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Edith Newman-Devlin, in Memoriam
Itiswithgreatsadnessthatwerecordthedeathofouresteemedlecturer,DrEdithNewman-Devlin,whopassedawayon2ndJuly,2012.
EdithtaughtintheDepartmentofFrenchbeforededicatingoverfortyyearstocontinuingeducationandOpenLearning.HerWorldLiteratureserieswaslegendary,attractinghundredsofstudentseachyear.
Edith'scharm,wit,eruditionandsheerpassionforliteraturemadeheranoutstandinglecturer.ShewillbegreatlymissedbyherloyalstudentsandbythestaffoftheSchoolofEducation.
Weextendoursinceresympathytoherhusband,Peter,andtoherfamilyandfriends.
Tess Maginess, Cathal McManus and the Open Learning Team
The Bridget Sarah Hurson Memorial Bursary
ThebursaryisbeingestablishedinmemoryofBridgetSarahHurson,latemotherofDrTessMaginessandMsEdnaGibson.Twobursaries,valuedat£200each,willbeawardedthisacademicyear.OnewillbeawardedtoastudentfacingfinancialhardshipwhowishestoenrolinanyOpenLearningcourse.Theotherbursarywillbeusedtosubventthecostofanycourseofparticularmeritwhichwouldnototherwiserun,asagreedbythefamilyandtheSchoolofEducation.
Individualapplicantsshouldmakeawrittensubmissionofnomorethan300wordsdetailinghowtheawardwouldenablethemtoparticipateinanOpenLearningProgramme.TheclosingdateofapplicationsisFriday7September.Theawardwillbemadeintwoinstalments.Asumequaltotheamountofthefeespayablewillbepaidatthebeginningofthecourse;thebalancewillbepaidattheendofthecourseandwillbedependentontherecipientattending70%ofclasses.
ApplicationsshouldbesenttotheOpenLearningOffice,SchoolofEducation,Queen’sUniversity,20CollegeGreenBelfastBT71LNandwillbeconsideredbyapaneldrawnfromtheSchoolandthefamily.
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Important
Queen’sUniversityBelfasthasmadeallreasonableeffortstoensurethatthisprogrammeisaccurateandup-to-datewhencompiled,butcanacceptnoresponsibilityforanyerrorsoromissions.TheUniversityreservestherighttocancelclassesandtosubstitutetutorsteachingcertainclassesifnecessary.Studentsareresponsibleforensuringthatthefeesfortheircoursearemet.Entrytocourseswillberestrictedbynumberofentrants.
This programme is available in alternative formats, on request.
All enquires to:
SchoolofEducationOpenLearningQueen’sUniversityBelfast20CollegeGreenBelfastBT71LNNorthernIreland
Tel: (028)90973323/3539
Email: [email protected]: www.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
General University Enquiries:
Tel: (028)90245133Fax: (028)90575137
Term Dates
Autumn 2012: Monday24thSeptember-Friday30thNovember
New Year 2013:Monday14thJanuary-Friday22ndMarch
(PleasenotethattheUniversityisclosedonMonday18thMarchforSt.Patrick’sDay)
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Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Peter Gregson 8
Foreword from Cathal McManus, Open Learning Programme Co-ordinator 9
Contacting us 11
What do I need to know? 12
Venues for Courses 14
Contents
Course Availability – Key:
Autumn Course 2012
New Year Course 2013
Complementary Therapies 16
Do-In:PracticalSelf-Health,Group1 Do-In:PracticalSelf-HealthGroup2 MassageforStressReliefandRelaxation:
AnIntroduction ShiatsuforBeginners,Group1 ShiatsuforBeginners,Group2
Computing 17
Beginners’GuidetoUsingDigitalPhotographyImagingSoftware,Group1
Beginners’GuidetoUsingDigitalPhotographyImagingSoftware,Group2
