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looking for programmers, too,

plus some other positions. Also,

Irrational Games — developers

of the BioShock series and System Shock 2 — need programmers and

level designers. Not to mention

the plethora of smaller com-

panies in Boston, like Twitchy

Thumbs Entertainment, Mecha

Software, Arcane Journeys, and

others.

Or you could always start your

own independent gaming compa-

ny and be your own boss — but be-

fore you do anything, you’ll need

to learn some tools of the trade.

We think you have a problem. But

we have a solution for you: turn your

sad obsession with video and com-

puter games into a career.

If you want to work in games,

you’re in the right town. There are

over 60 video-game developers in

greater Boston, including Rockstar

Games, the creators of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption — and

did we mention they’re currently

seeking programmers for their An-

dover location? Harmonix Music

Systems, the developers of those

Rock Band games that even your non-

gamer friends enjoy, have their

main offices in Cambridge; they’re

FAre you unemployed? Have you spent the

last two weeks playing Red Dead Redemption

and seeing how far you can run your horse

around the map before the game stops you? (Here’s

a hint: it’s forever.) Are you worried about how you

are going to afford your World of Warcraft subsciption

next month? Have you pawned your child’s shoes

in order to do so? Continued on p 52

Leveling UpBE A BOSTON-BASED VIDEO-GAME DEVELOPER_BY MADDY MYERS

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GET SCHOOLEDA decade or so ago, if you told people you

were getting a degree in video games,

they’d have laughed in your face. No lon-

ger. Game design and development majors

are mainstream – perhaps not quite as

much as majors in literature or film, but

enough that it’s no longer shocking to see

colleges offering comprehensive degree

and certificate programs.

Gamecareerguide.com attempts to doc-

ument every institution in America that

offers video-game education programs,

and lots of schools in Massachusetts are

on their list. Many local colleges offer pro-

grams and degrees in computer science,

graphic design, animation, and sound

editing; however, a few offer programs

specifically for would-be game designers.

BECKER COLLEGE in Worcester offers two

different degree programs; the first is an

arts-based degree in game design, and the

other is a programming-based game-

development degree. Both are four-year

programs with a little breathing room for

electives. According to Becker’s Web site,

both promise to give students “the right

technical skills, a firm theoretical base,

opportunities for career internships, and

a strong portfolio as solid evidence of their

abilities.”

A bevy of Becker

grads are making a

name for themselves

in the gaming world.

Jimmy Beals, ’08 grad

of Becker College’s

game-design pro-

gram, currently works

as a quality-assurance

specialist at Seven45

Studios, after stints at

Blue Fang Games and

Demiurge Studios,

and working on games

like Zoo Tycoon, Lord of the Rings Online, and Dun-geons & Dragons Online.

Nicholas Allain, an ’09

Becker grad, also works

for Demiurge. Andrew

Silvernail — also a 2009

graduate — has been

on the winning team

at the Massachusetts

Game Challenge two

years in a row.

The Princeton Re-

view recently released a

list of their top picks of

game-design schools in

the US, with Becker Col-

lege at fourth place out

of 50 schools surveyed.

That makes them the

top-rated New England

school — not too shabby. And by the way,

Worcester Polytech and MIT are seventh

and eighth place on that list, so let’s get to

them next.

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE offers

a four-year program for a degree in interac-

tive media and game development, and you

can choose to focus on either computer sci-

ence or humanities and arts. The program

places a strong emphasis on group projects,

which will help you if you hope to work for

a development team rather than by your-

self as an independent game designer. The

program also offers special courses in sound

design, like Computer Techniques in Mu-

sic, Computers and Synthesizers in

undergrad degree programs for video-game

developers. Their Web site claims “to pre-

pare students for jobs that don’t yet exist.”

The program is not as structured as Becker’s

program; students have more freedom to

pick and choose their courses and areas of

concentration. And, according to their Web

site, “alumni are currently working as game

designers, producers, and executives at a

number of game studios, including Elec-

tronic Arts, Activision, and Midway.”

MIT has a long history with games;

alumnus Steve Russell created one of the

first-ever computer games, Spacewar! If you

need more recent examples, Eran Egozy

and Alex Rigopulos graduated from MIT

before co-founding Harmonix together.

Rob Jagnow, founder of Lazy 8 Studios,

earned his PhD there. Not to mention that

Half Life 2’s bad-ass protagonist Gordon

Freeman got his fictional PhD from MIT

(no promises about post-grad entry-level

jobs with Black Mesa, though).

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY offers a two-

course graduate certificate in game design;

the first class is called Programming Foun-

dations, and the second is Foundations of

Digital Storytelling. The school also offers

similar certificate programs for 3-D anima-

tion and interactive design.

Those offerings may seem slim, but

Northeastern’s Creative Industries pro-

gram also offers degrees in various ele-

ments of game design. For example, they

offer a bachelor of fine arts program in dig-

ital arts and interactive media, or a BFA in

graphic design and interactive media. You

could also pair the interactive media half

with music technology, or with computer

science, for a bachelor of science. Check

out ci.neu.edu for the class requirements

for each program, such as Games and So-

ciety, Technology and Human Values, Psy-

chology of Language, and Digital Narrative

1 (good choices for a games writer seeking

to expand upon Mass Effect- or Fallout-esque

morality games).

BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR DIGITAL IMAGING ARTS in Waltham offers three

different certificate programs. Their 3-D

animation and interactive media certifi-

cate takes two full-time terms to complete,

or four terms part-time. They also offer

an animated-short certificate, which has

some overlap in terms of material taught,

but takes half the time to earn. The third

offering is the game-art-and-character-

animation certificate, which also takes

one term full-time or two terms part-time;

this certificate focuses less on animating

and modeling, and more on mapping,

creating a game interface, building game

objects, game lighting, and programming.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY METROPOLITAN COLLEGE

at the Charles River Campus in Waltham

offers an interactive multimedia & game

engineering graduate certificate. This is less

time-consuming than the similar game art

certificate offered by the BU Center for Digital

Imaging, as it consists of only four program-

ming-oriented classes. A bachelor’s degree

and previous programming experience are

both required to get into the program.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTERIf you’re not certain about applying to a

streamlined degree or certificate program

and you’d prefer to dabble, continuing-

education courses could be a better choice

for you. It’s a good chance to test the wa-

ters without potentially wasting time on

a program that isn’t the right fit for your

skills and interests.

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Music, and Digital Sound Design, as well

as a course called Serious Games for people

who want to make, well, serious games.

