COURSES – SPRING 2026 (Under Dev) / Old Courses
The courses listed below were offered in previous semesters.
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WEEK IN PARIS
Coordinators: Laura Lopez, Donna Basile, Ellen Rittberg
The course will offer a sampling of France’s notable contributions to Western culture and civilization.
WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
Coordinators: Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Donna Ramer.
Antigone, Medea, Clytemnestra, Phaedra, Electra … some of the most fascinating and memorable female characters that have endured over centuries.
WOMEN LEADERS
Coordinators: Laura Lopez, Joan Vreeland
The world is seeing more women leaders than ever before. Some have changed the course of history as prime ministers, presidents or parliamentarians. Others are engaged in areas such as science, medicine, finance, education, literature, or journalism.
WOMEN SPIES
Coordinators: Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Judy Hampson, Donna Ramer, Tamara Weinberg
The stories of hundreds of courageous women spies have been long hidden from reports of battles and war. Before and during World War II, both Allied and Axis powers trained and sent women to the war fronts in occupied territories, to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance.
WORLD OF RELIGION
Coordinators: Ruth Ward, Bob Gottfried
This is the third semester of an introduction to the basic religious concerns of humanity and the ways in which religions have developed in Eastern and Western history, giving intellectual, moral, and institutional expression to the meaning of human existence.
WORLD OF THEATRE
Coordinators: Yona Rogosin, Mary Ann Donnelly, Karen Cullen, Lauren Gee
The late 19th and 20th and 21st centuries in the world of theatre spawned many distinguished playwrights of dramatic works that have garnered prestigious awards and are performed around the world.