COURSES BY SUBJECT AREA - SPRING 2008

(Click the underlined subject areas for more information)

ART

Acrylic Painting
Colorific
Pastel Painting
Watercolor Landscapes

BRIDGE

Social Bridge

COMPUTER

Computers: The First Step
Elementary Computing
Introduction to Microsoft Word
Pixel Painting with a computer

CURRENT EVENTS

Israel in 2008 – Facing New Challenges
Whither America?
World Affairs Today

DRAMA

“On Stage I Relax. Real Life Makes Me Nervous” – Swoozie Kurtz

FILM

And the Winner Is
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Again)
Special Film Presentation
What Happened to Kerouac?
The World of Short Films

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Hebrew, Upper Intermediate
Latin: It’s Relationship to English
Spanish, Beginners
Spanish, Intermediate

HEALTH

A Joyful Journey to Miles of Smiles
Aging: Friend or Foe?
Tuesday Lecture Series
Aging in America
Blood Pressure Screening
Falling Without Excessive Injury
Getting the Most Out of Life
How to Get and Stay Healthy Naturally
Stress Management

HISTORY

The Affair Dreyfus
Brooklyn Remembered
From Independence to Interdependence, American Diplomatic History Prior to 1900
India – Then and Now
Jewish Community of Brooklyn
U.S. And China
The Wars after the Great War

HUMANITIES

History of the English Language
Intellectual Life Series
Thursday Lecture Series
How Does Change In Society Occur, Part 1
How Does Change In Society Occur, Part 2
Darfur Needs Your Help
Stress Free Living Can Feng Shui Help?
Poetry Recital – Original Works
Tarot Workshop, Continued
Thinkers’ Choice

LAW

Some Famous Trials: Reconsideration and Implications
Special Tuesday Lecture
The Bill of Rights as Judicially Applied

LITERATURE

A Walk Through Life Via the Short Story
Best American Short Stories
Literature and Film, Part 2
Prize – Winning Novels, XIV
Short, Short Stories
The Traveling Mystery Reader

MATHEMATICS

Special Lecture
Don’t Jump to (Mathematical) Conclusions, Part 2

MONEY MANAGEMENT

Estate Planning for the Lay Person
Safe Investing at Retirement
Transition – The More Things Change, The More You Should Plan….

MUSIC

A Rich Musical Tapestry
Bamboo Flute Workshop & Ensemble
Beethoven’s Nine Symphonies
Chamber Music Performances
Gilbert and Sullivan (Continued)
IRPE Chorus
Merry Choralers
My Seeger Sessions – Life and Music
The Music of a People
Unique Music

PHYSICAL FITNESS

Tai Chi Ch’uan
Tai Chi in a Chair
Yoga and Body Movement Awareness

POETRY & WRITING

Memoir Writing
“Poetry Unplugged”
Poetic Vision

SCIENCE

Electricity and Your Safety
Hot Topics in Biology

 

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AND EVENTS

Special Friday Event
Choral Performance
Festival of the Arts
Special Lecture and Tour
Revisiting Brooklyn College’s Sustainable Urban Aquaculture Program
Special Monday Event
Short Films by Kevin Scott & Kenneth Axen
Special Wednesday Event
Theater Art Performance

Special Slide Show
American Landscape Watercolors at the Brooklyn Museum…
Special Slide Show
Just Point – N – Shoot
Special Wednesday Lectures
When Comedy Went to School