Mark Claypool, the director of WPI’s

Interactive Media & Game Development

department, said that some WPI alumni

have gone to game-oriented places such

as Gemini Valve, Turbine, Seven45 Stu-

dios/First Act, Quick Hit, Inc., Pi Studios,

the Push Group, Blue Fang Games, Linden

Lab, and Harmonix.

The MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECH-NOLOGY in Cambridge also offers four-year

If you’re hoping to create thenext World

of Warcraft, or at least a multiplayer online game, you’re going to need the tools that this class offers.

CLASS NAME Intro to MAYA

SCHOOL Great Eastern Technology

START DATE August 17-19 or September 21-

23 (three-day training course)

DETAILS Can you look at a concept sketch

and envision how to bring it to life via

digital mapping? Want to learn how to

use polygons to build 3-D kinetic mod-

els? What do you know about morphing

rational b-spline curves and surfaces?

Do you like the idea of interweaving

mathematical concepts with artistic

creativity? This three-day introduction

is the perfect crash course in discovering

whether graphic design for games is your

thing, and it’s not as expensive as most

continuing-education classes. Currently

no one is enrolled; they need to have at

least three students to hold the class, so

sign up! COST $700

CLASS NAME Introduction to Programming

SCHOOL Boston University Metropolitan

College

START DATE Tuesday evenings in September

DETAILS Even if you think you’d rather

be a game designer, artist, or writer, it

helps to know a thing or two about pro-

gramming if you want to hack it in the

gaming biz, especially if you’re work-

ing for a small company that doesn’t

have a big team of programming-savvy

underlings. This introductory class will

provide you with the most basic skill

set, and if you enjoy it, you can continue

onward to “programming with c++” for

a more thorough indoctrination into the

art of code monkeying. COST $1448 plus a

$40 registration fee

CLASS NAME Security, Privacy, and Usability

SCHOOL Harvard Extension School

START DATE Friday evenings from January 28

DETAILS If you’re hoping to create the next

World of Warcraft, or at least a multiplayer

online game, you’re going to need the

tools that this class offers. You’ll learn

about everything from spyware to sur-

veillance to digital-rights management.

These are not lessons you want to learn

the hard way. COST $1900

CLASS NAME Beginning Screenwriting

SCHOOL Harvard Extension School

START DATE Tuesday evenings from August 31

DETAILS Unfortunately, there’s no such

thing as gamewriting — yet — so screen-

writing will have to do. You’ll learn tips

on how to let plot points emerge

organically through dialogue

and action. The “show, don’t

tell” creative writing technique

is vital for video-game writing,

but even the best game writ-

ers have missteps in this area.

For example, the ubiquitous

tape recorders in Bioshock and

Singularity were clumsy ways to

explain the game’s plot, and

what about the often-mocked

corniness of Gears of War dia-

logue? You can probably do

better, and this course won’t

hurt. COST $1125

JUST PLAY AROUNDWe know this is the education

issue, but hey — maybe for-

malized academia isn’t your

style. Or maybe you’re too

broke to pay for these classes . . . prob-

ably due to all those games you keep

buying.

If that’s the case, you’re in luck: Game Developer magazine has just released their

Game Career Guide issue of 2010, with

over a hundred pages of tips on how to

go pro. It’s available for free online at

gdmag.com. The mag includes articles

about user-friendly developer tools like

Flash and Game Maker, a rundown of

popular indie game competitions, post-

graduation tips for students hoping to

get into game development, and several

inspiring success stories of game-makers

who live the dream every day.

We also recommend Unity (unity3d.

com), a free software tool for writing

games. It’s easy to use if you have a pro-

gramming background in JavaScript or

C#, or even if you don’t. You can use Unity

to port your finished games to a PC, Mac,

iPhone, iPad, Nintendo Wii, or just the

Internet; soon, users will also be able to

port games to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3,

and Android.

If you’re looking for feedback on

the games you’ve built, you’ll want to

immerse yourself in the independent-

game development community. TIG-

Source’s forums (forums.tigsource.com)

and IndieGamer’s forums (forums.indi-

egamer.com) are good places to start;

TIGSource also offers news and a data-

base full of links to other indie games,

so you can check out the work of

talented peers.

If the Internet isn’t enough — and

it usually isn’t — bostonpostmortem.

org catalogues indie gaming meet-ups,

events, and talks that happen in Bos-

ton. For example, August 28 is Boston

GameLoop 2010, a full-day development

conference in Cambridge for Boston-

based indie devs. On August 31, the

New England Research & Development

Center — abbreviated to NERD Center,

appropriately — hosts a free talk at 7 pm

about using Unity to make games.

You’ll also want to pay attention to

the Independent Games Festival (IGF) —

basically, it’s the Sundance Film Festival

for indie games. Submissions are now

open for the 13th annual edition of IGF,

to be held in San Francisco February 26 to

March 4, 2011. ^

Maddy Myers would like you to send her all of the amazing games you build in exchange for her good advice. Tell her about what you’re working on via mmyers@phx.com.

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brushing up on their orthogonal polynomials,

work through some eigenvalue problems, and

dust up on the old existence and uniqueness

theorems. It’s been a while since Sturm-Lio-

ville systems crossed your mind? Feeling that

itch to explore the wave equation in various co-

ordinate systems? We’ve all been there. When

the theory of inner product spaces beckons,

this is the class to answer the call. Spring term | $925 | Harvard Extension School | extension.harvard.edu

LUSCIOUS LOTIONS, SIMPLE SALVES In Fight Club,

the secret ingredient to the soaps they made

was dumpster bags full of human fat and

flesh. That’s not what happens here. Instead,

you’ll use organic ingredients — plant-mat-

ter primarily — to create a lip balm, a body

lotion, and an herbal salve. Some of the heal-

ing properties of herbs will be explored, and

you’ll learn how to create

herbal oils. Your skin will

thank you. August 21 |$14 | Boston Center for Adult Education | bcae.org

COMIC BOOK ILLUSTRATION How

do you make Wolverine’s

chops just burly enough? How

do you create such menace in

The Preacher? Why is the Tick

blue? Comics are an art form;

graphic novels share shelf

space more and more with the

regular kind. The class exam-

ines panel layout, storytelling, timing, and

composition, and in the end, you’ll have a se-

ries of sequential pages, the debut of the next

Batman, Iron Man, or Punisher — or the next

Maus, Blankets, or Persepolis. September 8 | $705 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts | smfa.edu/ce-fall

POETIC FURY: MADNESS, INSPIRATION, GENIUS This

is the most traditionally academic of the of-

ferings here, but with a course description

that includes the words mania, prophecy,

ecstasy, poetic creative, and erotic desire, we

figured it’d be worth tossing in. August 31 | $625 | Harvard Extension School | extension.harvard.edu

I LOVE SUSHI! You can’t chuck any old slab of

raw fish down on the cutting board, wrap it

in rice and seaweed and call it a day. It ain’t

safe. But sushi doesn’t have to be reserved

for Japanese restaurants and supermarket

take-out. Sushi making is a bit of an art —

from how to select the freshest fish to how

to slice, assemble, and display the food. The

course will show you how to make a couple

classic Japanese apps (crunchy shrimp and

veggie tempura) and miso soup, as well as

how to prepare maki, sashimi, nigiri, and

the ever-popular California roll. September 23 | $100 | Boston Center for Adult Education | bcae.org

STROKE TECHNIQUE Use your imagination.

