Courses – Fall 2025 / Old Courses
The courses listed below were offered in previous semesters.
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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.
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
Coordinators: Karen Cullen, Donna Ramer, Michael Wellner
We interact with the medical world all the time, from our daily vitamin pill, to annual check-ups, to the occasional surgery or perhaps even treatment for a serious illness.
HOUSE OF MIRTH
Coordinators: Patricia Geehr, Arlene Curinga
Edith Wharton, the first woman to win a Pulitzer, is known for depicting the “tragedies and ironies” of life among members of the middle class and aristocratic New York society in the 19th and 20th centuries.
HOWARDS END
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
E. M. Forster was a distinguished writer of novels, short stories, and essays whose career spanned several decades.
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Coordinators: Lynnel Garabedian, Sandy Kessler
All American Literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. Ernest Hemingway famously declared in 1935. “It’s the best book we’ve had.”
INDIE FILMS
Coordinators: Howard Salik, Marian Friedmann, Bobbie Gold, Brenda Zusman
For Questers who love movies, “Indie Films” is a perfect fit. If you’ve seen a movie that is worthy of class discussion, email us with details.