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Senior Seminars is designed to offer learners age 50+ an avenue for continued learning of a specific topic. Topics, as well as faculty, change each semester.
COST per Course: $30
Upcoming Seminars:
The Novels of Jane Austen II
Kristina Booker
Music
Program Dates: Mondays, June 8-29, 2009
3:00-4:30pm
In the second installment of The Novels of Jane Austen, we will read and discuss some of the lesser-known works of the author, which nonetheless delighted her contemporaries and still hold the fascination of modern audiences.
This course aims to provide readers with historical and social context for Austen’s time to aid in the experience of reading her novels. Additionally, we will examine film adaptations of the novels, which demonstrate the timeless appeal of Austen’s themes.
Books to be covered are Northhanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.
Introduction to Computers and the Internet
David Stone
University of Oklahoma Information Technology
Program Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 9-July 9
2:00-4:00pm
NOTE – This course is held at the North Campus Training Center located near Max Westheimer Airport in Norman. A map with directions will be sent upon enrollment.
Do you always find yourself asking your kids, grandkids, or the neighbor’s ids how to do something on your computer? Ever wonder how you can do all that neat stuff on the Internet that everyone else seems to be doing? Do you look at your computer and wonder how and why it does the things it does?
Then this is the course for you! Participants will learn everything from how a computer works, to the ins and outs of using the Internet for buying, selling, email, sharing digital photos, and much, much more!
All instruction will be computer neutral, with instruction and how-to steps for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Apple OS X.
There is no prior computer experience necessary for this course.
Pioneer Food History and Food Preparation
Luann Sewell Waters
Oklahoma Historical Society
Program Dates: June 15-18, 2009
9:30-11:30am
How were foods different for pioneers and how were they prepared? What planning was necessary to travel into the frontier? What other challenges did they face to feed their families as they traveled west? Those questions and more will be covered in this course.
In addition, participants will learn how to cook in a Dutch oven, enjoy the “fruits of your labors”, and receive many east to-do recipes.
Anything you can cook at home in your kitchen, you can cook outdoors in a Dutch oven. Recipes prepared in class will include main dishes, breads, side dishes, and desserts. Several of the recipes will be from historical sources – participants will do an 1800s spice cake recipe in an 1800s Dutch oven.
The Life and Work of W.A. Mozart
Anne Valerie Brittain Leibundgut
Music
Program Dates: July 13-16, 2009
9:00-11:00am
Come on a guided tour of one of music’s greatest master’s, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and experience his life, family, the culture in which he lived and his incredible music.
Sessions will focus on Mozart’s symphonies, string quartets, concerti, and operas.
Origins of Christianity
Kyle Harper
Classics and Letters
Program Dates: August 3-6, 2009
10:00am-Noon
This course surveys the early Christian Church from Jesus to Augustine. The focus is on the political and cultural context of the new religion, as we will consider what Christianity owes to Greek, Roman, and Jewish ideas.
Seminar Location: These seminars will be held at Cross Main Building, 1600 South Jenkins Avenue, Room 136. (See #68 on the OU Campus Map.)
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