Faculty: Laura Lawson Description: Have you ever wanted to draw, experiment with different art materials and explore your creative potential? Then drawing for pleasure may be for you: This class is designed specifically for people with little or no art experience. Talent and skill is not important but a willingness to experiment is. Explore highly… [Read More]
Debate
Faculty: Jennifer Johnson-Cooper Description: Effective debate is one of the best ways to achieve your goals in any setting. This course is an intensive examination of debate: we will look at different models of argument, analyze famous historical examples, learn how to structure and support arguments, and practice those skills in individual speaking, partnered, and… [Read More]
Designing Your Life
Faculty: Mark Hebert Description: The goal of this course is to help you begin the lifelong process of designing your life. WARNING: You will not, at the end of this course, have a “design” for the rest of your life, because designs evolve. A wise designer knows that the first design – the prototype –… [Read More]
Birds, Humans & Environment
Faculty: Wayne Meyer Description: Have you ever watched birds fly and wondered how they do that? Would you like to learn how to identify the birds that live in North Central Texas? Perhaps you are interested in learning more about how human activities influence bird populations. This course is designed to do all of the… [Read More]
Beginning Instrumental Technique
Faculty: Ricky Duhaime Description: Have you wanted to learn to play a musical instrument? Curious about the written symbols which comprise the language of music? This course will offer class lessons in flute, clarinet, or saxophone as well as a beginning study of music theory. Designed primarily for people with little or no prior musical… [Read More]
The Nature of Nature
Faculty: Keith Kisselle Description: How has humans’ view and relationship with nature changed? What expectations do humans have for nature? What responsibilities do humans have, if any, for conserving nature? What parts of nature “count” or get more attention from humans? Why is this and is it appropriate? Are any disturbances of nature good? If… [Read More]
Astronomy, Ancient & Modern
Faculty: David Whelan Description: Views of the night sky are, and always have been, diverse and changing. Today, you do not have to be a scientist to be aware of the groundbreaking discoveries in physics and astronomy that continually challenge our modern worldview. To many of our ancestors, however, the stars were eternal, and the… [Read More]
The Game of Business
Faculty: Syed Kamal Description: This course will expose you to the concepts and terminologies of all business disciplines in an engaging simulated environment. You will learn the fundamentals of business and the essence of each business discipline without getting bogged down in the details. Using an engaging game-like simulation, you will team up with some… [Read More]
Les Miserables
Faculty: Colin Foss Description: Justice and injustice. Punishment and redemption. Love and duty. Victor Hugo’s classic 1862 novel Les Miserables tackles major issues that persist into the present, asking us to imagine how love can combat oppression. In this course, we will read the original novel and watch recent film adaptations. Through our reading, we… [Read More]
Beatles: Long & Winding Road
Faculty: Wayne Crannell Description: The Rainbows The Nerk Twins The Quarrymen The Silver Beetles The Beatles How did a group of high school kids from the wrong side of Liverpool who could barely play their instruments become the most important rock band in the world? Who influenced them? Who did they influence? Were they even… [Read More]
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