A Taste of Southern
Cuisine
• American Regional
Cooking:
From North to South
• Cooking With
Fall’s Harvest
• European Cuisine
• Italian Cooking
• Mediterranean
Cooking
• The Food and
Flavors of Italy