The Knowledge Exchange invites you to join this fall’s diverse set of courses.
Sessions are Fridays, for eight weeks from September 20 to November 8, mornings and afternoons.
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Fall 2013 Course Schedule
Morning sessions (10 a.m. - noon)
• Cinema Studies (9:30 a.m. - noon)
• The Feminine Mystique: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
Publication
Cinema Studies: Coming of Age – A New Genre
Class Leader: Suzanne Patterson (Note - class start time is 9:30 a.m.)
After Foreign films, Documentaries and Remakes, Cinema Studies now turns its attention to the Coming of Age genre – with a twist. This class will steer away from the tween dramas generally associated with the genre and will view eight unique films which reflect the
recent, welcome change in the Coming of Age movie. Film clips, shorts and feature films will make up the screening content which will include historical glimpses of related directorial works by
Francois Truffaut, John Hughes and others along with full screenings which will include Winter in Wartime, Two Soldiers, Monsieur
Ibrahim, Lore, and Moonrise Kingdom.
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary Publication of The Feminine
Mystique
Class Leader: Kathy Kemp
Join this class for a reading, or re-reading, and discussion of Betty Friedan’s famed book The Feminine Mystique as it celebrates its 50th year in publication. Class time will include on-line web interviews with women of note from the 20th and 21st centuries. Please read the introduction and first chapter of any edition as preparation for the first week of class.
The Feminine Mystique is available for purchase at GSU’s Follett Bookstore: $20.50
FREE: ‘Lunch and Learn’ Special Presentations
Open to all course participants; bring a lunch and join these fun and informational sessions:
Friday, October 11 • noon – 1 p.m., room B2203
Istanbul, Cappadocia & Biking along the Aegean and Mediterranean with avid cyclist Al Sturges Friday, October 25 • noon – 1 p.m., room B2203
Climate Change Part II: Our Response to the Challenge by Dr. Richard Treptow
Curriculum Meeting:
Friday, October 18 • 12:15 – 1 p.m., room B2203
All are welcome to offer comments and suggestions for future course topics and/or presentations.
Afternoon Sessions (1 – 3 p.m.)
• Topics in Science
• Constitutional Law: Classic and Contemporary Cases
Topics in Science
Class Leaders: Al Sturges and Jeff Seeman
This class will discuss articles selected from the New York Times, Science, National Geographic and other periodicals by the editor of The Best American Science Writing - 2012 anthology, physicist Michio Kaku. He has four criteria for what makes a good science article. First, the best articles have a “takeaway factor.” They teach us a new principle of nature. And, as Einstein noted, “Unless a theory can be explained to a child, the theory is probably worthless.” Second, the best science stories give us some deep insight into the human condition or our place in the universe. Third, a good article must also have an engaging style to draw in the reader like a detective story, and fourth, a great science article should also have a point of view: an article that simply chronicles the human tragedy caused by a debilitating disease is not enough. It should also lay out a message of hope; perhaps a program that may some day lead to a cure. Participants will also have the opportunity to lead discussions from articles of particular interest to them.
The Best American Science Writing - 2012 is available for purchase at GSU’s Follett Bookstore for $14.99
Constitutional Law: Classic and Contemporary Cases
Class Leader: Carl Stover
Examine the role of the Supreme Court in U.S. government and society as well as the interactions among constitutional law, politics and philosophy. The class format will revolve around reading and discussing three edited cases, two historic and one recent, with the exact recent case depending on U.S. Supreme Court decisions made in 2013. Class time will also include the viewing and discussion of related films such as The Magnificent Yankee, Gideon’s Trumpet and others.
