Fee-Based Life Enhancement - Santa Barbara City College

The SEL Fee-based program will sunset at the end of the Fall 2025 semester and fee-based classes will no longer be offered.

GREAT NEWS! Starting in Spring 2026, some of your favorite fee-based classes will be part of our noncredit offerings and FREE for students with no tuition costs.

WELLNESS FOR OLDER ADULTS - Coming Spring 2026: Your Health & Wellness Favorites
If you’ve enjoyed our Health & Safety classes in the past, you will now find them in our Wellness for Older Adults program. A few of the NEW and free classes: Yoga for Balance | Tai Chi for Stability | Rhythm-Based Mobility (Dance)

FASHION & DESIGN - Coming Summer 2026: A Fresh Look for Home Economics
Our long-loved Home Economics program is getting a stylish makeover! These cherished classes will evolve into our Fashion & Design program with a beautifully renovated, state-of-the-art classroom to reopen in 2026. Soon you’ll be able to take the same great classes and earn career certificates. For spring, you’ll still find these free classes listed under Home Economics.

CULINARY ARTS - Coming Fall 2026: FREE Hands-on Cooking and Baking Classes
In Fall 2026, you will be able to enjoy previously fee-based cooking classes held in our newly renovated
commercial kitchen at the Schott campus! Classes are taught by experts who have long shared
their passion for food and preparation techniques.

Questions about noncredit class registration? Start here: Apply and Register for Noncredit Classes

Click here>Register for remaining Fall 2025 Fee-based classes
For instructor email addresses for Zoom links, click here.
Click here>Schott and Wake Front Office Hours

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Cancel•Transfer or Refund a Fee-Based Class Tuition Assistance Information

For information regarding Fee-based classes, contact:
Lauren Roberts at ltroberts@pipeline.sbcc.edu (805) 898-8142

Quick Fee-based FAQs

You can pay with a VISA or MasterCard credit card if you register either online or in person at the Schott or Wake Campus. Cash and checks are no longer accepted.

Materials fees include items used in class or taken home (e.g. handouts, food for cooking, etc). Lab fees include specialized classroom supplies, utilities, personnel costs and may include off-campus classroom rental fees. (Thanks to a generous grant, the $5 registration fee for Fee-based classes has been removed starting Summer 2024.)

If you enrolled in a Fee-based class that is being taught via Zoom, the instructor will email you the Zoom link before the class starts. If you have questions regarding the link, please connect by email with your instructor. Instructor emails can be found here.