Course Materials

Fall 2013 Term
OLLI at SSU courses meet for two hours a week for six weeks, except where noted.

SSU Main Campus
Classes: September 16 - October 24, 2013

Mondays  |  9:30-11:30am
Our Tools Become Us: How Our Technologies Create Our Humanity
Instructor: Nelson "Buzz" Kellogg
Week 1
Additional Notes - Week 1
Notes - Week 2

Mondays  |  1:00-3:00pm
Nixon, The Kennedys, and the Battle for America's Soul
Instructor: Mick Chantler
Course Outline
Recommended Readings
Handouts:
Week 1
Week 2

Tuesdays  |  9:30-11:30am
Dynasty: Rise and Fall of the Great Houses of Europe
Instructor: Bruce Elliott
Syllabus
Recommended Readings
Week 1: The Medici's 
Handout 1 
Handout 2 
Handout 3
Week 2: The Tudors
Handout 1
Handout 2
Handout 3

Tuesdays  |  1:00-3:00pm
Muhammad Ali and the Civil Rights Movement
Instructor: Michael Ezra


Wednesdays  |  9:30-11:30am
The Western: America's Mythology
Instructor: Alan Bell
Syllabus

Wednesdays  |  1:00-3:30pm
The Middle East: A View from the Inside
Instructor: Amin Kalaf
Handouts:
Week 1

Thursdays  |  9:30-11:30am
Imaginings of Imaginings: Reading and Writing the Past
Instructor: Tim Wandling
Syllabus

Thursdays  |  1:00-3:00pm
Bay Area Artists and Beyond: Response to Modernism
Instructor: Linda Loveland-Reid
Synopsis
Art Movements and Definitions
Bibliography
Handouts:
Week 1
Week 2