Hint: you’ll get wet. September 13 to October 24 | $120 | Boston Center for Adult Education | bcae.org

Nina MacLaughlin can be reached at nmaclaughlin@gmail.com.

FIn college, there was Aeschylus. There

was the Battle of Gettysburg, chiar-

oscuro, the second law of thermodynamics.

In essays you argued about symbols of war

and fertility in 1920s American literature.

On exams you answered what makes up the

satellite of schizophrenia symptoms. Maybe

you lost your graphing calculator. Maybe you

didn’t spend much time in the library. Your

formal education was one thing. What hap-

pens after: something else entirely.

Education continues, and it’s not all

frantic cramming and 2 am Cheetos binges

to fuel you through the final section of your

lab report. Formal education finished, now’s

the time to get informal, to eschew books for

hooks, memorizing for learning, regurgitat-

ing for experiencing. Below, some examples

of a few of the wilder options for education

continuation in Boston.

A TASTE OF BLACKSMITHING: TWIST-ED HOOKS A dark forge. Iron

glowing hot. The great clank of

iron meeting iron. Spark's danc-

ing around the smith. Iron and

steel yielding, morphing into

something strong and new. It’s

a vocation — and an art — that

seems to exist in another time.

You need not be Hephaestus to

learn the fundamental parts of

blacksmithing. A three-hour

course at the Prospect Hill Forge

offers the opportunity to learn forging, draw-

ing-out, cutting, bending, and twisting iron.

You’ll use an anvil and a hammer, and the

heat is incandescent. August 18 | $60 | Boston Cen-ter for Adult Education | bcae.org

WHAT YOUR HANDWRITING CAN REVEAL ABOUT YOU Your printed letters stand pinched and

small. Your cursive is looping and expansive.

You scrawl like a serial killer. It seems an

odd offering, a bit anachronistic now, in the

age of email, when handwritten letters are a

rarity, and even the note on the refrigerator

has given way to a cell phone text. But there

are secrets to be gleaned from penmanship.

A person’s poise and imagination, ability

to take criticism, and interactive style are

all embedded in the handwriting, or so the

CCAE tells us. September 8 | $35 | Cambridge Center for Adult Education | ccae.org

PHANTOM OR FAKE: GHOST HUNTING AND PARANOR-MAL THEORY Is the chill you feel walking up the

stairs some fluke temperature anomaly, or

is it something else? Perhaps you sometimes

sense a lurking, a force or figure that reveals

itself in shadowy ways. Is it a ghost? An appa-

rition? How do you know? Do spirits, malevo-

lent or otherwise, walk among us? How can

we be better at finding them? In this course,

you’ll learn how to hunt the haunts. October 15 | $25 | Boston Center for Adult Education | bcae.org

VECTOR SPACE METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIAL EQUA-TIONS This class serves as a simple review for

most of us. It’s for folks who want to do a little

Informal EdWHEN YOU SWAP MEMORIZING FOR

LEARNING, SPARKS FLY AND TUNA ROLLS

_BY NINA MACL AUGHLIN

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Greater BostonARNOLD ARBORETUM OF HAR-VARD UNIVERSITY 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130 | 617.384.5277 | www.arbo-retum.harvard.edu | One-day and multi-

session adult-ed programs available

in horticulture, botany, landscaping,

art, calligraphy and more. Courses

focus on professional development.

| REGISTRATION one week before start

date | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 21 | COST typi-

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ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY 700 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02215 | 617.585.6724 or 800.773.0494 x6724 | www.aiboston.edu/extra

| The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley

University offers a Seminar Series in

the Arts throughout the academic

year. Workshops in the visual arts are

designed to offer students of all ages

and backgrounds an opportunity to

take a non-credit workshop in vari-

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offer studio courses in an art college

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introduce the beginner to an area of

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BAY STATE COLLEGE 122 Comm Ave, Boston, MA 02116 | 617.217.9023; Middlebor-ough campus, 866.462.5460 | www.baystate.edu | Offers evening continuing-ed

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include medical assisting, criminal

justice, management, entertain-

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administration. | REGISTRATION ongo-

ing | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 | COST $257

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BENTLEY UNIVERSITY 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452 | 781.891.2000 | www.bentley.edu/academic-services/evening | The

Undergraduate Evening Program is

for professionals who wish to work

toward a bachelor’s degree, Associate

degree, or post-baccalaureate certifi-

cate. Majors in this program include

accounting, computer information

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week of classes | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7

| COST $1642 per three-credit course,

$821 per one-and-a-half credit course

BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COL-LEGE Continuing Education Program, 320 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02115 | 617.585.0101 | www.the-bac.edu/ce | BAC’s continu-

ing-ed department offers a variety

of programs for curious beginners,

design professionals, and all levels in

between. Certificates available in ad-

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decorative arts, historic preservation,

kitchen and bath design, and sus-

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| REGISTRATION before second class |

CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 | COST from $1344

for a one-and-a-half credit undergrad

course to $4578 for a three-credit grad

course

BOSTON CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 122 Arlington St, Boston, MA 02116 | 617.267.4430; fax 617.247.3606 | www.bcae.org | The Boston Center for Adult

Education offers adult-ed, profes-

sional development, and just-for-fun

courses onsite and offsite at various

local studios. Non-credit programs

in the arts, food and wine, fitness/

recreation, personal and profes-

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phone, fax, or mail. Call or visit the

Web site for class schedules and pric-

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BOSTON COLLEGE Woods College of Advancing Studies, McGuinn Hall, Room 100, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 | 617.552.3900 |

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justice, finance, human resources,

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of a bachelor’s degree. | REGISTRATION through Sept 7 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 |

COST $1502 per undergraduate course,

$751 to audit; $1890 per graduate

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BOSTON UNIVERSITY 755 Comm Ave, Boston, MA 02215 | 617.353.6000 | www.bu.edu/met | The Metropolitan Col-

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Charles River Campus and online.

