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New: Pop-Up Courses: Registration for these courses is available on August 5

We're so excited about two (2) new pop-up courses available in Tuscaloosa this fall!

TUS 120 Exploring Wine – Beyond Cabernet and Chardonnay | 4:30 p.m.- 6 p.m. | TUESDAY, Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct. 16, 13 | Sugo Italian Restaurant. | Instructor: Shelby Mackey | Materials Fee: $125 | Break out of the cabernet-and-chardonnay rut! Understand why different wines and wine styles taste different. Understand how climate tips a domino that ends with the wine in your glass. Learn to pair wine with food – and learn how to drink good wine without going broke. Best of all, learn what you like and why. You’ll never be insecure reading a wine list again!

TUS 171 Quilt as You Go | 12:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. | Thursday, Oct. 29; Nov. 5, 12, 19; Dec. 3 | Kentuck Center for the Arts – Clark Building | Instructor: Elise Brasseale | Materials Fee: $65 | Make a small table topper quilt from start to finish using your domestic sewing machine. Learn the Quilt as You Go method – scrap quilting in sections, joining pieces and binding – while gaining the skills and confidence to complete larger quilts on your own.

Course Updates:

TUS126 History Cycle Theories — Contemporary Analysis| 1:30-2:45 p.m. | THURSDAY, Sept. 24; Oct. 1, 8, 15 | Bryant Conference Center (Day of the week changed to Thursdays)

TUS 150 Fun & Games with the Freeman Girls | 10:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. | MONDAY, August 31, Sept. 14, 21, 28; Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 (No class Sept. 7) | FOCUS50+/McAbee Center. (Day of the Week changed from Thursdays to Mondays)

TUS 151 Beginner Mahjong | 12:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. | THURSDAY, Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24; Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | FOCUS50+/McAbee Center. (Day of the Week changed to Thursdays ONLY)

TUS 181 Lagniappe–Various topics| Sept. 16 and Sept. 23 | Sept. 16, 2026, Getting to know Your Area Agency on Aging – Lauren Ballard; Sept. 23, 2026, Saban Center: An Innovative Educational Workforce Campus for the Future – Audrey Buck and Drew Baker (Change in Speakers)

BHM 105 Cuba, from Spanish Colony to Fidel Castro

(Classes are held on Mondays, not Wednesdays)

BHM 123 From Lab to Pharmacy: Understanding the Drug Development Process (Correction of Blurb: Explore how new medicines are developed, from early discovery to patient access. This high-level course explains the drug development process, including safety testing, clinical trials, and regulatory review, using real-world examples to make complex concepts understandable for a general audience)

OL 181 Aging with Ease: Alleviating Everyday Aches & Pains (Change in catalog Public Programs section from November 4 to October 28 —Online section is correct)

BHM201: Board in Birmingham: Price change from $60 to $55

BHM202: Foxhound Bee Company: Price change from $38 to $30

BHM205: American Village Christmas Tour and Luncheon: Early Bird Special: Price is $40 until October 1!

TUS213: How the Civil War was Fought in the South: Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield-Pricing change $165/double and $235/single

Course Updates Cancellations

TUS 101 How They Live to be 100 in the Blue Zones

TUS 161 Identifying Common Roadside and Yard “Weeds”

BHM 103 How History Works: Generational Patterns and the Cycles of History