BuildingaWebsite:ABeginners’Guide CreativeDigitalPhotography,Group1 CreativeDigitalPhotography,Group2 FacebookforBeginners Facebook:AdvancedWorkshop ImagesintoFilm:UsingWindowsMovieMaker TravelontheInternet:Beginners’ TravelontheInternet:Advanced
Counselling 20
AnIntroductiontotheStudyofSuicide,Part1 AnIntroductiontotheStudyofSuicide,Part2 IntroductiontoAbnormalPsychology,Group1 IntroductiontoAbnormalPsychology,Group2 IntroductiontoCognitive-BehaviouralTherapy,
Group1 IntroductiontoCognitive-BehaviouralTherapy,
Group2 IntroductiontoSocialPsychology
Creative Writing 22
AdaptationsfortheScreen CreativeFilmmaking CreativeWritingforEnthusiasts DevelopingYourWritingSkills FilmJournalism FreeingtheWriterWithin:HowtoWriteaNovel FreeingtheWriterWithin:Plottingand
Character HowtoMakeaShortFilm HowtoWriteforProfitandPleasure,Group1 HowtoWriteforProfitandPleasure,Group2 LearningaboutWritingandPublication NovelWriting,I
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NovelWriting,II TravelWriting:CreativeWriting WaysintoWriting WaysintoWriting,Beginners WritingAboutNature:CreativeWriting WritingFiction,Group1 WritingFiction,Group2 WritingforaCreativeLife WritingHistoricalFiction
Cultural Studies 28
ChinaandtheWorld,Group1 ChinaandtheWorld,Group2 ExploringtheHistoryofLanguages IndianCulture:AnAudioVisualIntroduction,
Group1 IndianCulture:AnAudioVisualIntroduction,
Group2 IrishPlacenamesandSurnames SmallIsland:IrishLiteratureandHistory,
1930-1960 TheCultureofUlsterProtestants:Whatisit? ThePlacenamesandSurnamesofUlster
Environment 31
BirdsoftheGreyWind BuiltHeritage:TheRuralWorld BuiltHeritage:TheUrbanWorld OurChangingWorld:TheGeologicalHistoryof
IrelandandtheUK TheSky’sTheirHighway
First Aid 32
PracticalFirstAid,Group1 PracticalFirstAid,Group2 PracticalFirstAid,Group3 PracticalFirstAid,Group4
History and Politics 33
ADecadeofCentenaries:KeyThemesandIssues
AHistoryofModernBritain,1603-2003:Part1-CrownandCommonwealth,1603-1688
AHistoryofModernBritain,1603-2003:Part3-Britain’sCentury,1815-1914
AHistoryoftheUSA,1601-2001:Part3-Slavery,WarandWealth,1783-1914
AsBritishasFinchley?:TheThatcherGovernmentinNorthernIreland
AspectsofBelfast’sHistory,Group1 AspectsofBelfast’sHistory,Group2 AungSanSuuKyiandtheStrugglefor
DemocracyinBurma Belfast’sImportantCitizensthroughoutits
400Years BuildersofBelfast:AWalkingTour BuildingtheBraveNewWorld:TheScots-Irish
andIrishContribution CharlesIIandhisReign:Restoration,Plague
andFire DealingwiththePast:Truth,Justiceand
Healing HeartoftheEmpire:Ulster’sImperialandAnti-
ImperialTradition,1600-2000 Industry,FamineandPoliticalDivision:Ulsterin
theNineteenthCentury InvestigatingYourFamilyTree,Group1 InvestigatingYourFamilyTree,Group2 JamesOut,WilliamIn JohndeCourcyandtheBattleofDownpatrick,
1177 MedievalIreland:FromSaintsandScholarsto
theFlightoftheEarls OntheBanksoftheLagan:AHistoryofLifeon
theRiver QueenAnne RussianHistoryandCivilisation:TheRomanov
Dynasty,1613-1917 So,YouStillWanttobePresident?AGuideto
the2012USPresidentialElection TenChampionsofLiberty TheBattleforPalestine TheChurchesinIrishSociety TheColdWar TheProtestantWorkingClassinNorthern
Ireland:PoliticsandCulturefrom‘Pre-Troubles’to‘Post-Conflict’
TheRailwaysofDonegal,I:TheCountyDonegalRailway
TheRailwaysofDonegal,II:TheLoughSwillyRailway
TheRiseandFalloftheByzantineEmpire TwentiethCenturyIreland:ACenturyofChange WorldWarII:TheLastGoodWar?
