Continuing Education

If you are unable to complete your online registration or enrollment, please print, fill out, and submit the 2020 CE Registration Form (pdf). Mail, or submit in person, the completed form with payment. Payment is due at the time of enrollment. We accept cash (please do not mail cash), check, or money order.

Please call Gig Harbor Campus (253-460-2424) or Tacoma Campus (253-566-5000) if you need additional assistance. 

Back to top

If you are unable to register or enroll online you may visit the Gig Harbor or Tacoma campus, during business hours, to register or enroll. 

Please remember to bring your photo identification as well as a completed 2020 CE Registration Form (pdf).

• Cash, check, or money order (in person)
  • Once you are registered and enrolled at the Gig Harbor or Tacoma campus, you may pay by cash, check, or money order.
    • Payment is due at the time of enrollment.
• Credit or debit card (online)
  • As you are completing your online enrollment you will be prompted to make a credit card payment prior to completing enrollment. You may elect to pay with a credit or debit card.

Back to top

Payment is due at the time of enrollment and, as such, registration or enrollment may not be completed by telephone.

Back to top

Do not create another account.

• If you are unable to recall your username, please email the TCC Continuing Education Department using your email address on file.
  • Due to education privacy laws, we cannot provide ctcLink ID's by phone.

I FORGOT MY USERNAME

• If you are unable to recall your password, and you already have your nine-digit username (201XXXXXX), please call or visit Gig Harbor Campus (253-460-2424) or Tacoma Campus (253-566-5000) for help with your account activation and password creation.
  • New or returning students can activate their account and reset their password by selecting First Time User or Forgot Your Password.  Additional information on creating or activating an account, resetting a password, or enrolling in a class with Continuing Education is available.  More information specifically on resetting a password is also available.
    • If you are unable to provide photo identification please be prepared to provide your name, date of birth, email address, mailing or street address, and telephone number.

I am a first time user

I forgot my password

Back to top

• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) covers grades, student course schedules, class rosters, disciplinary records, student financial recordsand student worker records. For this reason we cannot permit the creation or access of student account by anyone other than the student without their express permission.
• In the event of a guardian or parent and their non-adult child, that guardian or parent may create and enroll that child in classes expressly intended for minors.

Back to top

Upon completing your online enrollment you should receive, at the email address on file, confirmation of enrollment.

• The email confirmation will include:
  • Institution (Tacoma Community College)
  • Term
  • Class Number
  • Class Title (or Course)
  • Cost
  • Enrollment Status (Enrolled or an error message)
  • Start Date
  • End Date
  • Schedule (class day and times)
  • Location (typically the Gig Harbor or Tacoma campus)
  • Building/Room (only the Tacoma campus will include a building number)

In the event you did not enroll online you will not receive the above mentioned confirmation email. Please be certain you receive a printed copy of your class schedule before leaving the campus.

Back to top

• If your class meets at the Gig Harbor Campus, you do not need a permit.
• If your class meets at the Tacoma Campus, you will need to display a Courtesy Guest Parking Permit (PDF).
  • Upon completing your online enrollment you should receive, at the email address on file, confirmation of enrollment which includes a link to the current permit.
  • In the event you did not enroll online you will not receive the above mentioned confirmation email. Please be certain you receive a printed copy of the permit before leaving the campus.
  • If you are unable to print the permit, or need a replacement, you may request a permit from the Campus Public Safety office in Bldg. 14 on the Tacoma Campus.

Back to top

• If a student elects to withdraw from a class, a request must be made in writing (an email will suffice).
  • If the request is made at least five (5) calendar days before the first day of class, the student will be dropped from the class and the class fee will be refunded.
• If you are eligible for a refund the Student Financial Services department for Tacoma Community College will processes a refund. Student Financial Services is locate in Bldg. 14 of the Tacoma Campus.
  • Cash, check, or money order payments will be refunded to the address on file
  • Credit or debit card payments will be refunded to that credit or debit card
    • Please allow three to four weeks for processing of credit or debit card refunds.

Back to top

• If Tacoma Community Colleges initiates a class cancellation, the student will be notified by email and the Class Fee refunded.
• The Student Financial Services department for Tacoma Community College processes all payments or refunds and is located in Bldg. 14 of the Tacoma Campus.
  • Cash, check, or money order payments will be refunded to the address on file
  • Credit or debit card payments will be refunded to that credit or debit card
    • Please allow three to four weeks for processing credit or debit card refunds.

Back to top

Once you have registered and enrolled in your first class with Tacoma Community College you will be assigned a ctcLink ID. This is a nine-digit number (201XXXXXX) that may replace the initial username created when you first registered and enrolled in classes with the Continuing Education Department.

I FORGOT MY USERNAME

Recently registered students can activate their ctcLink ID HERE by selecting First Time USER. You may find additional information HERE on creating or activating an account, resetting a password, or enrolling in continuing education classes.

FIRST TIME USER?

Returning Continuing Education students can reset their password HERE by selecting Forgot Your Password.  You may find additional information HERE on creating or activating an account, resetting a password, or enrolling in a continuing education class.  You may find additional information on resetting a password HERE as well.

Forgot your password?

Back to top

Yes!  Our online offerings include instructor-led and self-paced career training courses and 24-hour remote access.  These courses are convenient, fun, highly interactive and informative. System requirements for each course are detailed on the course description page.

Back to top

Additional help may be available by calling 253-566-5000 Ext. 2358. Or click the "I still need help" button to email the Continuing Education Department directly.

I still need help

Back to top