Continuing Education and Off-Campus Programs

Continuing Education and Off-Campus Programs provides educational opportunities for students to get work ready and career ready to meet the workforce demands in our community. We offer comprehensive courses and programs to assist students with workforce and career development, opportunities to learn and enhance their skills, and supporting economic development initiatives in the Coastal Bend with a work ready workforce. Our variety of career training programs, for high–demand occupations, prepare the student for immediate employment and are offered with the student’s convenience in mind with day, evening, and online options.

Continuing Education

Continuing Education also provides educational courses to help expand an individual’s personal, professional, cultural and recreational interests. Many courses offer Continuing Education Units (CEU) which may be used to meet state or professional requirements. Our courses are designed to promote lifelong learning and are available for adults and children of all ages.

Career Training Courses

  • Automotive
  • Accounting
  • Business Management and Leadership
  • Records and Filing Management
  • Air Conditioning
  • AutoCAD
  • Building Maintenance
  • Child Development Associate
  • Carpentry Skills Training
    • Cabinetry
    • Carpentry
    • Drywall
    • House Wiring
    • Plumbing
    • Trim & Stairs
    • Woodworking
  • Introduction to Administrative Assistant
  • Professionalism in the Workplace
  • Business Writing for the Workplace
    • Workplace Critical Thinking
    • Pipeline Skills Training Program
    • Lineworker Program
    • Millwright
    • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Courses
      • Electrical Arc Hazards
      • Fall Safety and Fall Protection
      • Food Managers Certification
      • Boilermaker Safety
      • OSHA 10 and 30-Hour Construction
      • Process Safety Management
  • Radiation Safety
  • Real Estate Program
  • Welding OSA
  • Computer Software
  • Keyboarding
  • Microsoft WORD (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced)
  • Microsoft EXCEL (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced)
  • Microsoft POWERPOINT (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced)
  • Microsoft Outlook Managing Email
  • Quickbooks (Beginners and Advanced)

Adult Education/GED Preparation

  • Mathematics
    • Basic Mathematics
    • Technical Mathematics
    • Algebra 101
    • Geometry 101
  • Language Arts
    • Writing I
    • Writing II
  • Reading
    • Speech Rhetoric
    • Reading Comprehension
  • English as a Second Language
    • Introduction to English
    • Intermediate English
    • Advanced Conversations in English

Health Care Training Programs

  • Billing and Coding
  • Professional Development: Medication Aide
  • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
  • CPR for Healthcare Providers
  • Electrocardiography (EKG) Technician
  • Medical Secretary
  • Nurse Aide Skills
  • Patient Care Technician
  • Phlebotomy Technician
  • Spanish for Medical Professionals

Personal Enrichment Courses

  • Arts
  • Chair Yoga
  • Conversational Spanish
  • Creative Writing
  • Culinary
  • Event Planning
  • Floral Design
  • Foreign Languages
  • Golf
  • Photography
  • Recreation and Sports
  • Senior Education
  • Technology Youth Camp
  • TEXPrep
  • Viking Kids Summer Camp

Continuing Education Unit (CEU)

Many courses offer Continuing Education Units which may be used to meet state or professional requirements. A Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a reporting unit defined as ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience. A student may request a Continuing Education transcript for personal or professional use to demonstrate successful completion of a course, hours awarded, and CEUs earned.

Admission Requirements

Admission to most programs is open to anyone 17 years of age or older, regardless of educational background. A limited number of courses specify certain prerequisites. Completion of registration forms and payment of tuition and lab fees (where applicable) are required for admission.

Tuition/Fees

Tuition and fees are subject to changes that might be deemed advisable by the Board of Regents. See course schedule for current tuition/fees.

Financial Aid for Continuing Education students at Del Mar College are funded with the Texas Public Educational Grant (CETPEG). CETPEG funding is available to eligible students, with demonstrated need, who enroll in state-funded classes. State-funded classes are usually career or occupational courses. For more information, please visit the Financial Aid Forms section of the Del Mar College website (https://delmar.edu/becoming-a-viking/afford/finaid-forms.html).

Refund Policy

Refunds of tuition and fees may be made under these conditions:

  1. A 100% refund will be made automatically if the College exercises its right to cancel a class or if a class is full at the time your registration is received.
  2. A 100% refund will be honored if requested by midnight of the first day of class.