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Continuing Education Online Registration

A Quick Guide to Con-Ed Registration:

  1. Browse the course list or use the keyword search box below to locate your preferred course(s).
  2. Click the “Register” button next to the course title. You will be redirected to Self-Service Instant Enrollment.
  3. Continue through the registration steps as a guest user (no log-in required) to enroll and pay.

Still deciding? Browse the digital version of the Continuing-Education Class Schedule.

For assistance, please contact the Continuing Education Registration Office.
conedregistration@abtech.edu

  • Phone: (828) 398-7903
  • Office hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
  • Location:
    • A-B Tech Asheville main campus
      Ferguson Center for Allied Health and Workforce Development (AHWD)
      Suite 440, 4th Floor Offices
      10 Genevieve Circle
      Asheville, NC 28801

Payments:

Credit card payment is required when registering for Continuing Education classes online. You may use MasterCard, VISA, or American Express. If you prefer to use cash or a check, you may register by mail or in person. View CE Registration Office: Location, Hours, & Payment Options.

Refunds:

  • If a student officially withdraws prior to the first class meeting, the student will receive a 100% refund; Motorcycle Safety is excluded.
  • If a class is canceled due to insufficient enrollment, a student will receive a 100% refund.
  • A 75% refund will be issued (Self-Supporting classes with prefixes CSP and SEF are excluded) if the student officially withdraws prior to or on the 10% point of the scheduled hours of the class.
  • No refund will be made after the 10% point of the class.
  • The insurance, technology, and supply/lab fees are refundable only if a class is canceled or the student drops before the class begins.
  • Refunds are processed on the 1st and 15th of each month.

*** Returning Students Enrolling In Motorcycle Safety Must Complete Update Form ***

 