More than 800 undergraduate and

graduate courses in advertising,

computer science, finance, manage-

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criminal justice, and more. Courses

are also offered in Chelmsford, on

military bases, and in Brussels, Bel-

gium. Non-credit courses available.

| REGISTRATION ends Sept 16 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 2 | COST $362 to $721 per

credit; online courses $362 to $1228

per credit, plus fees

BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies, 415 South St, Waltham, MA 02454 | 781.736.8787 | www.brandeis.edu/rabb | The Rabb School offers part-

time professional graduate studies,

distance learning, lifelong learn-

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credit courses. Graduate certificate

programs and degrees available in

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informatics, information assurance,

information-technology manage-

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programs, software engineering, and

virtual team management and com-

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10 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 13 | COST $2800

for three-credit course; $3733 for four-

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BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE

Continuing and Distance Education, Moakley Center, 100 Burrill Ave, Bridgewater, MA 02325 | 508.531.2788 | www.bridgew.edu/cde |

Bridgewater has an extensive educa-

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graduate credit for MA residents and

per undergraduate evening credit for

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per graduate credit, all students

BROOKLINE ADULT AND COMMU-NITY EDUCATION PROGRAM Brook-line High School, Room 101, 115 Greenough St, Brookline, MA 02446 | 617.730.2700 | www.brooklineadulted.org | Non-degree classes

for adults, children, and seniors in

the fields of arts, business and pro-

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cater to parents and their children. |

REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN varies by class | COST typically free to

$450 per program; most classes run

$30 to $155

BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COL-LEGE 250 New Rutherford Ave, Boston, MA 02129 | 617.228.2000 | www.bhcc.mass.edu

| Campuses located in Charlestown,

Boston’s South End, and Chelsea,

with satellites in Cambridge, East

Boston, and Somerville. Offers

corporate training and community

education, as well as certificate and

Associate degrees. Programs in busi-

ness, computer information, crimi-

nal justice, culinary arts, education,

health and nursing, theater, visual

arts, fitness and more. Online classes

and self-directed study available. |

REGISTRATION ends Sept 3 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $131 per credit for

MA residents; $337 per credit for non-

residents

CAMBRIDGE CENTER FOR ADULT EDUCATION 42 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, 02138 | 617.547.6789; fax 617.497.7532 |

www.ccae.org | This nonprofit commu-

nity center offers non-degree courses

in the arts, business, computers,

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wine, writing, and more. Check the

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for professional development or just

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CLASSES BEGIN Sept 22 | COST varies,

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host programs aimed toward working

adults. Non-degree programs include

seminars, workshops, and under-

graduate concentrations in juvenile

justice studies, applied sciences, early

childhood, and medical interpreting.

Bachelor’s degrees offered in man-

agement studies, human services,

psychology, and multidisciplinary

studies. Master’s degrees offered in

management and education (with

options targeted toward teachers or

focused in counseling and psychol-

ogy). Combination programs avail-

able. | REGISTRATION ends first day of

class | CLASSES BEGIN mid-to-late Sept

| COST $365 per undergraduate credit;

$435 per graduate education credit;

$520 per undergraduate non-credit

course; $550 per CAGS credit; $580 per

graduate non-credit course; $1,150 per

EdD credit

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF CULI-NARY ARTS 2020 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02140 | 617.354.2020; fax 617.576.1963; email info@cambridgeculinary.com | www.cambridgeculinary.com | This culinary-

arts school offers career-based and

recreational programs. Topics include

cooking for couples, pastries and

sweets, basic cooking and baking

skills, ethnic cuisines, vegetarian

and gluten-free cooking, and food

culture. Offer career certificates for

‘Professional Chef,’ Culinary Certifi-

cate’ and ‘Professional Pastry.’ Many

courses geared toward adolescents.

Visit Web site for more information

on professional and certificate pro-

grams for chefs. | REGISTRATION ongo-

ing | CLASSES BEGIN career-based class-

es begin Sept 8; recreational classes

vary | COST typically $80 to $450

EMERSON COLLEGE Office of Profes-sional Studies, 148 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 | 617.824.8280; fax 617.824.8158 | www.emerson.edu/ce | Emerson’s profession-

al-studies department offers courses

and workshops in graphic-novel writ-

ing and illustration, screenwriting,

digital media production, perform-

ing arts administration, marketing

and branding, cultural journalism,

creative writing, languages, politics,

playwriting, photography, and more.

Graduate certificates available in

visual and media arts (bachelor’s de-

gree prerequisite). | REGISTRATION ends

first day of class | CLASSES BEGIN var-

ies | COST $79 to $1000 per non-credit

course or workshop; $494 per gradu-

ate credit; special programs vary

EMMANUEL COLLEGE Graduate and Professional Programs, 400 The Fenway, Bos-ton, MA 02115 | 617.735.9700; fax 617.507.0434

| www.gpp.emmanuel.edu | This Fenway

college’s graduate and professional

programs have satellite locations in

Quincy and Woburn in addition to

select onsite employer partnerships.

Offers professional degree and cer-

tificate programs in nursing, phar-

maceutical leadership, education,

human resources, management, and

research administration; some pro-

grams can be completed online. | REG-ISTRATION varies by program | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 31 (Fall I); Nov 1 (Fall II) |

COST $1292 per undergraduate course;

$1650 per nursing course; $1995 per

graduate course

ENDICOTT COLLEGE School of Graduate and Professional Studies, 376 Hale St, Beverly,

MA 01915 | 978.232.2199 | www.endicott.edu/gps | Based in Beverly, this school

also hosts classes online and in Bos-

ton, Medford, Brockton, Danvers,

Framingham, Andover, Hingham,

Natick, Woburn, Portsmouth, NH,

and other locations. Endicott also

has international sites in Bermuda,

Switzerland, Spain, the Czech Repub-

lic, and Mexico. Corporate training

programs focus on management

development, organizational success,

and operational effectiveness. Gradu-

ate programs in business administra-

tion, education programs, nursing,

information technology, and interior

design; undergraduate accelerated-

degree programs in business, liberal

studies, and psychology. Associate

degrees in business and integrated

studies. Articulated-degree and mili-

tary-degree completion programs

also available. | REGISTRATION ends on

first day of class | CLASSES BEGIN ongo-

ing from Sept 8 to Dec 20 | COST $273

per undergraduate credit hour; $350

per MEd credit hour; $525 per MBA

master of science credit hour; $550

per MS nursing credit hour

FISHER COLLEGE Division of Continuing Education, 118 Beacon St, Boston, MA 02116

| 617.670.4403 | www.fisher.edu/continuing-education | This Boston-based college

also has campuses in New Bedford

and North Attleboro and offers online

programs. Students can work toward

a certificate or bachelor’s or associate

degree. Classes run for eight weeks.

