Featured Courses

With permission from the program chair, students may enroll for one quarter before being formally admitted into the program.

Here is a selection of courses being offered this coming term. For a complete list, see our Schedule of Courses.

Fall 2009

Embodiment in Later Life

Sept 28 - Dec 7
Mondays, 12:15 to 3 pm

Students will explore the meanings of biophysical aging changes at the individual and sociocultural level, as well as how states of health and illness may impact one's relationship with one's bodily self.

Instructor:
Jennifer Sasser

Learning Organizations

Oct 2, 3, 16 & 17 and Nov 13 & 14
Fridays, 6 to 9 pm; Saturdays, 9 am to 5 pm

Companies that excel recognize learning as a key to their competitive edge and strategic advantage. Students will explore the methods of these learning organizations through interactive, learning-by-doing exercises and projects.

Instructor:
Bill Noonan

Development of Spiritual Traditions

Sept 28 - Dec 7
Mondays, 6:30 to 9:15 pm

Do cultures rise out of religious traditions, or religious traditions rise out of cultures? Students will develop skills in discerning basic underlying values and theological truths of several world traditions, so they can more readily separate these from their historical and cultural conditioning.

Instructor:
David Scott Arnold

Quests for Meaning

Sept 24 - Dec 11
Online

Built on the relevance of the views of nineteenth- and twentieth-century existentialists Kierkegaard, Nietzche, Heidegger and Sartre, this course will provide the context for understanding the impact of their thinking on literature, art and philosophy.