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Course Register Dates Price
This is an excellent way to be introduced to a variety of artistic processes, or to develop your painting practice. You will apply basic collage techniques with acrylic paint, glazes, pastes and mediums to produce fascinating works of art. Bring a small bottle of Elmer’s glue, brushes, acrylic paints and assorted papers such as old giftwrap, map and sheet music. Also bring an 8" x 10" canvas panel to the first class. The instructor will provide a complete materials list at the first class.
Meeting time and location:
03/08/27 - 04/05/27
Mon 6p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 416
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Collage Mixed Media ‌‌
This course is designed for anyone who is interested in entering the fascinating world of bees, pollination and the incredible creature we know as the European honeybee. In this four week course you will explore the first year in the life of a beekeeper, the super organism of the honeybee and other items that are vital for beginners to know in order to be successful in apiary management. The instructor is an NCSBA Certified Master Beekeeper.
Meeting time and location:
03/04/27 - 03/25/27
Thur 6p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 326
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Beekeeping 101 ‌‌
If you have little to no experience with a sewing machine, this class is for you. You will explore the workings and parts of a sewing machine while completing simple projects such as a small bag, apron, etc. This class will help you gain confidence with a sewing machine while completing fun projects. You may bring your sewing machine (with the manual) to the first class or use one of the classroom machines. Supplies will be discussed at the 1st class.
Meeting time and location:
01/12/27 - 02/09/27
Tue 2p - 4:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 423
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Sewing, for Complete Beginners ‌‌
If you have little to no experience with a sewing machine, this class is for you. You will explore the workings and parts of a sewing machine while completing simple projects such as a small bag, apron, etc. This class will help you gain confidence with a sewing machine while completing fun projects. You may bring your sewing machine (with the manual) to the first class or use one of the classroom machines. Supplies will be discussed at the 1st class.
Meeting time and location:
01/12/27 - 02/09/27
Tue 5:30p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 423
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Sewing, for Complete Beginners ‌‌
If you have little to no experience with a sewing machine, this class is for you. You will explore the workings and parts of a sewing machine while completing simple projects such as a small bag, apron, etc. This class will help you gain confidence with a sewing machine while completing fun projects. You may bring your sewing machine (with the manual) to the first class or use one of the classroom machines. Supplies will be discussed at the 1st class.
Meeting time and location:
01/14/27 - 02/11/27
Thur 2p - 4:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 423
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Sewing, for Complete Beginners ‌‌
If you have little to no experience with a sewing machine, this class is for you. You will explore the workings and parts of a sewing machine while completing simple projects such as a small bag, apron, etc. This class will help you gain confidence with a sewing machine while completing fun projects. You may bring your sewing machine (with the manual) to the first class or use one of the classroom machines. Supplies will be discussed at the 1st class.
Meeting time and location:
01/14/27 - 02/11/27
Thur 5:30p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 423
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Sewing, for Complete Beginners ‌‌
Building from the Beginning series, students explore grammar and practical scenarios that will lead to better conversational skills. Concepts covered include irregular preterite and stem changing verb conjugation, possessive and demonstrative adjectives, and topical vocabulary. Prerequisite: Beginning Spanish Conversation or equivalent proficiency. Textbook: Spanish Now! - Eighth or Ninth Edition. Chapters covered include Work Units 17, 18, 20, 27, 29
Meeting times and locations:
01/27/27 - 02/03/27
Wed 6p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
02/17/27 - 03/24/27
Wed 6p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Spanish, Intermediate I ‌‌
This course is a review of the concepts presented in Beginning Spanish I, II, and III - with a focus on conversation. Knowledge of nouns and articles, numbers, subject pronouns, adjectives, and present tense and basic preterit (past tense) verb conjugation required. Textbook: Spanish Now! Ninth Edition.
Meeting times and locations:
01/27/27 - 02/03/27
Wed 2:30p - 4:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 426
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
02/17/27 - 03/24/27
Wed 2:30p - 4:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 426
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Spanish, Beginning Review and Conversation ‌‌
Practice present and past tense verbs. Learn how to use direct and indirect object pronouns, familiar commands, negation and reflexive verbs. Improve your conversation skills through group and pair work, handouts, and games. Textbook: Spanish Now! Level 1 - Eighth Edition. Course covers chapters 23, 24, 28, 30, and 31 from the book. Prerequisite: Beginning Spanish I, Beginning Spanish II, Beginning Spanish III, Intermediate Spanish I, Intermediate Spanish II. Recommended: Beginning Spanish Review and Conversation
Meeting time and location:
01/28/27 - 03/18/27
Thur 6p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Spanish, Intermediate III ‌‌
This is a class for absolute beginners, or those who have been to a salsa class and found that it moved too quickly and they could not keep up. You will explore how to invite a partner to dance and basic salsa etiquette, including what to wear and what shoes work best. You will master the basic salsa steps and understand how to put these together into simple combos. These elements can be put together to dance to any salsa song. Come have fun and join the salsa community. This is a partner dance. Enroll and register with a partner to enjoy a night of dancing. The registration fee covers one participant.
Meeting time and location:
01/20/27 - 02/24/27
Wed 6p - 7p
Ivy, Room 205
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Salsa, Slowly ‌‌
This is a class for absolute beginners, or those who have been to a salsa class and found that it moved too quickly and they could not keep up. You will explore how to invite a partner to dance and basic salsa etiquette, including what to wear and what shoes work best. You will master the basic salsa steps and understand how to put these together into simple combos. These elements can be put together to dance to any salsa song. Come have fun and join the salsa community. This is a partner dance. Enroll and register with a partner to enjoy a night of dancing. The registration fee covers one participant.
Meeting time and location:
03/10/27 - 04/14/27
Wed 6p - 7p
Ivy, Room 205
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Salsa, Slowly ‌‌
This informative 4-hour course can be taken to increase your safe driving techniques, satisfy court or attorney ordered classes and requirements for states that mandate four hours in a defensive driving course. *** Please note: You must complete the Defensive Driving Pre-Registration Form located on the Defensive Driving page in order to receive your certificate the day of class. ***
Meeting time:
Thur 11/05/26 5p - 9p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Defensive Driving (DDC-4) ‌‌
This interactive 8-hour course focuses on making choices about driving and can be taken to satisfy court or attorney ordered eight-hour classes and requirements for states that mandate more than four hours in a defensive driving course. *** Please note: You must complete the Defensive Driving Pre-Registration Form located on the Defensive Driving page in order to receive your certificate the day of class. ***
Meeting time:
Sat 11/14/26 8a - 3p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Defensive Driving (ADD-8) ‌‌
