Course Description: BasicPlus adult first aid, CPR, and use of AED. Those who successfully complete this training will earn a nationally recognized certificate as someone who is able to use an external automated defibrillator, someone who can perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and respond as a first aid responder. *ETP Eligible

Location: 2917 W. Whistalks Way, Spokane, WA 99224

Parking: There is no free parking. You may register for a virtual parking permit online via the NuPark website. There are no parking pass refunds. Please wait until the course is running for certain before purchasing your parking pass.

Join our dynamic group fitness class designed to expend energy and boost metabolism, improve daily physical function, build muscle strength and bone density, and help prevent injury through diverse strength-training and flexibility. 

Come and learn or enhance your Bridge skills! Bridge is a fun, multi-facited card game that almost anyone can play. Learn the game in a fun and friendly environment with no pressure.

This course is best for those who have never played Bridge before, or have played but need a brush-up on their skills. 

Classes will be held at the Southside Community Center: 3151 East 27th Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99223

SFCC Community Choir seeks any interested voice, regardless of skill level or experience, to help present one choral concert a quarter. This low-impact, low-pressure class is perfect for those who sang in school or wish they had and a great way to engage in the many benefits singing offers.

Shostakovich to Sousa! Unleash your musical inhibitions and perform a variety of band literature from new symphonies and band compositions to the old standards. For more information, contact Karl Mote (karl.mote@spokanefalls.edu). Prior to enrolling, please verify your availability on the performance date: *you must be able to participate in the end of quarter concert.* For concert schedule information, visit the SFCC Music Department website.

Use of the fitness center/weight room, during scheduled open times. Minimum age-18 years. Closed on all Federal holidays.

OPERATING HOURS: 

Monday - Thursday 6:30am - 5:30pm

Friday 6:30am - 2:30pm

Use of the fitness center/weight room, during scheduled open times. Minimum age-18 years.Closed on all Federal holidays.

OPERATING HOURS:

Mon-Thurs 6:30am - 5:30pm

Fri 6:30am - 3:30pm

Community members and staff can work out in the Fitness Center and Weight Room at SFCC for the current quarter. For community members 18 and older. Closed all Federal holidays. 

OPERATION HOURS:

Mon-Thurs 6:30am - 5:30pm

Fri 6:30am - 3:30pm

A 20 hour class to shape new, used, or recycled metal into hobby projects/yard art by using basic welding techniques. This class is for beginners/crafters, farmers, “retired and starting-a-part-time-out-of-the-garage” or even a “brush up class” opportunity for the established welders. Providing you some time and ability to have fun and make something cool using basic techniques! Students will design and provide materials for these projects. Students must furnish some supplies, clothing and safety equipment.

** Takes place at Spokane Colleges' Colville Campus (985 S Elm St, Colville, WA 99114)

Note: On the first night, the instructor will guide you through a crucial safety orientation and provide a list of materials you'll need and proper attire (long sleeves, pants covering ankles, closed toe shoes). Students who miss the safety orientation will not be allowed to enter the welding shop.

Student supplies: Metal for projects (steel, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel) and safety glasses.

A 20 hour class to shape new, used, or recycled metal into hobby projects/yard art by using basic welding techniques. This class is for beginners/crafters, farmers, “retired and starting-a-part-time-out-of-the-garage” or even a “brush up class” opportunity for the established welders. Providing you some time and ability to have fun and make something cool using basic techniques! Students will design and provide materials for these projects. Students must furnish some supplies, clothing and safety equipment.

** Takes place at Spokane Colleges' Colville Campus (985 S Elm St, Colville, WA 99114)

Note: On the first night, the instructor will guide you through a crucial safety orientation and provide a list of materials you'll need and proper attire (long sleeves, pants covering ankles, closed toe shoes). Students who miss the safety orientation will not be allowed to enter the welding shop.

Student supplies: Metal for projects (steel, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel) and safety glasses.

Canva is an online design platform that allows users to create graphics, edit photos, create printable materials, and publish their work. Enroll in this course to explore Canva's powerful design tools! Anyone can do this; no graphic design background is needed. Through reading, tutorials, and interactive activities you will start small and build your Canva confidence. Modules are short and allow you to work at your own pace. You will become familiar with Canva's basic layout and interface, design principles, and learn how to apply these to design your own projects. A certificate of completion is earned upon finishing the course. Sign up today!

