AUBURN – Several new courses will be offered at Central Maine Community College starting in January. The public is invited to enroll now.

Introduction to Corrections (CRJ 110-21) will be offered from 6 to 8:55 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 19 through May 4. The cost of tuition and fees is $287. The course is designed to provide an overview of the historical background of corrections.

Baseball and American Society (INS 296-21) will be held from 5 to 7:55 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Jan. 17. This is the only time the course will be offered. The cost is $287.

The interdisciplinary course will explore the role that baseball has played as a uniquely American institution. The course will examine the sport from a variety of viewpoints, including its effect on American culture and language, the way fans and communities experience the sport and baseball as an American institution.

Specific attention will be paid to baseball’s effect on race relations and labor relations and how baseball has handled some of the controversies that have surrounded the game.

Students will read a variety of authors who have explored the sport, view films and conduct research on a baseball topic of their choice. A trip to Hadlock field, home of the Portland Sea Dogs, is scheduled, where participants will meet with management and see the team play.

American State and Local Government (POS151-21W) will be offered for the first time in a partly Web-based format. The course, which introduces the student to the essentials of sub-national government in the United States, will meet on campus seven times; the remainder of the work will be conducted on-line. On-campus sessions will be held from 6 to 8:55 p.m. Mondays. The cost is $287.40.

For more information or to register, contact the registrar’s office at 755-5292 or 1-800-891-2002, ext. 292.