COURSES
Courses offered with the generous support of the Association for Continuing Education
Course descriptions and registration information available on the Siegal Lifelong Learning Program website (case.edu/lifelonglearning).
REMOTE COURSE
THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Barbara Greenberg, Instructor of Lifelong Learning
Tuesdays, January 25-March 15 10-11:30 a.m. ET
Our Right to Privacy seems to be changing daily. There is a continuing conflict between individual rights and those of the community for public safety, security and health and welfare. As well, issues of personal choice are in conflict with the first amendment issues of free speech and religion. Our classes will look at the areas of most recent concern - technology, public health, and personal and family issues. Our discussions will include a review of decisions from the United States Supreme Court involving these areas and the Bill of Rights which gives us the basis for our right to privacy.
Member Price: $93 | Nonmember Price: $109
REMOTE COURSE
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
Earl Leiken, Instructor of Lifelong Learning
Fridays, January 28-March 4 10:30 a.m-noon ET
This course will focus on the Biden administration's efforts to address the large social and economic disparities that have emerged in the U.S. in recent decades including efforts to create universal pre-school and community college education, provide child and health care support, create jobs through infrastructure and climate change initiatives, expand Medicare and increase taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans. The course will include a comparison of the U.S. with other countries and consider arguments supporting and opposing these changes
Member Price: $78 | Nonmember Price: $93
REMOTE COURSE
SIX GREAT WORKS OF MODERN BRITISH POETRY
Shelley Bloomfield, Instructor of Lifelong Learning
Wednesdays, January 26-March 2 10:30 a.m-noon ET
What makes a poem "modern?" Aside from considering their historical context, we'll read and discuss six major works, tackling these questions: how does the poem invigorate old forms - or discard them altogether for new ones? Does the poem discover new and more relevant meanings, or assail the failed comforts of a disappearing age? How does the poem break through formal poetic traditions and find new ground to explore? How does the very imagery feel fresh, alarming, entangling, beautiful, original - and "modern?" Roughly 100 years from their creation, what do these masterpieces tell us about alienation, the lessons of the past, and a future that depends on human connection? Read: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Eliot: Among School Children, Yeats; Fern Hill, Thomas, Dulce et Decorum, Owen; The Incarnate, Gore-Booth; Musee des Beaux Arts, Auden
Member Price: $78 | Nonmember Price: $93
REMOTE COURSE
FRYING THE GREEKS: STEPHEN FRY ON GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Paula Kalamaras, Instructor of Lifelong Learning Thursdays, January 27-March 17 10-11:30 a.m. ET Stephen Fry, the legendary writer, scholar, comedian, and actor, has turned his formidable intellect and humor to the ancient stories of the Greeks (with a few nods to the Romans) in his books Mythos and Heroes. While he completes his trilogy with Troy, we will concentrate on how he has reimagined the Greek Myths and Heroes in these two well-documented, illustrated, and brilliant books. They are also available as audiobooks and ebooks. Read: Mythos, Stephen Fry; Heroes, Stephen Fry
Member Price: $93 | Nonmember Price: $109
These courses are offered with the generous support of the Association for Continuing Education (ACE).