Credit-Free Courses

MCC’s Credit-Free Program offers open enrollment courses and workshops for professional development and personal enrichment, and promotes the College as a regional center for lifelong learning. Please see our current Credit-Free Catalog for a complete listing of courses. You can also download a registration form to use after choosing your courses.

Courses are flexibly scheduled for day or evening and during weekdays and/or weekends. Classes are held at either the MCC campus or at off-site facilities, such as fitness centers, studios, schools and businesses, while other courses incorporate field trips to museums, parks and performing art centers.

The Credit-Free Program has four sessions (spring, summer, fall, and winter), and produces a catalog for each session. More than 1,000 courses are offered each year, and include a diverse range of subjects, such as computer technology, photography, real estate, boating, arts & crafts, cuisine, foreign languages, English as a Second Language, drama, creative writing, publishing, dance, music, history, exercise and fitness, yoga and meditation, and a host of other professional and personal development courses. New courses are added to every session, and popular ones are offered on a continuing basis. If you have teaching experience in any of the above subjects and would like to share your expertise, please visit our Teaching for Continuing Education web page.

Credit-Free sessions also include certificate programs, which may consist of a single course or a series of courses. Please visit this site for a complete list of certificates and requirements.

Would you like to register online for a Credit-Free course?

You can register online with a MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card up until the start date of your selected course. However, you must be a returning student with a Banner ID and password in order to register online. You will also need to enter the CRN number and fee of the course you want to enroll in.

When you are ready to register, click here to go to the Online Registration Page.

Other registration options are as follows:

• By mail: Complete a registration form (one person per registration form, please) with student and course information. Pay by check, money order, MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card, and mail to:
  
  Continuing Education Registration
  Manchester Community College
  Great Path, M.S. #13
  P.O. Box 1046
  Manchester, CT 06045-1046
  
  
• In-Person: Go to the Registrar’s Office in the Lowe Building, room L157. Pay at the Bursar’s Office by cash, check, money order, MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card. Please use the night drop box after cashier window hours.
• By Fax: Complete a registration form using your MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card, and fax to Registrar’s Office at 860-512-3221 (24 hours). Please call (860) 512-3220 to confirm that your fax was received.
• By Telephone: Call (860) 512-3232 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday, using MasterCard, Visa, or Discover Card.

For more information, please call Continuing Education's Information Line at: 860-512-2800 or email the Continuing Education Information Desk.