COURSES – SPRING 2026 / Old Courses
The courses listed below in alphabetical order were offered in previous semesters.
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FEDERALIST PAPERS: AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM
Coordinators: Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote The Federalist Papers in 1787-88 as part of the successful effort to ratify the US Constitution.
FLAWED GREATNESS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
Coordinators: Sandy Kessler, Andrea Irvine
How should we regard Thomas Jefferson today? Should we consider him a great American founder, or someone who, in the words of one scholar, should be “knocked off his pedestal?”
FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
Coordinators: Bob Gottfried, Michael Wellner
Each class will be devoted to one or two Folk/Rock artists or groups. We will learn about the artists and listen to and sing along with them.
FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
Coordinators: Andrea Irvine, David Bartash, Marion Schultheis
We all eat it. But how we grow it, process it, cook it, or consume it raw are significant definers of who we are as a society.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Coordinators: Bob Gottfried, Sandy Frank, Glenn Johnston
Each Foreign Affairs class will explore issues of global importance, inter-national relations, or our national interests abroad.
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
Coordinators: Jane Lubin, Larry Shapiro
Great Conversations offers works by both contemporary and classic authors across many genres and disciplines, ideal for promoting discussion among readers.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
Great Expectations is Charles Dickens’s beloved novel of a humble orphan boy who rises to the ranks of high society through the patronage of an unknown benefactor.
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
Coordinators: Richard Byrd, Stuart Parker
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of great change in America, and in the African-American community in particular.
HEALTH AND MEDICINE
Coordinators: Karen Cullen, Bob Gottfried, Donna Ramer
We have already encountered several medical issues throughout our lives and, as we continue our journey through the “back nine,” we will continue to meet familiar and new medical challenges.
HISTORY OF GERMANY
Coordinators: Caroline Thompson, Steve Allen, Linda Downs
The German people have a long and complex history that has had a profound impact, both good and bad, on all of Europe and on the world.