COURSES
Most OLLI @Berkeley courses meet for two hours a week for six weeks. These courses are part of a challenging but fun curriculum presented over three terms - fall, winter, spring. Lectures, Special Events, and Creative Labs round out each term.
Click here for a one page schedule of courses or scan below and click on individual course offerings.
COURSES FOR FALL 2008
OCTOBER 1 - NOVEMBER 18
Mondays
Justice and Power: Literary Visions
Jeff Lustig
Joy of Singing
Lauren Carley
Fall Lecture Series: Politics and Science
(free for OLLI members)
Bay Area Documentary Filmmakers
Michael Fox
Telling Your Stories Using Technology
David Casuto
Tuesdays
History of French Literature: Middle Ages-18th Century
Erika Blatt Harkins
Psychology and Opera: Verdi's Human Dilemmas
Gerald Mendelsohn
The American Musical: From Vaudeville to Show Biz
Joanna Harris
Staging History, 1959–99: Four Decades With the San Francisco Mime Troupe
R.G. Davis and Joan Holden
Wednesdays
International Challenges Facing the Next President
Harry Kreisler
Imagining a “Statue of Liberty” for the Bay Area
Mildred Howard
Your Brain on Plants and Drugs
David Presti
American Foreign Policy: Where Do the Candidates Stand?
Beverly Crawford
The Obama Phenomenon and African American Leadership
Robert C. Smith
Thursdays
Charles Darwin: His Life, Times, and Science
John Dillon
Major Themes in Hinduism
Luis González-Reimann
Cal Performances Music Series
Robert Cole
Cal Performances Dance Series
Robert Cole
Digital Culture 0101: A New Way to Learn about New Media
Richard Rinehart
Global Politics, World Music
Darren Zook
Fridays
All Things Reconsidered: Public Radio and the Shaping of the American Identity
William Drummond
Second-Half-of-Life Tales
Allan Chinen
Remembering History
Susan Griffin
Saturday, November 1
The Science of Brain Health and Fitness
Alvaro Fernandez
Sundays
Theatre Matinee Series
Lynne Kaufman