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Languages 45
ArabicforBeginners ArabicforImprovers Chinese(Mandarin)forBeginners French1stYear,Group1 French1stYear,Group2 French1stYear,Group3 French2ndYear,Group1 French2ndYear,Group2 French2ndYear,Group3 French3rdYear,Group1 French3rdYear,Group2 French4thYear,Group1 French4thYear,Group2 FrenchLanguageClub,Group1 FrenchLanguageClub,Group2 FrenchPronunciationClinic,Group1 FrenchPronunciationClinic,Group2 FrenchforBeginners,Group1 FrenchforBeginners,Group2 German1stYear,Group1 German1stYear,Group2 German2ndYear,Group1 German2ndYear,Group2 German3rdYear GermanLanguageClub:Intermediate GermanLanguageClub:Advanced GermanforBeginners ClassicalGreekLanguageClub Italian1stYear,Group1 Italian1stYear,Group2 Italian1stYear,Group3 Italian2ndYear,Group1 Italian2ndYear,Group2 Italian3rdYear,Group1 Italian3rdYear,Group2 Italian4thYear,Group1 Italian4thYear,Group2 ItalianLiteraryClub,Group1 ItalianLiteraryClub,Group2 ItalianforBeginners,Group1 ItalianforBeginners,Group2 LatinforBeginners Latin2ndYear PortugueseLevel1 Spanish1stYear,Group1 Spanish1stYear,Group2
Spanish1stYear,Group3 Spanish1stYear,Group4 Spanish2ndYear,Group1 Spanish2ndYear,Group2 Spanish3rdYear,Group1 Spanish3rdYear,Group2 Spanish4thYear,Group1 Spanish4thYear,Group2 SpanishLanguageClub:Intermediate,Group1 SpanishLanguageClub:Intermediate,Group2 SpanishLanguageClub:Advanced SpanishforBeginners,Group1 SpanishforBeginners,Group2 SpanishforBeginners,Group3
Law 56
ABriefHistoryoftheLaw:TheInterestingBits AnIntroductiontoIntellectualPropertyLaws CrimeandPunishment CriminalLaw TheSentenceoftheCourt
Leisure Skills 58
IrishCéilíDancing,Group1 IrishCéilíDancing,Group2 LunchtimeYogaDe-Stress,Group1 LunchtimeYogaDe-Stress,Group2 TangoSalón(TangoArgentino)forBeginners,
Group1 TangoSalón(TangoArgentino)forBeginners,
Group2 TheHistoryandPracticeofAranKnitting:
Beginners' TheHistoryandPracticeofAranKnitting:
Improvers' WineAppreciation:AnIntroduction,Group1 WineAppreciation:AnIntroduction,Group2 WineAppreciation:AWorldofWine,Group1 WineAppreciation:AWorldofWine,Group2
Literature 60
ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged?Marriage,MenandMoneyinAusten
AWarningtoAllGoodWives:Shakespeare’sFemaleCharacters
AncientLaughter:RomanComedyanditsLegacy
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BeyondSlaveryinAmerica:ALiteraryExploration
ContinuingCities:TheBlackbirdBookclub GreatMoralIssuesintheNovel,Part1 GreatMoralIssuesintheNovel,Part2 InSearchof‘TheGreatAmericanNovel’ LiteraryImages:ATasteofChicago OwlsandPussycatsandRuinedChoirs:The
ManyArtsofPoetry,Part1 OwlsandPussycatsandRuinedChoirs:The
ManyArtsofPoetry,Part2 RussianLiteratureandCivilisation:TheLifeand
WorkofAntonChekhov(1860-1904) TheAmericanDream:MythorReality TheCelticSpiritandLiterature TheNorthernIrishShortStory TheOriginsofModernFiction:TheNovelsof
AncientGreeceandRome TwoAncientGreekNovels TheTransformers:Beckett,Bacon,Kafka TheShortStoryMasterclass:TheBlackbird
Bookclub Ulster-ScotsPoetryandIrishGaelicPoetryin
Translation WorldLiterature:DesertIslandBooks
Media Studies and Drama 68
CapturingLife:AnIntroductiontoDocumentaryFilm-Making
