Are you looking to enhance your reading, writing, and math skills, or prepare for the GED/HiSET exams, college, training, or better job opportunities? If so, this free opportunity is for you!

Bristol Community College's Adult Education Online classes offer flexible options tailored to help you achieve your goals.

To participate, you must take an in-person placement test and be a resident of Massachusetts, Bristol County, or currently collecting unemployment benefits from the state of Massachusetts.

We offer two types of online classes:

Online Zoom Classes - Live classes taught via Zoom by an instructor with fellow students.

Self-Paced Online Program - Learn through online software programs with support from an online coach, but the majority of learning is done on your schedule.

Each student receives:

• Personalized Learning Plans
• Technology Assistance
• Basic Computer Skills Course (optional)
• Educational Advising
• Career Planning Assistance
• Instructor/Tutor Support

Students and graduates can also take advantage of free college courses through our Transitions to College program.

To get started, please register for an upcoming Adult Education Placement Test session and check your email for further details.

If you require an accommodation for the initial intake exam due to a documented disability, please call us directly at 774-357-3769 to schedule your test.

For further assistance, please contact:

Nicola Machado, Education and Career Advisor

Phone:774-357-3769

Email: nicola.machado@bristolcc.edu.

The Excel Bootcamp - Beginners course is an introduction to Excel and overall workbook management. Students will learn how to use and design a spreadsheet (grid of columns, rows, and cells) to enter text, values, and dates to organize and analyze data. Course topics include: Introduction to Microsoft Excel’s Ribbon, using keyboard short cuts, filling a series with Auto Fill, and using the Find & Replace function. The Beginners course also includes moving/copying worksheets, aligning Cell contents, the Wrap & Merge function, as well as applying Conditional Formatting to datasets. Setting various Page Views and Print Areas Options, will also be introduced.

Class Dates/Times: (all classes will be held online)

Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6/10, 12, 17, (no class 6/19) 24, 26, 7/1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 8/5, 7, 12, 14, 19; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 

Class Description:  Medical interpreters are in great demand both in-person and remotely by video or phone. Interpreters can elect to work for a hospital, school, or state agency, or as contractors with many agencies throughout the country. They can also elect to work remotely from home where they can work independently and make their own hours.

Open to all languages, this 60-hour program provides a working knowledge of medical interpreting, including standards of practice, ethics, HIPAA regulations, cultural competency, and medical terminology/vocabulary.

The course provides intense practice via oral role plays on a variety of medical topics. The student will also be introduced to VRI (video remote interpreting) and OPI (Over the Phone Interpreting).

Offered in collaboration with TransFluenci EDU, this course is designed for those preparing for entry-level careers as medical interpreters as well as for working interpreters preparing for the National Board Certificate exam. 

Students must be fully bilingual and must be fluent in English and one other language.

Students must possess a high school diploma or equivalent.

The language assessment coordinator will reach out to you by phone prior to the start of class for an assessment in the language you designated when you registered. You must pass the language assessment, to meet program requirements. You will also be provided with the class book order information, (book price $39.95) is not included in the class price.

This program meets the National Board for Medical Interpreter Certification training requirement and prepares you to pass the national certification exam. Upon completion of this course, students may elect to apply for national certification.

For information on certification requirements and cost click on the links below:

CCHI, Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters https://cchicertification.org/

NBCMI, National Board for the Certification of Medical Interpreters https://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/

The Excel Bootcamp - Intermediate course is an overall introduction to using basic Formulas in Excel including Order of Operations, Relative & Absolute Cell references, and referring to data in another Worksheet. This course will review Excel’s built-in Formula Logical Functions such as: SUM, SUMIF, COUNT, AVERAGE, MIN and MAX. The Intermediate course will also introduce basic Lookup & Reference Formulas (VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP) with examples for working with large datasets.

Class Description:

The 4-hour Excel Bootcamp for Advanced Users course will focus on Excel’s advanced Formulas and functions to ensure data consistency and integrity. Topics include Restricting Cell entries to a range of Cells (Data Validation), Group & Ungroup data and Removing Duplicate rows from a worksheet. The Advanced course will allow students to create Charts and Graphics, and how to build Pivot Tables and basic Macros.

Course Dates/Time: (this is a Hybrid course) 

This course will run on Wednesdays, from September 3, 2025 through November 19,2025; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (12 classes/36 hours).

Actual Dates: Wednesdays; September 3, 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 12, 19.  *Please note: the first class on Wednesday, September 3rd & last class on November 19th will be held Face-to-Face (with an online option for those who cannot attend in person) at Bristol's Fall River Campus, Bldg./Rm. C100. The remaining classes will be held online via Zoom.

Course Description: 

This is a course is offered by Bristol Community College in partnership with SHRM.

A participant guide is included and will be distributed on the first day of class, Wednesday September 3, 2025

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