Sandhills Community College offers a curriculum semester that takes only 10 weeks to complete, yet students receive a full semester's worth of instruction and full college credits.

Spring Mini-Mester begins on Tuesday, Feb. 14, with registration on Monday, Feb. 13, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Twenty-five classes will be offered. Subjects include anthropology, computers, two courses in communications, four different English courses, two history courses, two humanities courses, a lifeguard training course, philosophy, psychology, and three sociology courses.

With the exception of the lifeguard training class, Mini-Mester classes are taken online. The computer class is a hybrid, which is a combination of online instruction and traditional classroom interaction, which will be on Mondays from 6 p.m. until 7:50 p.m.

Mini-Mester classes do move along faster than the regular 15-week semester, but nothing is omitted. The high-quality instruction and number of assignments remain the same.

A reliable computer with an Internet connection is required. Those wishing to take Mini-Mester classes but who do not have a computer are welcome to utilize the computers in the Learning Resources Center in Boyd Library.

These are classes for college credit, not continuing education. New, returning and current Sandhills Community College students can take these classes. New students must complete the steps to admission prior to registering for the classes.

Registration will be in Stone Hall or can also be completed through email to minimester@sandhills.edu.

To view the complete list of classes, check the college's website, www. sandhills.edu.