Students can take courses part-

time, full-time, and in the evening.

Courses in accounting, public admin-

istration, paralegal studies, criminal

justice, early childhood education,

marketing, communication and me-

dia studies, and more. | REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $267 per credit hour; $800 per three-

credit course; $1607 per four-credit

course; $267 per online credit hour,

plus $95 technical fee

HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXTEN-SION SCHOOL 51 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617.495.4024 | www.extension.harvard.edu | Offers hundreds of adult-

ed courses on topics including foreign

languages, cultural studies, busi-

ness, computer science, education,

finance, medical sciences, music,

psychology, religion, and writing.

Awards bachelor’s, Associate, and

master’s degrees in the liberal arts.

Master’s degrees also available in

biotechnology, information tech-

nology, journalism, management,

mathematics for teaching, museum

studies, and sustainability and envi-

ronmental management. Health ca-

reer and English-language programs

also available. | REGISTRATION ends

Aug 29; late registration through Sept

12 | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 | COST $925 to

$1850 per undergraduate or graduate

course; non-credit courses vary

INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRON-MENTAL EDUCATION 16 Upton Dr, Wilmington, MA 01887 | 978.658.5272; fax 978.658.5435 | www.ieetrains.com | Initial

and refresher courses on environ-

mental and occupational health haz-

ards. Job-specific classes offer train-

ing on working with asbestos or lead

paint, OSHA health and safety pre-

cautions, and environmental regula-

tions. Courses available for workers,

project managers, and supervisors;

some offered in Spanish. State licens-

ing available. | REGISTRATION ongoing

| CLASSES BEGIN varies by class | COST $75 to $1910 per initial course; $75 to

$205 per refresher course

LESLEY UNIVERSITY 29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617.349.8328 | www.lesley.edu | Lesley University is one

of the nation’s largest providers of

graduate professional education

opportunities to K-12 educators. Of-

fers undergraduate and graduate

programs in education, the arts, hu-

man services, and the environment

at its Cambridge and Boston cam-

puses, online, and in 150 locations

in 23 states. Lesley’s four schools

include the School of Education, the

Graduate School of Arts and Social

Sciences, the Art Institute of Boston,

and Lesley College. Programs prepare

individuals for lives and careers

that make a difference, serving the

evolving needs of students and a

diverse society through scholarship,

advocacy, and outreach. | REGISTRA-TION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 8 |

COST varies

LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Commu-nity Division, One Follen St, Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617.876.0956 x1650; fax 617.876.9326 |

www.longy.edu/cont_studies/cs_general_in-fo.htm | Offers community programs

for all ages. Continuing Studies pro-

grams for amateur and professional

adult musicians include private and

group lessons, performance oppor-

tunities, and enrichment courses

(advanced and specialized study and

conservatory courses). | REGISTRA-TION Sept 1; after that, registration

allowed with $30 late fee | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 20 | COST $55 to $495

MASSACHUSETTS BAY COM-MUNITY COLLEGE 50 Oakland St, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 | 781.239.3000; fax 781.239.1047; Framingham campus, 508.270.4000 | www.massbay.edu | Cam-

puses are located in Wellesley Hills,

Framingham, and Ashland. The

Office of Corporate and Community

Education offers online courses and

customized, non-credit training

programs. Degree and certificate

programs in the humanities; health

sciences (including nursing and

radiology); science, technology, and

engineering; social sciences and pro-

fessional studies; and transportation

and energy. | REGISTRATION until a

week before class starts; late registra-

tion until Sept 13 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept

7; Nov 1 (eight-week session II); non-

credit courses ongoing | COST pricing

TBA; last semester cost $151 per credit

for MA residents, $357 per credit for

nonresidents; corporate/community

training cost varies per course

MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART Department of Professional and Continuing Education, 621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 | 617.879.7200 | www.massart.edu/continuing_education | Con-

tinuing-ed art and design courses

and workshops in animation, archi-

tecture, art education, art history,

book arts, ceramics, computer arts,

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drawing, fashion design, fibers,

film/video, furniture design, glass,

graphic design, illustration, industri-

al design, jewelry, liberal arts, metal

sculpture, painting, photography,

printmaking, professional practice,

sculpture, SIM, studio foundation,

Web design, wood, and more. Certifi-

cate programs in four areas of design:

fashion, graphic, industrial, and fur-

niture. | REGISTRATION before second

class meeting | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 9 |

COST credit classes $125 to $1870; non-

credit workshops $80 to $700

MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUR-AL SOCIETY Elm Bank Horticulture Cen-ter, 900 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02482

| 617.933.4900; fax 617.933.4901 | www.mass-hort.org/education | Offers horticultural

training for children and adults.

The Master Gardener Program is

held every Thurs from 9 am to 3 pm.

Instruction in science, botany, ento-

mology, plant pathology, pruning,

and propagation. Program also offers

two optional weekend labs. Courses

are taught by academic and industry

professionals. Other horticultural

workshops offered throughout the

semester. | REGISTRATION ongoing

(early registration recommended for

Master Gardener Program) | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 9; workshops ongoing |

COST $500, plus $25 registration fee;

workshops vary

MIDDLESEX COMMUNITY COL-LEGE 33 Kearney Sq, Lowell, MA 01852

| 800.818.3434; from out of state call 978.656.3370 | www.middlesex.mass.edu |

Middlesex Community College has

campuses in Lowell and Bedford.

