The 2002 Winter Session of Sonoma State University's Lifelong Learning Institute is coming soon. The session runs from Monday, January 7, 2002 through Thursday, March 1. Registration for classes can be made now through the Open House on January 2, 2002.
Nearly 250 participants completed the inaugural term this past fall when the institute opened its doors to a new kind of student on the Rohnert Park campus.
"The future of LLI looks bright," Les Adler, Interim Dean of Extended Education, said as he reviewed the evaluations and comments from the LLI participants and faculty. "Both our students and faculty found the program inspiring and, in some cases, transformative. Many are already excited about returning for the winter and spring sessions."
LLI is specifically designed to offer North Bay residents 50 years of age or better a variety of courses taught by retired faculty or other experts. Eight-week sessions will be offered this winter from January 7 through March 1, 2002 and spring from April 7 through May 31, 2002. Classes are twice a day, Mondays through Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Institute membership of $150 per session, allows enrollment in up to four classes.
The eight courses for the winter session include:
o Ideas in Conflict (Philosophy ? Dr. Phillip Temko)
o International Cinema 2002 (Film Studies ? Dr. Bill Guynn)
o Inventing California: Image and Reality in a Golden Land
(History ? Dr. Daniel Markwyn)
o A Thousand Years of Russian Art History (Art History ? Robert Shaw)
o A Few Big Questions: Religious and Spiritual Issues in the Modern Era
(Comparative Religions and Philosophy ? Dr. Lou Miller)
o The Web We Weave: World Development and Global Environmental Impacts
(Economics/Environment ? Dr. Robert Colman)
o Art and Revolution in Mexico (Art History ? Dr. Anthony White)
o Cuba: The Elusive Nation (Politics/History/Economics ? Dr. Ruben Armi?na)
For a winter course brochure or additional information, call Johnna LaRue at (707) 664-4170.
