COURSES – SPRING 2026 / Old Courses
The courses listed below in alphabetical order were offered in previous semesters.
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RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
Coordinators: Judy Hampson, Jennifer Jolly, Donna Ramer
At its zenith, Great Britain owned territories across the world and yet, during the 20th century, the empire started to crumble and now little of it is left. What happened?
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
Coordinators: Stephen R. Baker, Pete Weis
The history of Russia, a country encompassing one sixth of the land on our planet, has been in large measure molded by the exigencies of its geography and influenced more by its rivers than its mountains
SE HABLA ESPAÑOL
Coordinators: Ruth Ward
MEETS TUESDAY OF B-WEEK FROM 12:10 TO 12:50.
SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE
Coordinators: Roy Clary, James Brook, Ellie Schaffer
The class will read aloud and discuss Cymbeline, among the last of Shakespeare’s plays.
SIXTIES
Coordinators: Richard Byrd, Paul Golomb, Diane Reynolds
The 1960s were a time of metamorphosis in U.S. history. The citizenry’s perception changed; African-Americans looked beyond the narrow corridor of civil rights. Women and gays refused to allow themselves to be marginalized any longer. The Vietnam War questioned the entire Military Industrial Complex.
SLAVERY'S ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
Coordinators: Richard Byrd, June Zaccone
It is impossible to understand our country without incorporating the role of slavery in its history. Slavery helped shape its institutions, legal and voting systems, labor and foreign relations, social welfare and much else.
SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
Coordinators: Frank Montaturo Tamara Weinberg
MEETS SEPTEMEBER 17 AND OCTOBER 15 FROM 12:10 TO 12:50.
SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
Coordinators: Sandy Kessler, Steve Allen
What role should philosophy play in our public and private lives? In our class, we will consider this question by examining the character and ideas of Socrates as they appear in the writings of Plato, Aristophanes, Nietzsche and contemporary authors.
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
Coordinators: Mary Beth Yakoubian, Peter Dichter
Romeo and Juliet is set amid the longstanding feud between two of Verona’s most powerful families. Both sides are enraged when Romeo, of the Montagues, and Juliet, of the Capulets, fall in love.
SYMPOSIUM
Coordinators: Sheryl Harawitz, Mary Ann Donnelly, Donna Ramer
Each day, we have between 50,000 and 70,000 thoughts, many of which drive our daily routines and needs.But there are those moments when a seemingly random thought sparks an idea that fuels the synapses and becomes a link in a chain of ideas that ignites significant change.