Online Personal & Professional Development
Build workplace skills, explore a new interest, or strengthen your knowledge with flexible online courses through Texarkana College Community Education.
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Learn Something New—On Your Schedule
Texarkana College Community Education partners with ed2go to offer convenient, non-credit online courses for professional development, workplace skills, and personal enrichment.
Choose from instructor-moderated and self-guided learning options. Instructor-moderated courses commonly run on a six-week schedule with new sessions beginning regularly, while self-guided courses provide immediate access to lessons and generally allow additional time for independent completion. Available formats and schedules vary by course.
How Online Short Courses Work
100% Online
Learn from home or anywhere you have reliable internet access.
Non-Credit
Build practical knowledge and skills without enrolling in a degree program.
Two Learning Options
Instructor-moderated and self-guided courses are available across the catalog.
Flexible Starts
Choose scheduled sessions or independent learning, depending on the course.
Explore Areas of Study
Business & Accounting
Build skills in accounting, finance, management, supervision, entrepreneurship, grant writing, and other business topics.
Computer Applications & Technology
Strengthen skills in Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, web tools, programming, computer applications, and related technology.
Writing & Communication
Improve grammar, professional writing, communication, creative writing, and other language-based skills.
Languages
Explore conversational language courses and other opportunities to build communication skills.
Health & Fitness
Learn about wellness, fitness, healthcare topics, and personal well-being.
Creative & Personal Interests
Explore art, design, photography, hobbies, personal finance, test preparation, and other enrichment topics.
Featured Online Courses
Medical Terminology: A Word Association Approach
Learn medical terminology by body system using word roots, graphics, study tips, case studies, and memory techniques designed to make medical vocabulary easier to understand and remember.
Become a Veterinary Assistant
Explore what veterinary assistants do while learning about pet nutrition, parasite prevention, animal health and safety, spaying and neutering, emergencies, and supporting clients during difficult situations.
Speed Spanish
Build conversational Spanish with practical sentence-building strategies, common vocabulary, nouns and verbs, culture, and everyday communication for work, travel, and daily life.
Accounting Fundamentals
Learn double-entry bookkeeping and how to record financial transactions, manage accounts receivable and payable, payroll, sales taxes, banking activities, and basic financial statements.
Basic Computer Skills Suite
Build essential workplace computer skills through keyboarding, computer applications, and PC troubleshooting, with an emphasis on practical technology skills used on the job.
Photography Suite
Develop digital photography skills from the fundamentals through DSLR or mirrorless camera controls and photographing people, including equipment, exposure, lenses, and practical shooting techniques.
Professional Growth, Personal Enrichment, or Both
Online short courses can be useful whether you are strengthening skills for work, preparing for a new responsibility, or simply learning something because it interests you. Topics available through the catalog may include accounting fundamentals, grant writing, project management, Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks, Spanish, sign language, web and computer skills, design, writing, and more.
Because the catalog changes over time, use the online course catalog for the most current course descriptions, schedules, and pricing.
Online Personal & Professional Development FAQs
Instructor-moderated courses follow a scheduled session and provide a structured pace. Self-guided courses make the lessons available for independent study so you can progress on your own schedule. The course listing will show the learning options available for that course.
No. These are non-credit Community Education courses intended for skill building, professional development, and personal enrichment.
Start dates depend on the learning format. Instructor-moderated courses begin on scheduled dates, while self-guided courses can generally begin after enrollment. Check the course listing for the current schedule.
Select Browse Online Courses to visit Texarkana College’s ed2go course catalog, where you can review current offerings, pricing, schedules, and enrollment options.
Looking for In-Person Community Education Classes?
Texarkana College also offers local Community Education classes in areas such as arts and crafts, culinary arts, music and dance, sports and fitness, technology, youth programs, and more. Those offerings are separate from the online ed2go catalog.
Start Learning Online
Explore current online courses and choose the learning option that works for you.