Specializes in continuing-ed and

corporate and community educa-

tion and training. Associate degree,

certificate, and accelerated programs

available in business, computer and

engineering technologies, health

careers, humanities, math and sci-

ences, paralegal, social science and

human services, and more. Nursing

assistant, medical reception, medical

secretary, and phlebotomy short-

term training certificates are avail-

able, as well as online and self-paced

programs. | REGISTRATION ongoing

through the second week of classes

| CLASSES BEGIN Aug 21 (Fall I); Oct 23

(Fall II) | COST $160 per credit for MA

residents; $172 per credit for regional

residents

MONTSERRAT COLLEGE OF ART

Continuing Education Office, 23 Essex St, Box 26, Beverly, MA 01915 | 978.921.4242 x 1180; fax 978.922.4268; email ce@montserrat.edu | www.montserrat.edu/continuing-ed

| For-credit and non-credit continu-

ing-education classes in a number

of disciplines including painting,

drawing, photography, sculpture,

and more. Weekend and evening

classes offer schedule flexibility. The

New Opportunities in Art program

(NOIA) allows students to take credit

classes through the Bachelor of Fine

Arts program on a space-available

basis. Study-abroad opportunities

available as well. | REGISTRATION ends Aug 31 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 1 |

COST $125 to $300 per class; $500 per

NOIA course

MOUNT IDA COLLEGE Office of Con-tinuing Education, 777 Dedham St, Newton, MA 02459 | 617.928.4015 | www.mountida.edu | Certificates offered in medical

billing and coding, pharmacy techni-

cian, EKG technician, canine behav-

ior and training, and thanatology.

The National Center for Death Educa-

tion at Mount Ida offers funeral-ser-

vice studies. Local anesthesia train-

ing for practicing dental hygienists

and online courses are also available.

The Senior Citizen Auditing program

offers older students opportunities for

continued education and enrichment

for an audit fee of $100 per class. |

REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 | COST $655 per undergradu-

ate credit; $680 per graduate credit;

certificate program costs vary per

program

NEWBURY COLLEGE Department of Adult and Professional Studies, 129 Fisher Ave, Brookline, MA 02445 | 617.730.7000; fax 617.731.9618 | www.newbury.edu | Take

classes one or two evenings per

week or online. Courses are offered

in accelerated seven-week terms or

in the traditional semester format.

Offers bachelor’s degrees in human

services, hotel administration, busi-

ness administration, health care

management, and criminal justice,

and Associate degrees in culinary arts

and management. Certificates avail-

able in health care management,

professional cooking, and pastry arts.

| REGISTRATION ends Sept 14 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 8 | COST $290 per credit;

$330 per credit for lab science courses;

$350 per credit for computer science

courses; $385 per credit for culinary

production courses

NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY

School of Continuing Education, 290 Hun-tington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 | 617.585.1130

| necmusic.edu/ce | Open enrollment

allows continuing-ed music students

to personalize their own programs of

study in any combination of private

lessons, courses, and ensembles.

Certificate programs in general and

advanced music studies, jazz, and

music in education. Classes offered in

brass, chamber music, composition,

guitar, music history, theory, voice,

and more. Credit, non-credit, and

audit options are available for many

courses. | REGISTRATION through first

class meeting | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 18 |

COST typically $550 per credit, $260 to

$390 for non-credit

NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF ART Center for Professional Development, 10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA 02445

| 800.903.4425; fax 617.582.4500 | www.neia.aii.edu | The Center for Professional

Development provides hands-on,

skills-based, and individualized edu-

cation and training in design and

media fields. Programs are geared

toward both novices and those al-

ready in the field who are seeking

retraining, enhanced creativity,

and increased marketability. CPD

programs are offered in basic and

advanced Web site development, ba-

sic and advanced residential interior

decorating, design and documenta-

tion, DIGIDESIGN Pro Tools, digital

audio production, digital graphic

design, digital photography, and

digital video production. | REGISTRA-TION through first week of classes |

CLASSES BEGIN Sept 6 | COST $3800 to

$4500 per program

NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 537 Comm Ave, Boston, MA 02215 | 617.437.1868 | www.nesop.com |

Evening, non-credit continuing-ed

workshops available in creative im-

aging arts, foundation photography,

personal vision, studio and lighting,

and advanced photography. These

workshops cover both introductory

and advanced photographic tech-

niques, and meet one session per

week for eight to 12 weeks. Access to

NESOP’s labs and digital-imaging

facilities is included. | REGISTRA-TION through the first week of class

| CLASSES BEGIN Sept 13 | COST $265 to

$650 per workshop

NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL

39 North Bennet St, Boston, MA 02113 |

617.227.0155; fax 617.227.9292; email Janet Col-lins at workshops@nbss.org | www.nbss.org |

Offers short-term crafting courses for

serious amateurs and practicing pro-

fessionals at its Boston and Arlington

locations. Workshops teach skills

such as bookbinding, woodworking,

furniture making, calligraphy, jew-

elry making, carpentry, marketing,

violin making, and locksmithing. |

REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN varies | COST typically from $250 for

a one-day class to $6500 for a three-

month course

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

College of Professional Studies, 50 Nightingale Hall, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

| 617.373.2400 | www.ace.neu.edu | The Col-

lege of Professional Studies offers

Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and

doctoral degrees, plus professional

development programs. Undergradu-

ate certificate programs for working

adults in accounting, EMT, paramedic

technology, advanced Web design,

management, marketing, computer

programming, and more. Graduate

certificates offered in 3-D anima-

tion, health management, digital

photography and video, game design,

forensic accounting, and more. On-

line fast-track programs allow you to

earn a degree in just 12 to 18 months. |

REGISTRATION through second week of

classes | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 13; Oct 25

(Fall II six-week session) | COST $150 to

$457 per undergraduate quarter hour;

$245 to $1184 per graduate quarter

hour

QUINCY COLLEGE 24 Saville Ave, Quincy, MA 02169 | 617.984.1700 | www.quincycollege.edu | Popular programs

include business administration,

computer science, criminal justice,

education, and nursing. Certificates

and Associate degrees in medical,

technological, and scientific fields,

as well as non-credit community- and

workforce-education courses. Allied

Health programs provide career-

oriented education and training for

aspiring nurses, surgical technolo-

gists, phlebotomists, and personal

trainers. Offers 10-week, seven-week,

and five-week courses for flexibility.

| REGISTRATION ongoing until the first

class | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 1 | COST $165

per credit for liberal arts, science,

and business classes; $175 per credit

for fine arts and music classes; non-

credit courses vary

REGIS COLLEGE Graduate and Profes-sional Programs, 235 Wellesley St, Weston, MA 02493 | 781.768.7000; email admission@regiscollege.edu | www.regiscollege.edu |

Graduate and professional programs

in education (elementary, special, or

teaching reading), health adminis-

tration, nursing, communication,

health product regulation, and more.

Certificates awarded in health infor-

matics, gerontology, and communi-

cations for health care professionals.

