LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE Course Schedule | Fall 2021 The Lifelong Learning Institute is committed to creating intellectually stimulating educational opportunities for Montgomery County residents age 50 and over. Adults of any age may register for these class: Students 60+ pay fee only. Workforce Development and Continuing Education montgomerycollege.edu/wdce | 240-567-5188 Message from the Program Director Virtual Face-to-Face in Real-Time! Dear Lifelong Learning Institute Students, Many LLI Fall Classes are being taught online with Zoom Welcome to the Fall Semester! With the gradual reopening of Montgomery College, we are offering Due to COVID-19, many LLI fall classes will be taught most of our courses online; however, some courses online using Zoom. Zoom allows students to hear and in art, baking, and physical education will meet on see the instructor as they present their class. campus with safety protocols in place. It’s Easy to Zoom! Three (3) days before your class starts, your instructor will send you a link. If you do not Over 45 classes on the schedule are new and receive your link, please: designed to prepare you for trips, develop new • Check your spam/junk folder. skills, and expand your mind and curiosity. A few of • Check to make sure your email is current. the new courses are: “Iconic Travel Spots of South • Contact all three of us, the day before your class America,” “Using DNA to Reveal the Hidden Stories begins. of Human Diversity, History, and Migrations,” and many others. [email protected]; [email protected] We have widened our course offerings in the You will need a working microphone built into your areas of US/World history and politics to include: device or headphones with a microphone. Or you can “Civil War: Military History,” “January 6: Roots and use the free phone conference feature. Visit: https:// Consequences,” “History of Modern Iraq,” and a zoom.us/download and download the Zoom application course to mark the 20th Anniversary of 9/11. These courses encourage questions, expression of diverse onto your computer. We recommend that you do this in opinions, and class discussion. advance to make sure all your computer components are working. Additionally, this semester, cooking and baking Note: Montgomery College is slowly transitioning to enthusiasts can attend courses online and in the face-to-face classes. Select LLI classes (mainly hands- MC Marriott Hospitality Kitchen. Professional chefs on) are being held on campus. Please check the location will instruct and help increase your skills in “The description for each class (Look for * On Campus notation) Great British Baking Show: Novice Edition,” “Bread and also on your receipt. Baking 101,” and “Cooking Like a Chef.” Many other exciting courses in Art, Brain Fitness, Personal Finance, Literature and Writing, Horticulture, Registration Process During COVID-19 Wellness and more are being offered. In-Person Registration We are looking forward to seeing you IN PERSON. Three For those who will join us in the classroom, please of our registration areas open for in-person registration check the latest coronavirus updates on https:// www.montgomerycollege.edu/coronavirus/. starting August 2! We will continue to monitor COVID- Beginning July 1, wearing masks is not required, 19 restrictions. Please visit us online for up-to-date it is up to students if they want to wear them in hours and information. the classroom. There will be cleaning supplies and Web, mail, and fax registrations are still an option. disinfectants in the classroom. See page 30 for all registration information. Stay safe and healthy! Keep on growing! Natasha Sacks, M.S., NCC, LCPC Please register at least 3 days before the start of Lifelong Learning Institute Program Director class to ensure your information is provided to your instructor. If you do not receive your class link, please contact customer service. TWA=Tuition Waiver Applies; Maryland Resident Age 60+ Pay Fee Only. NMR=Non-Maryland Resident 2 | Workforce Development and Continuing Education Archaeology and World Cultures Global Issues Through History, Literature, and Philosophy Co-L A Taste of History: The World in Spices Explore a number of topics related to global issues Examine how spices changed the world through trade, through historical, literary, linguistic, and philosophical exploration, and colonization, but most of all through taste. lenses. Recognize your responsibilities to society-locally, Explore the history of the Spice Route and the discovery of nationally, and globally. Examine current issues of global spices around the world. Discuss the symbolic and societal importance. Note: You will be joining credit students in meaning of spices in their regions of origin. Learn about the this co-listed credit class. TWA social, political, economic, and ecological realities of spice Course: LLI890 37.5 Hours production and consumption from perspectives of different $396 + $136.20 fee = $532.20; NMR add $871.20 