LSC-Atascocita Center will offer continuing education courses in accounting, Excel, QuickBooks, and GED this fall.

The Lone Star College-Atascocita Center, a satellite center of LSC-Kingwood, will offer seven continuing education (CE) courses this fall. 

These programs will assist area residents in receiving a quick certification that they can use for various reasons such as professional development, increased earning potential, or entering the workforce. These CE programs are available throughout the semester and will take place in room 206.

“We want to be your next step toward an exciting career. Most continuing education classes require no college application or prior testing,” said Pat Chandler, director of continuing education at LSC-Kingwood. 

Available programs, start dates, and times are: 

• GED Full Review: Aug. 23-Oct. 12 from 2-5 p.m.
• Excel I (Bilingual Spanish): Aug. 23-Sept. 1, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Excel II (Bilingual Spanish): Sept. 9-Sept. 15 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Accounting Office I (Bilingual Spanish): Sept. 20-Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• Accounting Office II (Bilingual Spanish): Oct. 11-27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• QuickBooks I (Bilingual Spanish): Nov. 1-10 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
• QuickBooks II (Bilingual Spanish): Nov. 15-29 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

The total tuition for the six classes (Accounting, Excel, and QuickBooks), which includes 112 hours of instruction, is $1,882. Upon successful completion, students will earn an accounting assistant/bookkeeper certificate. For those who take the 48-hour GED Full Review class, the tuition is $255. Additionally, students enrolled in at least one non-credit (CE) class are eligible to borrow a laptop or a loaded iPad bundle (keyboard, case, and pen) as long as they take college courses. For more information on LSC’s TechConnect program, visit www.LoneStar.edu/TechConnect.

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The CE program offers high-demand, fast-track classes that are affordable and accessible. Some options only take six months to complete. The LSC-Atascocita Center is located at 15903 West Lake Houston Parkway. For more information on all Continuing Education programs offered, visit www.lonestar.edu/continuing-education.htm.  

Register now for credit classes online through myLoneStar. Classes are offered days, evenings, and weekends in traditional, online, and hybrid formats. For more information or to register online, visit www.lonestar.edu/registration. For general information about Lone Star College-Kingwood, call 281.312.1600 or visit www.lonestar.edu/kingwood.  

Lone Star College enrolls over 80,000 students each semester providing high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education. LSC is training tomorrow’s workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., serves as chancellor of LSC, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and has been named a 2021 Great Colleges to Work For® institution by the Chronicle of Higher Education and ranked 35th in Texas in the Forbes ‘America’s Best Employers By State’ list. LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight Workforce Centers of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu.

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