The Lifelong Learning program offers

daytime classes and workshops for

seniors. | REGISTRATION ends first day

of class (early registration recom-

mended) | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $490 to $925 per credit; special pro-

grams vary

ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Division of Continuing Education, 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120

| 617.427.0065 | www.rcc.mass.edu/dce |

Programs emphasize workforce devel-

opment. Medical training certificate

programs for EKG, phlebotomy, and

pharmacy technicians, as well as

medical interpreting and medical

billing. Other areas of study include

computer technology, health records

technology, culinary arts, real estate,

construction trades, property man-

agement, languages, clean energy,

and more. | REGISTRATION ends the

first week of class | CLASSES BEGIN Sept

13 | COST varies by course

SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Continuing Education Of-fice, 230 the Fenway, Boston, MA 02115 |

617.369.3644; email coned@smfa.edu | www.smfa.edu/continuing-education | The con-

tinuing-ed division of SMFA offers

intensive for-credit and non-credit

studio art courses in ceramics, com-

puter arts, crosscurrents, drawing,

film/animation, graphic design/il-

lustration, metals, painting, photog-

raphy, printmaking/papermaking,

sculpture, and text and image arts.

Certificates in graphic design and

illustration. | REGISTRATION ongoing

(early registration recommended) |

CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $920 per

credit course; $705 per non-credit

course

SIMMONS COLLEGE 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA, 02115 | 617.521.2915 | www.sim-mons.edu/gradstudies | Grad school spe-

cializes in master’s and professional

licensure programs in general and

special education. Communications-

management and liberal-arts degrees

and non-degree options also avail-

able. Dual degrees include teaching

and liberal arts, history and archives

management, English and children’s

literature, and communications

management and gender/cultural

studies. The Dix Scholars adult-ed

program is designed for women 24

and older. | REGISTRATION Sept 10;

Sept 24 last day to add a course with

instructor permission | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 2 | COST $800 to $925 per credit;

non-credit workshops vary

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY 8 Ashburton Pl, Boston, MA, 02108 | 617.573.8000 | www.suffolk.edu | Graduate and under-

graduate courses offered through

the College of Arts and Sciences and

the New England School of Art and

Design. Undergraduate and graduate

certificate programs available as well.

Undergrad certificates in paralegal

studies, radiation therapy, graphic

design, accounting and more. Grad

certificates in human resources,

teaching, mental health counseling,

and more. Online and study-abroad

opportunities also available. | REGIS-

TRATION late registration ends Sept

16 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 1 | COST $384 to

$697 per undergraduate credit; $961

to $1553 per graduate credit, varying

by program

TUFTS UNIVERSITY Office of Gradu-ate and Professional Studies, Ballou Hall, 1st Floor, Medford, MA 02155 | 617.627.3395; fax 617.627.3016 | www.tufts.edu | Continuing-

education options at Tufts include

post-baccalaureate education for a ca-

reer change and conferences based on

professional development. The School

of Graduate and Professional Studies

offers more than 200 courses covering

dozens of disciplines and certificates

in biotechnology, community en-

vironmental studies, computer sci-

ence, environmental management,

epidemiology, human-computer

interaction, museum studies, occu-

pational therapy (with four areas of

specialization), and more. Those with

a bachelor’s degree can gain access

to more than 2000 courses through

the Take a Class Program (GCAP) for

people who want to take graduate-

level courses but don’t need or want

a graduate degree. The Resumed

Education for Adult Learning (REAL)

is for adults 25 and older with some

college experience to work toward a

bachelor’s degree. | REGISTRATION ends

the first week of classes | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST varies by program;

$2380 to $3170 per certificate course

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHU-SETTS BOSTON Division of Corporate, Continuing, and Distance Education, UMass Boston, Wheatley Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 203, Boston, MA 02125 | 617.287.7900; fax 617.287.7922; email ccde@umb.edu | www.ccde.umb.edu | The Division of Cor-

porate, Continuing and Distance

Education offers a variety of both

undergraduate and graduate courses

for Fall. Undergraduate programs

include courses in accounting and

finance, art, biology, economics,

English, history, linguistics, music,

nursing, sociology, and more. Gradu-

ate programs include courses in busi-

ness administration, counseling, ed-

ucation, gerontology, nursing, public

affairs, and more. Weekend courses

available. | REGISTRATION ends Sept

7 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 13 | COST $320

per undergraduate credit; $445 per

graduate credit; $550 for undergradu-

ate and $390 for graduate degree and

certificate programs

WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The Arioch Center, 550 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115 |

800.323.9481; 617.989.4300; fax 617.989.4201; email dpcs@wit.edu | www.wit.edu/arioch |

Technology-based continuing-ed with

a focus on career development. Asso-

ciate degrees offered in architectural

technology and building construction

management; bachelor’s degrees of-

fered in building construction man-

agement and project management.

Certificates available in construction,

construction management, power

systems, facilities management,

heavy and highway construction,

project management, fire protection

technology, and professional land

surveying. Non-credit workforce-

development training courses in air

conditioning and refrigeration, Auto-

CAD, Building Information Modeling

(BIM), Cisco Certified Network Associ-

ate (CCNA), construction, and more

award Continuing Education Units

(CEUs). Corporate training programs

available as well. | REGISTRATION ends

Sept 14 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $420 per credit, $715 tuition per credit

in a Day Course; $655 to $750 for cer-

tificate programs; workforce develop-

ment varies

WHEELOCK COLLEGE College of Graduate and Continuing Studies, 200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215 | 617.879.2269 |

www.wheelock.edu | Graduate and con-

tinuing-education programs at this

Fenway liberal-arts college focus on

the fields of education, social work,

child-life and family studies, and or-

ganizational leadership. Undergradu-

ate courses cover anthropology, soci-

ology, psychology, history, literature,

music, education, mathematics,

photography, and more. Professional

development institutes in teach-

ing, health care, child studies, and

similar areas of study award graduate

credits and/or PDPs or CEUs. Com-

munity courses for in graduate-and

undergraduate-level material offered

as well. Master’s degree, certificate,

and non-degree graduate programs

are offered in a variety of fields for

professional development and career

advancement. | REGISTRATION ends

the first week of class | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 8 | COST $890 per graduate credit;

students can audit for two-thirds the

cost of tuition

Worcester/MetroWest

ASSUMPTION COLLEGE 500 Salisbury St, Worcester, MA 01609 | 508.767.7364 |

www.assumption.edu/cce | Offers cer-

tificates in accounting (CPA track

available), communications, crimi-

nal justice, graphic design, human

resources, paralegal studies, and pro-

fessional and advanced professional

management. Associate and bach-

elor’s degrees available in business

administration, humanities, and so-

cial sciences. Non-credit professional

programs develop careers in medical

coding and billing, human-resources

management, and supply-chain

management. | REGISTRATION through

Aug 20 | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 | COST $285 per credit, plus $20 registration

fee; non-credit workshops vary

BECKER COLLEGE Center for Ac-celerated & Professional Studies, 61 Sever St, Worcester, MA 01609 | 508.373.9500 |

www.beckercollege.edu | Continuing-ed

courses offered online, at the main

campus in Worcester, and the Me-

troWest Center in Southborough.