stakeholders. Discuss patterns of local spice production and consumption in the modern world. TWA Online: Distance Learning CRN#: 25145 Course: LLI558 8 Hours 8/30-12/19 Online 24/7 $59 + $79 fee = $138; NMR add $120 Use Credit GHUM101 CRN22745 for textbook information. Online: Structured Remote Instructor: Patricia Ruppert CRN#: 24855 4 Sessions M Online: Structured Remote 9/20-10/11 6:30-8:30 p.m. CRN#: 24874 27 Sessions T R Instructor: Naomi Daremblum 9/14-12/16 12:30-2 p.m. No class 11/25 A Taste of History: Wine—A Fascinating Use Credit GHUM101 CRN22485 for textbook information. Journey NEW Instructor: Joan Naake Learn the history of wine during antiquity. Analyze how CRN#: 25144 27 Sessions T R wine came to symbolize, reinforce, and occasionally 9/14-12/16 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. challenge cultural values, social norms, and political No class 11/25 realities. Discuss the relationships between wine Use Credit GHUM101 CRN22508 for textbook information. production and the development of the global economic Instructor: Deborah Taylor system. Consider patterns of local wine production and consumption in the modern world. TWA Introduction to Archaeology Co-L Course: LLI736 10 Hours This course is an introduction to the discipline of $65 + $89 fee = $154; NMR add $120 archaeology. Learn how this discipline emerged slowly Online: Structured Remote from explorations of ancient cultures to the science CRN#: 25089 5 Sessions R that it is today with accurate dating, archaeological 9/30-10/28 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. data excavated with precision, theories that guide Instructor: Naomi Daremblum interpretation, and ethical concerns. The course also includes a survey of global prehistoric archaeological cultures. Note: You will be joining credit students in this Iconic Travel Spots of South America NEW co-listed credit class. TWA Explore South America’s most iconic spots: from its sophisticated cities to its soaring mountain slopes, arid Course: LLI802 37.5 Hours deserts, and lush jungles. Learn the history and cultural $396 + $136.20 fee = $532.20; NMR add $871.20 importance of its ancient civilizations while taking virtual Online: Structured Remote walks that take us from its colonial past to its vibrant modern CRN#: 24873 31 Sessions T R present. Discuss the historical context of Machu Picchu and 8/31-12/16 9:30-10:45 a.m. the Inca Trail. Examine the colonial past of South American No class 11/25 cities and their architecture. Learn about the ecology of the Instructor: Barbara Wolff Amazon and its relevance to the Iguazu waterfall. TWA This is a z-course: all textbook materials are available Course: LLI756 8 Hours at no cost for this section. Regular internet access is $59 + $79 fee = $138; NMR add $120 required for access to materials. For more information, see https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/ Online: Structured Remote mc-open/. CRN#: 25140 4 Sessions T 10/12-11/2 6:30-8:30 p.m. Instructor: Naomi Daremblum www.montgomerycollege.edu/wdce | 3 Urbanism in the Ancient Americas Art Did you know that most theories concerning archaic urbanism were developed by Western scholars drawing almost exclusively on Old World examples? Explore urban Drawing with Pencils, Charcoal, or Pastels traditions in the ancient Americas using archaeological This course will help you develop fundamental drawing and historic sources. Examine how cities in the Americas skills. Learn basic techniques such as blocking in the coincide with or differ from traditional concepts of the composition with pencil, shading with charcoal, and city through exploration of Cahokia, Tikal, Teotihuacan, using pastels to create vibrant color. Begin by drawing a Tenochtitlan, Caral, Huari/Tiahuanaco, Chan Chan, still life and move onto landscape and portrait drawings Cuzco, and more. Discuss the interdependence of from photographs. Examine these subjects using a cities and their surroundings. Learn about the internal variety of media (pencil, color pencils, charcoal, pastel, diversity of cities and the development of urbanism in the ink, and watercolor). This class is designed for students Americas. TWA of any skill level. Supply list is available on the LLI website. TWA Course: LLI565 10 Hours $65 + $89 fee = $154; NMR add $120 Course: LLI698 12 Hours $95 + $92 fee = $187; NMR add $120 Online: Structured Remote CRN#: 25123 5 Sessions W Online: Structured Remote 9/22-10/20 1:30-3:30 p.m. CRN#: 24869 6 Sessions T Instructor: Barbara Wolff 11/2-12/7 6:30-8:30 p.m. Instructor: Tatiana Martin World Cultures Co-L Rockville Campus Room 009SB * On Campus This course is an examination of one culture area in a CRN#: 24868 6 Sessions M particular geographic region from an anthropological 9/20-10/25 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. perspective. Drawing from the theories and methods of Instructor: Tatiana Martin anthropology, explore the prehistory, colonialism, cultural systems, modernization, and globalization of the region.