COURSES – FALL 2026 / Old Courses
The courses listed below in alphabetical order were offered in previous semesters.
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ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK
Coordinators: Linda Downs, Lynnel Garabedian, Bob Reiss, Ellen Shapiro
Artist and Their Work alternates a specific theme in the Fall semester to an open call for any topic on art during the spring semester.
AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
Coordinators: Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis
Tucked away in the bottom of the world, isolated for tens of thousands of years, Australia stands unique in the world in so many ways.
BALZAC: PÈRE GORIOT
Coordinators: Sheryl Harawitz, Tatyana Chernomaz, Andrea Irvine, Ellen Shapiro
Père Goriot captures the birth of modern life – a world driven by ambition, wealth, and self-invention.
BEETHOVEN: THE LATE YEARS
Coordinators: Arlene Hajinlian, Larry Shapiro, Jim Hopkins
Beethoven’s final period, from 1815 to 1827, was a time of profound artistic and personal change and produced some of the most innovative and enduring music ever written.
BEETHOVEN: THE MIDDLE YEARS
Coordinators: Arlene Hajinlian, Larry Shapiro
Beethoven, now established as a celebrated Viennese composer, is astonishingly productive during the the years from 1802 – 1814.
BLACK WOMENS VOICES
Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Barbara Barnes, Susannah Falk Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer
This course discusses a wide range of works by Black women: novels, memoirs, essays, poetry, music, and art.
BOOK CHATS
Coordinators: Kathy Cook
We don’t all read the same books, so let’s share our great book suggestions and talk about them.
BOOK CLUB: CREATIVE NONFICTION
Coordinators: Carol Blane, Debbi Honorof
MEETS WEDNESDAY OF THE FIRST B-WEEK OF THE MONTH FROM 12:10 TO 12:50 PM.
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
Coordinators: Stephen Baker, Pete Weis
Defining a nation-state and its subnational components requires physical delineation acknowledged by those within and beyond its geographic limits. Establishment of boundaries is vital, and borders and boundaries have often been a key component of history.
CHAIR MEDITATION
Coordinators: Ken Sasmor
MEETS EVERY THURSDAY FROM 12:10 TO 12:50 PM.