DisentanglingtheWeb FilmNoirandWorldCinema,I FilmNoirandWorldCinema,II InventionsintheHistoryoftheMovingImage PlayingShakespeare:Hamlet PlayingShakespeare:The Taming of the Shrew
Music 70
ASocialHistoryofMusicinIreland ChangetheWorldinSong,Group1 ChangetheWorldinSong,Group2 ContinuingCities:Canters,ContraltosandCool
Dudes GuitarforBeginners,Group1 GuitarforBeginners,Group2 GuitarforImprovers,Group1 GuitarforImprovers,Group2 JazzThroughtheAges
JourneysintoCzechMusic MasterpiecesofMusic:AFurtherSelection MusicTheoryMadeEasy,Group1 MusicTheoryMadeEasy,Group2 OperaHeroines,PartI OperaHeroines,PartII SongWriting:NewIdeasandNewSubject
Matter VoicesfromtheBorough:TheMusicof
BenjaminBritten
Personal Development 75
BeYourOwnLifeCoach CopingwithAngerandCreatingCalm CreativeRelaxation EffectiveSpeaking EnhanceYourImage,BuildYourConfidence,
Group1 EnhanceYourImage,BuildYourConfidence,
Group2 EnhancedLearningandMemoryforExamsand
Interviews,Group1 EnhancedLearningandMemoryforExamsand
Interviews,Group2 FreeingYourNaturalVoice HowtoLightenupyourlife InterviewSkillsforJobApplicants,Group1 InterviewSkillsforJobApplicants,Group2 Meditation:AnIntroduction MindfulnessBasedStressReduction,Group1 MindfulnessBasedStressReduction,Group2 MindfulnessBasedStressReduction,Group3 MindfulnessBasedStressReduction,Group4 PublicSpeaking TransformYourLife
Personal Finance 79
InheritanceTax:AGuidetoPreservingFamilyWealthonDeath,Group1
InheritanceTax:AGuidetoPreservingFamilyWealthonDeath,Group2
UnderstandingtheStockmarket:AnIntroduction,Group1
UnderstandingtheStockmarket:AnIntroduction,Group2
UnderstandingtheStockmarket:AnAdvancedWorkshop,Group1
UnderstandingtheStockmarket:AnAdvancedWorkshop,Group2
Enrol Early PostalandonlineenrolmentsonlyuntilMonday10September(seepage13).Allmethodsofenrolment,includingpostalandonline,acceptedafterthatdate.
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Philosophy and Religion 80
ChurchandSocietyinPre-ReformationEngland CriticalThinkingSkills EuropeanReformations IntroductiontoPhilosophy,Part1 IntroductiontoPhilosophy,Part2 MoralPhilosophy:AnIntroduction PresbyterianisminUlster,1613-1840
Science 83
OurPlaceintheUniverse,Group1 OurPlaceintheUniverse,Group2
Visual Arts 83
AcrylicPainting:Advanced AcrylicPainting:TechnicalInnovations ContinuingCities:EnvisioningBelfast Cross-Overs:ArtandPhotography Drawing:ForminSpace,Group1 Drawing:ForminSpace,Group2 DreamsandVisions:TheSymbolistMovement EssentialPainting,Group1
EssentialPainting,Group2 JewelleryDesign JewelleryDesign:Continuation MoreMasterworks PaintingLandscapesinOilforBeginners,
Group1 PaintingLandscapesinOilforBeginners,
Group2 PaintingLandscapesinWatercolourfor
Beginners,Group1 PaintingLandscapesinWatercolourfor
Beginners,Group2 PortraitureThroughDrawing,Group1 PortraitureThroughDrawing,Group2 WeareMajesticintheWilderness:Romanticism
intheVisualArts
Classes Outside Belfast 88
One-Day and Two-Day Courses 93
Campus Map 96
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Welcome from the President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Peter Gregson
Queen’shasoftenbeenaheadofitstime.Inthe1850sitofferedlecturesforthecitizensofBelfastat7.00am,thestartofatraditionofextra-muralprovisionthatnowplacestheUniversityattheforefrontofthelifelonglearningrevolution.