Unlock the full potential of your digital and mirrorless camera in this comprehensive photography class. Get to know the features and settings of digital and/or mirrorless cameras, including ISO, aperture, and shutter speed. Learn the principles of composition and how to use natural and artificial light to enhance your photos. Whether you’re a beginner looking to understand the basics or an enthusiast aiming to refine your skills, this course offers something for everyone. Join us and transform your photography skills, capturing stunning images with confidence and creativity! Bring your camera and manual to the first class.
Meeting time and location:
03/10/27 - 03/31/27
Wed 6p - 8p
Ramsey, Room 116
A-B Tech Madison
4646 Us Hwy 25-70, Marshall NC 28753
View course details for Beginning Digital & Mirrorless Photography: Mastering Modern Techniques ‌‌
This studio style class is designed for students who have some experience with Oil Painting and want an evening of painting with guidance from the instructor while working on projects of your choice. Individual critiques will be given as well as individual instruction. Come for a night of building a painting community.
Meeting time and location:
03/02/27 - 03/30/27
Tue 6p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 416
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Painting Oils, Studio ‌‌
This hands-on photography class is designed for adults who want to become more confident using their digital or mirrorless camera. Whether you are new to photography or have a camera you rarely use because the settings seem overwhelming, this class will help you understand your camera and take intentional, creative photographs. You will discover the fundamentals of exposure, including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, as well as focusing, composition, white balance, and basic camera controls. You will also explore how to move beyond automatic settings and make creative choices that reflect your vision. Bring your camera and manual to the first class.
Meeting time and location:
02/02/27 - 02/16/27
Tue 6p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Beginning Photography - Get Off Auto ‌‌
This hands-on photography class is designed for adults who want to become more confident using their digital or mirrorless camera. Whether you are new to photography or have a camera you rarely use because the settings seem overwhelming, this class will help you understand your camera and take intentional, creative photographs. You will discover the fundamentals of exposure, including aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, as well as focusing, composition, white balance, and basic camera controls. You will also explore how to move beyond automatic settings and make creative choices that reflect your vision. Bring your camera and manual to the first class.
Meeting time and location:
02/05/27 - 02/19/27
Fri 10a - 12:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Beginning Photography - Get Off Auto ‌‌
This class is all about the image. Photography is art and creating images by recording light. This class is for any kind of camera; DSLR, Mirrorless, SmartPhone, or Point and Shoot. You will explore styling, light and how to get the best image from your camera. Discover and learn from professional photography, John Grover how to make art with your camera. It’s all about the picture. Bring your camera to the first class.
Meeting time and location:
03/02/27 - 03/16/27
Tue 6p - 8:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Photography - See It, Shoot It Shoot It! ‌‌
This class is all about the image. Photography is art and creating images by recording light. This class is for any kind of camera; DSLR, Mirrorless, SmartPhone, or Point and Shoot. You will explore styling, light and how to get the best image from your camera. Discover and learn from professional photography, John Grover how to make art with your camera. It’s all about the picture. Bring your camera to the first class.
Meeting time and location:
03/05/27 - 03/19/27
Fri 10a - 12:30p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 432
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Photography - See It, Shoot It Shoot It! ‌‌
Whether you intend to narrate an important period in your past or want to write your whole life story to date, this course in memoir will help clear the cobwebs. Exploring memories can be exhilarating, but also emotionally and logistically challenging. Even trickier is giving those memories shape, color, and impact on the page. Guided by the workbook My Life, By Me, students will learn to shape their memories with craft and context. This course is designed for hobby writers, those aspiring to publication, and established writers needing prompts in a new genre. All are welcome. Taught by published author, Melanie McGee Bianchi.
Meeting time and location:
03/02/27 - 03/23/27
Tue 6p - 8p
Ferguson Allied Health, Room 431
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Demystifying Memoir: Write Your Own Story ‌‌
Join us for The Perfect Pair hands-on cooking class. You will master the art of making fresh gnocchi from scratch. Together, we will craft a comforting chicken and corn chowder. You will discover how to prep, cook, and incorporate flavorful poblano peppers. This is the perfect time of year for soup and a sandwich. Please bring a food container to take home extra food. Wear non-slip shoes. Bring an apron, chef knife, paring knife, measuring cup and spoons, wooden spoon, spatula, peeler and tongs. You will clean your workstation, dishes, light sweeping and mopping where needed. Chef Donna McCrain, Instructor
Meeting time and location:
02/02/27 - 02/23/27
Tue 5:30p - 8:30p
Magnolia, Room 230
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Soup and Sandwiches - Perfect Pair ‌‌
Get ready for a global culinary adventure! You will celebrate Italian night, mix things up with a taco party featuring fresh flour tortillas you will be making. Then off to having an Asian fusion evening by making your own sushi rolls. We can’t forget a Tapas Tasting Party to wrap this adventure up. This is a hands-on cooking class. Wear non-slip shoes, bring an apron, chef knife, paring knife, measuring cup and spoons, wooden spoon, spatula, peeler and tongs. You will clean your workstation, dishes, light sweeping and mopping where needed. Chef Donna McCrain, Instructor
Meeting time and location:
04/06/27 - 04/27/27
Tue 5:30p - 8:30p
Magnolia, Room 230
A-B Tech Main Campus
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for A Global Affair: Themed Dining ‌‌
This is an online and self-paced course offered through ed2go. Gain a solid working knowledge of the most powerful and widely used database programming language. This course will provide you the skills to write SQL queries to create tables, retrieve data from single or multiple tables, manipulate data in a database, and gather statistics from data stored in a database. Visit https://www.ed2go.com/abtech/ for more details.
***IMPORTANT*** You must also sign up for this class in the A-B Tech Ed2go portal in order to be able to access the class materials. Instructions are available at Computer and Online Training webpage. On the first day of classes, A-B Tech Continuing Education Online program coordinators will send a welcome email with important information and deadlines to all students who have signed up in the Ed2go portal. Questions? Contact OnlineCE@abtech.edu.
View course details for SQL, Introduction ‌‌
This course covers the core skills of providing support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Emphasis is placed on core knowledge in intellectual and developmental disabilities, empathy-driven and evidence-based support plans, responding to behavioral and crisis situations, and enhancing mobility and mental health. Upon completion, students should be able to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to advocate and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities effectively. This course is specific to curriculum materials approved by the NC DHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Use Services. For details on setting up course sections, contact the Workforce Continuing Education department at the NC Community College System Office.
Instructor: Anderson
Meeting times and locations:
Mon 01/11/27 4:15p - 5p
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
01/25/27 - 03/08/27
Mon 4:15p - 5p
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
01/25/27 - 03/08/27
Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
01/25/27 - 03/08/27
Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun
Online
340 Victoria Rd, Asheville NC 28801
View course details for Core Skills for Supporting Individuals with IDD ‌‌