Spokane Colleges supports parents who may choose home-based instruction for their children by offering a homeschool introductory course that fulfills one of the four ways to qualify in Washington: completing a qualifying course in home-based education at a postsecondary institution or a vocational-technical institute (RCW 28A.225.010 (4)(a-c). Our parent-qualifying course is designed to be an affordable, convenient, online, self-paced course taught by a homeschool parent who encourages parents just starting their journey. It will build your confidence and arm you with strategies to acquire resources for community connection, learning, assessment, and record-keeping. The course typically takes 3 to 4 hours to complete. A certificate is awarded upon completion.

The SFCC Jazz Ensemble is a full big band including trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section (piano, bass, guitar, vibes, drums). Music performed will include traditional big band swing literature, contemporary works, Latin style pieces, and original compositions. Jazz ensemble experience preferred.

Prior to enrolling, please verify your availability on the performance date (you must be able to participate in the end of quarter concert). For concert schedule information, visit the SFCC Music Department website.

Ancient contemplative know-your-self methods, confirmed by modern brain science, are practiced and discussed to prompt and promote our full human heart/mind potential. This class is intended for everyone interested in the benefits of meditation, beginners and non-beginners, alike. Learning, sharing and practicing together will naturally foster appreciation and understanding of ourselves and others, so we can make better moves in everything we do. This is the aspiration. Instructor Dexter Amend, PhD, long-time meditator, councilor, and Psychology instructor, SFCC

What is learned and discussed:

1) How to calm and tame the mind

2) How to increase awareness and compassion

3) How to find and understand the causes and cures of human suffering

4) How to help ourselves and others in troubled times such as these

The SFCC Advanced Orchestra is a full orchestra that includes strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Specific instrumentation varies by quarter. Proficiency on a standard orchestral instrument is required. For more information, please contact Jason Moody at jason.moody@sfcc.spokane.edu.

Private Music Lessons - for personal enrichment ONLY. No grade given, no outcome assessment. Students can choose whatever instrument they are interested in. Current instrument offering examples include: saxophone, clarinet, percussion, and music composition. 

Students must contact the SFCC Music Department Chair prior to enrollment, contact information is below.

With the Speed Spanish course, you will immediately start creating sentences and conversations in Spanish. Each lesson will introduce new techniques to increase your fluency quickly and allow you to start speaking Spanish right away. You will also have the opportunity to discuss Spanish culture and differences in Spanish-speaking countries. Be prepared to travel to a Spanish-speaking country and communicate effectively, and build in-demand skills that can increase your career opportunities. Self-paced. 

Hours to Complete: 24

Duration of Access: 3 months

Spokane Falls Community Colleges' Step & Sculpt combines aerobic fitness and body conditioning in the same class session. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun! Participants will engage in aerobic routines set to music, using a step platform. Cardio movements may also be performed as a low-impact floor routine without the step. Students will use handheld weights, exertubes, fit-balls, weighted bars, and mats to participate in resistance training exercise activities. Equipment used in class will be provided, however, students may bring their own mat/yoga mat if they wish. Warm-up, cool down, and stretching will also be included during class time.

Explore the 2026 Summer Career Camps at Spokane Community College!

Build confidence and practical skills as you learn the basics of MIG and stick welding, metal cutting, and shop safety. This hands-on 20-hour welding course gives you the experience using real tools and working with different types of metal. This course is perfect for beginners or anyone looking to start welding with a strong foundation. 

Note: On the first day, the instructor will guide you through a crucial safety orientation and provide a list of materials you'll need and proper attire (long sleeves, pants covering ankles, closed toe shoes). Students who miss the safety orientation will not be allowed to enter the welding shop.

Student supplies: Metal for projects (steel, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel) and safety glasses.

Build confidence and practical skills as you learn the basics of MIG and stick welding, metal cutting, and shop safety. This hands-on 20-hour welding course gives you the experience using real tools and working with different types of metal. This course is perfect for beginners or anyone looking to start welding with a strong foundation. 

