Photo Gallery: Offbeat Course Catalog
Want to skip sweating up a storm and still fulfill the physical education requirement while getting your Katniss on? Enroll in archery during the fall semester, where students learn the basic techniques of safety.
October 24, 2019
American River College offers classes of all kinds. From archery to the college’s Funeral Services program, these are some of the unique classes that you can find in the course catalog.
Want to skip sweating up a storm and still fulfill the physical education requirement while getting your Katniss on? Enroll in archery during the fall semester, where students learn the basic techniques of safety.
In blacksmithing class, students use blow torches as a paint brush and metal as their canvas. The class gives hands-on basics metal forming and provide emphasis on the use of the anvil and gas forge. There’s no prerequisite to take the class.
The show can’t go on without the proper attire and that’s where the introduction of costume construction comes in. The course dives into the beginning knowledge of theater costume design production and sewing techniques. The prerequisite for this class Fashion 374 or Theater Arts 430.
Interest in a career in helping the living deal with death? Enroll in merchandising funeral service, which covers construction of caskets and examines methods of pricing and presentation. The course’s prerequisites are FSE 310 and 320.
![American River College alumni and Secretary of Black Student Union Ashlee Green and Co-Advisor Denzel Phoenix are pictured at the Club Rush, which took place on Tuesday Sept. 20 in front of the Student Center on the main campus. Representing the Umoja Sakhu club, also known as Black Student Union.
What are they all about? Secretary Green said“ The club centers around blackness within the ARC campus. [The club] helps students identify and learn more about the culture themselves and be exposed to more black culture within academia.”](https://www.arcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_0186-500x375.jpg)