TheUniversity’scommitmenttolifelonglearninghasadistinguishedhistory,butitisalsoinformedbytheneedsandwishesofthecommunityitserves.ThatiswhyIamdelightedtocommendtoyouthisAutumn/NewYearprogrammeofcoursesandstudyoptionsintheOpenLearningdivisionoftheSchoolofEducation.
OpenLearningisaresourceforthewholecommunityofNorthernIreland,offeringarangeofopportunitiesforindividualcareerdevelopmentorpersonalgrowth,ortosatisfytheneedforlearningforitsownsake.
Thisrangeofdiverseacademicandotherlearningopportunitiesnotonlyincludesdozensofcourseswhichhaveprovedtheirpopularityovertheyears,butalsointroducesnewchoicesreflectingthedemandsoflifeinthetwentyfirstcentury.
Asyouleafthroughthesepages,wehopeyouwillsoongatherthat,atQueen’s,webelievelearningshouldbenotonlylifelongbutalsolife-changing.
Whateveryourage,attainmentorability,participationineducation,trainingandself-developmentischallenging,satisfyingandaboveallenjoyable.
Asaforward-lookinguniversity,withaninternationalreputationforexcellence,ouraimhasalwaysbeentohaveapowerfulimpactonthecultural,social,economicand,ofcourse,educationalwell-beingofthecommunityweserve.
That’swhywegenuinelylookforwardtoyourenrolmentatOpenLearningandtosharingtheQueen’sexperiencewithyouinthemonthsahead.
Peter Gregson PresidentandVice-Chancellor
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Foreword from Cathal McManus, Open Learning Programme Co-ordinator
IamaWinterperson.Ilovethesenseofmystery,theexcitementandtheoptimismthatthelongdarkeveningsaffordasweenterintothefestivitiesofHallowe’en,ChristmasandNewYear.Iparticularlylovehowthelongeveningspresentuswithanopportunitytoslowthingsdownalittle:toreadagoodbook;catchupwithfriends,oldandnewandtogettheheadmoreactivefollowingthephysicallytiringsummermonths.
TheOpenLearningProgramme,atQueen’s,providesyouwiththeopportunityforallthree.IfitisaboutreadingagoodbookthenourLiteraturesectionisforyou.OurWorld Literaturecourseisamust,raisingasitdoes,thatimmortalquestion–whatbookwouldyoutakewithyoutoadesertisland?HeartheopinionsofrenownedwriterswhohavemadetheirmarkontheWorldstageandbeinspiredforChristmasstockings!
Perhapsyouwouldprefersomethingalittlemorelocal?IfsothenContinuing Cities: The Blackbird Bookclubisforyou.KindlysponsoredbytheArtsCouncil,OneCity,OneBookinitiative,Continuing Citiesisanexcitingseriesoftalks,deliveredbyarangeofguestspeakers,encompassingliterature,musicandthevisualartsandwhichwillcelebratetheartisticheritageofBelfast.
Maybereadingisn’tjustwhatyouareafter?Maybeyouaspiretobethewriter?IfsowehaveagreatrangeofCreativeWritingcoursesonofferthataresuretogetyourcreativejuicesflowing.FromLouiseMcIvor’sWays into Writing,forthosebeginningtheirnewjourney,throughtoAlfMcCreary’sHow to Write for Profit and Pleasure,thereisagreatselectionofcoursesdesignedtohelpbringoutthestorytellerwithin.
Perhapsyoumightevenwanttogoonestepfurtherandtransformyourwritingforthebigscreen-becomethenewSpielberg?Ifso,CsillaToldycanguideyouthroughtheprocessinhercourseCreative Filmmaking.Perhapsyourambitionsarealittlemoremodestandyouwouldsimplyliketoputtogetheranicefamilymementoforthesmallscreen?IfsothenCarlBoyle’sCapturing Life: An Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking isthecourseforyou.Usingtechnologynowreadilyavailablethroughsmartphones,stillscamerasanddomesticvideocamerasthecoursewillguideyouthroughthebasicsoffilmmakingandenableyoutodocument,onfilm,yourinterestsandaspirations.