Note: On the first day, the instructor will guide you through a crucial safety orientation and provide a list of materials you'll need and proper attire (long sleeves, pants covering ankles, closed toe shoes). Students who miss the safety orientation will not be allowed to enter the welding shop.

Student supplies: Metal for projects (steel, aluminum, titanium, stainless steel) and safety glasses.

This course introduces students to the basic art of drumming as a gateway to explore the cultures and music of Africa, Brazil, Cuba and the Middle East. No previous music reading or drumming ability is required (although helpful) and instruments are provided.

Participants will learn to incorporate exercise in their daily life as a component of a healthy lifestyle, and participate in instructor-led group exercise activities such as cardiorespiratory training, strength conditioning, and flexibility training. Participants will gain knowledge that can be used for a lifetime while having fun participating in exercise activities that lead to reaching their fitness goals.

SFCC Community Choir seeks any interested voice, regardless of skill level or experience, to help present one choral concert a quarter. This low-impact, low-pressure class is perfect for those who sang in school or wish they had and a great way to engage in the many benefits singing offers.

Community members and staff can work out in the Fitness Center and Weight Room at SCC for the current quarter. For community members 18 and older. Closed on all Federal holidays.

OPERATION HOURS:

Monday - Thursday 6:30am - 5:30pm

Friday 6:30am - 2:30pm

Improvisation is open to any student who plays a musical instrument or sings and wants to acquire improvisational skills for standard jazz repetoire. Students will learn how to utilize jazz vocabulary while developing an improvisational style.

Canva is an online design platform that allows users to create graphics, edit photos, create printable materials, and publish their work. Enroll in this course to explore Canva's powerful design tools! Anyone can do this; no graphic design background is needed. Through reading, tutorials, and interactive activities you will start small and build your Canva confidence. Modules are short and allow you to work at your own pace. You will become familiar with Canva's basic layout and interface, design principles, and learn how to apply these to design your own projects. A certificate of completion is earned upon finishing the course. Sign up today!

Spokane Colleges supports parents who may choose home-based instruction for their children by offering a homeschool introductory course that fulfills one of the four ways to qualify in Washington: completing a qualifying course in home-based education at a postsecondary institution or a vocational-technical institute (RCW 28A.225.010 (4)(a-c). Our parent-qualifying course is designed to be an affordable, convenient, online, self-paced course taught by a homeschool parent who encourages parents just starting their journey. It will build your confidence and arm you with strategies to acquire resources for community connection, learning, assessment, and record-keeping. The course typically takes 3 to 4 hours to complete. A certificate is awarded upon completion.

The SFCC Jazz Ensemble is a full big band including trumpets, trombones, saxophones, and rhythm section (piano, bass, guitar, vibes, drums). Music performed will include traditional big band swing literature, contemporary works, Latin style pieces, and original compositions. Jazz ensemble experience preferred.

Prior to enrolling, please verify your availability on the performance date (you must be able to participate in the end of quarter concert). For concert schedule information, visit the SFCC Music Department website.

Are you nervous about walking alone or downtown? Is your fear of aggression standing in the way of your ability to live? Take this course as a step toward reclaiming your freedom. People of all ages and physical conditions can benefit immediately from simple, easy to remember techniques. Prepare yourself mentally and physically to walk with confidence and have fun learning in a supportive and inclusive community! Each week will feature light physical activity, competency using one new anti-aggression technique, and repetitive review of previous week's techniques to develop automatic and effective reactions. Leave this class with an increased sense of personal safety and security.

Private Music Lessons - for personal enrichment ONLY. No grade given, no outcome assessment. Students can choose whatever instrument they are interested in. Current instrument offering examples include: saxophone, clarinet, percussion, and music composition. 

Students must contact the SFCC Music Department Chair prior to enrollment, contact information is below.

This certificate program examines workplace violence, domestic (intimate partner) violence, elder abuse, child abuse, pediatric abusive head trauma, and sexual assault, gender violence, and rape. The outcome of this certificate program is for the learner to describe several key types of violence, risk factors specific to those types of violence, assessment and treatment options, and prevention measures to reduce the incidence of violence. Self-paced.

Hours to Complete: 13 

Duration of Access: 3 months