Fall 2009

Osher Lifelong Learning

See bottom of this page for a list of courses for this term. (Fee stated inside each course.)


About the Program

Taught at SSU, participants can access the learning opportunities and excitement of an esteemed University. Students attend stimulating and intriguing courses and lecture series offered by distinguished retired faculty and other experts. Areas of study range across the Arts and Humanities, the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences, including special topics of contemporary interest to Institute participants.

OLLI students have access to numerous campus resources, including the Jean and Charles Schulz Information Center and Library, the University Art Gallery, the Sonoma Film Institute, the Donald & Maureen Green Music Center and educational travel opportunities. Parking, food service and are offered purely for the pleasure of learning--no tests or grades!

You can reach the Sonoma Mountain Village classroom (in the Event Center) by driving east from campus to Petaluma Hill Road, then about a mile south to Valley House Drive, then Right, or by following either Camino Collegio or Bodway Parkway south to their endings on Valley House; turn right and follow signs for the Event Center and Sally Tomato's, at 1100 Valley House Drive. Here's a link to the event center information: www.sallytomatoes.com

List of Courses for this term:

Click on individual courses for descriptions, fees, class#, units, instructor and other information.


EXEDNC A Few of My Favorite Things
EXEDNC California Criminal Justice: Incarceration and its Impacts
EXEDNC Economics as Rational Inquiry: Why Study Anything Else?
EXEDNC Famous People in European History, Art and Culture
EXEDNC Music and Technology: A Thousand Years of Interaction
EXEDNC The Cold War Crucible and the Making of Modern America
EXEDNC The Long Hunt: Furs, Hides and American History
EXEDNC Understanding Iran Through Cinema