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Stratford Career Institute offers creative writing courses, interior decorating classes, cooking classes and other exciting programs geared to individuals whose career goals involve creative expression.
These innovative distance education courses offer engaging and challenging ways to develop your talents. You’ll gain practical instruction from industry professionals and have a solid foundation in which to build a rewarding new career. Our varied distance education courses include everything from creative writing courses, cosmetology and cooking classes to interior decorating classes, fashion merchandising, photography and more!
Have you considered going to college, beauty school or other traditional learning institution? You probably have found that not only are they expensive, but the class times and availabilities can disrupt your family life and current job situation. With distance learning, you study in your spare time. In the morning, at night, on a train…whenever and wherever it works best for you.
Let your talents take you to success with Stratford’s unique distance education classes. Check out our complete list of creative courses below. Enroll in one of our courses online now!
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| Art |
| ART students are taught professional techniques and perform practical projects in the media of pencil, charcoal and chalk drawing, pastel and water color painting, acrylic painting, and oil painting. In each area, special sections provide advanced training in such areas as perspective, correcting paintings, and portrait painting. All the essential tools and art supplies are provided. |
| Cooking & Catering |
| Stratford’s COOKING & CATERING class offers quality cooking instruction to help prepare you to enter into a career field which ranks among the most favorable in the economy. Not only are you given detailed practical cooking instruction from the experts on preparing food, but you will develop all of the other skills that are critical to your success, including selling and booking affairs and financial and legal considerations. |
| Cosmetology/Esthetics |
| Our COSMETOLOGY/ESTHETICS program is your at-home beauty school providing students with the skills required to perform professional services and provides them with the information needed to open and operate a salon business. You will learn everything you would learn in a traditional beauty school including skin care, make-up artistry, hair styling and care, and nail technology. |
| Creative Writing |
| Our CREATIVE WRITING course develops the knowledge and skills necessary for success as an author. It focuses on the medium of the short story and covers all phases of skillful fiction writing. This creative writing course concentrates on theme and strategy, characters and viewpoint, plot, dialogue, and revision. Professional authors share tips and provide detailed examples. |
| Fashion Merchandising and Design |
| Start toward a new moneymaking career in Fashion Merchandising and Design with Stratford Career Institute. Train at home in your spare time, using proven learning methods perfected by Stratford, an innovative leader in home study training courses. |
| Florist/Floral Design |
| FLORIST/FLORAL DESIGN incorporates step-by-step instruction in floral arrangements, flower preservation and care, and developing a professional retail environment with an emphasis on the fundamental skills and methods used by commercial floral design experts. |
| Interior Decorating |
| Stratford’s Interior Decorating class is intended for both the dedicated amateur and established career professionals. All aspects of design styles and components are explored with the aid of numerous illustrations and examples. Elements of design, sources and resources, period decoration, and design materials all receive extensive treatment. Both technical and administrative aspects of the professional decorator's work are presented. |
| Photography |
| PHOTOGRAPHY: For recreational photographers as well as those seeking to earn a living as professionals. Coverage is provided on modern cameras, lenses, films, and accessories. How-to sections cover topics such as exposure, processing, filters, lighting, and flash. Special sections trace composition and print quality and applied photography. Students receive a guide to earning a living as a photographer, and a publication listing 2,500 buyers of freelance photos. |
| Sewing & Dressmaking |
| SEWING & DRESSMAKING: This is a complete course on the professional technical skills and artistic flair needed to create quality garments. Topics include sewing machines, supplies, patterns, fabrics, fitting methods, construction techniques, necklines, collars, waistlines, sleeves, pockets, hems, closures, and much more. Special sections explore techniques of tailoring, sewing garments for men and children, and home sewing projects such as draperies. |
| Wedding Consultant |
| As a professional Wedding Consultant, it will be your responsibility to create weddings that will be cherished forever. You receive personal satisfaction from the excitement on the faces of the bride, the groom and their family and friends when the big day finally arrives. Once you learn the skills Stratford teaches, you’ll be ready to take advantage of the opportunities – in your hometown, or almost anywhere else you’d like to live. |
| Writing Stories for Children |
| This program is designed by professional writers to help you hone your writing skills and to appreciate the qualities that make a children's book a well-read favorite. Your course of study will show you how to find good ideas that will hold a young reader's attention and are worthy of being published. |
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