Students can choose from accelerated

bachelor’s degrees in business ad-

ministration (management concen-

tration), liberal arts (leading to initial

teacher licensure), nursing, and psy-

chology; online-degree-completion

programs in business administration

and criminal justice. | REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN ongoing |

COST $420 per credit; $683 per credit

for RN-BSN courses

CLARK UNIVERSITY College of Professional and Continuing Education, 950 Main St, Worcester, MA 01610 | 508.793.7217

| www.copace.clarku.edu | Founded in

1887, Clark is the second-oldest grad

school in the US. Bachelor’s degree

programs include communications,

computer science, criminal justice,

English literature and writing, envi-

ronmental studies, human-resource

development, international studies,

and social sciences. Integrated and

master’s degrees are also available.

| REGISTRATION through Sept 7 | CLASS-ES BEGIN Sept 8 | COST $925 per under-

graduate course; $1850 per graduate

course; audit courses are half tuition

DEAN COLLEGE School of Profes-sional and Continuing Studies, 99 Main St, Franklin, MA 02038-1994 | 508.541.1624; 877.879.3326; fax 508.541.1941 | www.dean.edu/Academics/ContinuingStudies.cfm |

Dean College is located off Rte 40

and right on the MBTA commuter

rail, and offers Associate degrees

in accounting, business, business

studies, business technology, early-

childhood education, environmental

science, health science, liberal

studies, psychology, and sociology.

Bachelor's degrees available in busi-

ness and liberal arts. Certificates

available in accounting, micro-

computer support, early-childhood

education, administration of ECE

programs, business studies, and

human resources. Course credits are

transferable, and some programs

can be accelerated. | REGISTRATION ongoing | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 (Fall

I and extended session); Oct 26 (Fall

II) | COST $275 per credit; $825 per

three-credit course; $1100 per four-

credit course

FRAMINGHAM STATE COLLEGE

Office of Graduate and Continuing Educa-tion, 100 State St, Box 9101, Framingham, MA 01701 | 508.626.4550 | www.framing-ham.edu| Framingham State’s con-

tinuing-education division offers 25

graduate degree programs, eight un-

dergraduate degree programs, and a

wide variety of certificate, post-bac-

calaureate, professional-develop-

ment, and non-credit programs and

courses. Students can choose from

both classroom and online courses

in art, biology, communications,

computer science, economics and

business administration, English,

geography, geology, government,

history, languages, math, music,

nursing, philosophy, physics and

earth sciences, psychology, and

sociology and more. | REGISTRATION ends second week of classes | CLASS-ES BEGIN Sept 2 | COST $859 per four-

credit undergraduate course; $940

per four-credit graduate course;

$1110 per MBA or MSN course

MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNI-TY COLLEGE Division of Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development, 444 Green St, Gardner, MA 01440 | 978.630.9124 | www.mwcc.mass.edu | Offers day, evening,

and online non-credit and for-credit

classes focused on professional and

personal development. Course topics

include anthropology, broadcast-

ing and electronic media, business,

exercise science, health care, human

services, marketing, music, nurs-

ing, political science, Spanish, and

theater. Personal interest classes

offered as well. Distance-learning op-

portunities are available. | REGISTRA-TION through second class | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 7 | COST $180 per credit for

MA residents, $192.50 per credit for

regional students; some programs,

including non-credit courses, vary

NICHOLS COLLEGE Division of Gradu-ate and Professional Studies, Academy Hall 201, Center Rd, Box 5000, Dudley, MA 01571 | 800.243.3844; fax 508.213.2490 | www.nichols.edu | Offers evening and online

accelerated and traditional adult-ed

programs in business and criminal

justice at locations in Auburn, Dud-

ley, Canton, and Worcester. Students

can work toward an MBA and choose

an emphasis in sports management

or security management. Master's

degrees in organizational leader-

ship and a certificate of advanced

leadership studies also offered.

Undergraduate degrees are available

in criminal-justice management,

accounting, finance, marketing,

and general business. Classes run for

seven or 15 weeks; most classes are

three credits. | REGISTRATION ongo-

ing | CLASSES BEGIN Aug 30 (Fall I and

extended session); Oct 25 (Fall II);

online classes begin every Mon | COST $275 per undergraduate credit, $540

per graduate credit; day programs

$925 per credit

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609 | 508.831.5517 or fax 508.831.5694

| www.cpe.wpi.edu | WPI’s corporate-

and professional-education division

specializes in business, engineer-

ing, and technology programs. Pro-

fessional-development workshops

available in project management,

leadership and management devel-

opment, geometric dimensioning

and tolerancing, process improve-

ment, biomanufacturing, and

the fundamentals of engineering

review. Industry and occupation

specific programs include fire

protection engineering, high-tech

industry, systems engineering, and

more. Each day of workshop train-

ing earns 0.7 continuing-education

units (CEUs). Some classes offered

at secondary locations in Chelms-

ford, Westborough, and Marlbor-

ough. | REGISTRATION ongoing; two

weeks in advance is preferred |

CLASSES BEGIN ongoing | COST $795

for a one-day workshop, $1395 for

two days

WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE

Division of Graduate and Continuing Edu-cation, 486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01602 | 508.929.8127 | dgce.worcester.edu |

Undergraduate degrees in business

administration, chemistry, com-

munications, community health,

criminal justice, English, health

education, history, natural science,

and psychology can be completed

through evening study. The Grad

School offers practice-oriented

master’s degrees, while the Center

for Business and Industry provides

job skills training. Certificates and

workshops offered in training and

wellness, accounting, media and de-

sign, hospitality , software develop-

ment, and more. Non-credit online

training programs also available. |

REGISTRATION ends Sept 8 | CLASSES BEGIN Sept 2 | COST $242 per under-

graduate credit; $262 per graduate

credit; workshops vary