OfcourseforsomeofusthemainpriorityremainskeepingwarmoverthewintermonthsbutevenherewecanofferhelpthroughHilaryBoyd’sfascinatingnewcourse,The History and Practice of Aran Knitting.Isthereanythinglikelytowarmyouupmorethiswinter!
TheOpenLearningprogrammeguaranteestoprovideawarmwelcometoallcomersthiswinterwhateveryourinterests.Itsinformalandrelaxedatmospheresumsupwhatwinterisallabout–whenoldfriendshipsarerekindledafterthesummerbreakandnewfriendshipsaremade.And,asGeorgeR.R.Martinmaintains,‘summerfriendswillmeltawaylikesummersnows,butwinterfriendsarefriendsforever’.
Cathal McManusOpenLearningProgrammeCo-ordinator
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Contacting Us
If you want to contact us in writing our postal address is:
SchoolofEducationOpenLearning20-24CollegeGreenQueen’sUniversityBelfastBT71LN
Ourtelephonenumbersare:02890973323/3539
Oure-mailandwebaddressesare:[email protected] www.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Ifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutourclassesandcourses,staffcanbecontacteddirectlyduringnormalofficehours:Monday–Friday9.00am–5.00pm
TheOpenLearningProgrammeCo-ordinatorcanbecontacted,initiallyinwriting,attheaboveaddress.
Staff
CourseDirector,UndergraduateProgrammesTessMaginess
OpenLearningProgrammeCo-ordinatorCathalMcManus
AdministrativeOfficerWendyHunter
ClericalOfficersJaniceMcKeeDeirdreDavies
FinanceOfficerAlbertPaul
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What do I need to know?
CATS points and credit
expireafter10years.ItistheresponsibilityofthestudenttocontacttheOpenLearningOffice.
IfyouchoosetodoacoursethatoffersCATSpoints,thentoearnthepointsyouwillhavetoattendatleast75%oftheclassesandsuccessfullycompletetheworksetbyyourtutor.Dependingonthecourse,thisworkmightbeanessayorapresentationtoyourclassortheperformanceofapieceofmusic.Pleasedonotbedauntedbythethoughtofthisworkasanyworkthatissetwillhavebeenplannedanddesignedtosuitthelevelofthecourse.Equallyimportantly,ourtutorsunderstandtheneedsofpart-timestudentsandofstudentsreturningtoeducationafteralonggap.YouwillreceivealetterinAugust2013confirmingyourcompletionofCATSpoints.
ItisstillpossibleforstudentstotakecoursesthatofferCATSpointseveniftheythemselvesdonotwanttoworktowardstheawardofthepoints.Aboveall,ourcoursesareintendedtobeenjoyableandtutorsareperfectlyhappyforstudentstoadoptthismoreleisurelyapproach.ButdothinkcarefullyaboutworkingtowardsCATSpointsasmanystudentsfindthatthechallengeaddstotheirenjoymentofthecourseandthereisarealsatisfactionincompletingthecourseandearningtheCATSpoints.
IfyouareinspiredbythethoughtofearningCATSpointsandworkingtowardstheCertificateinLiberalStudiesthenweneedtointroduceanoteofcaution.WehavetriedtoprovideashortandstraightforwardexplanationofthenationalCATSbuttheschemeisnotwithoutitscomplications.Inparticular,ifacourseisworth10CATSpointsthenyoucannotearn20CATSpointsbytakingittwice!Ourlecturingstaffarealwayspleasedtomeetpotentialstudentstoadviseaboutreturningtostudyoraboutparticularcoursesorcareerrequirements.Docallusifyouthinkwecanhelp.
Asyoureadthisbrochureyouwillseefrequentreferencesto‘CATSpoints’attheendofthecoursedescriptions.Forexample,thecourseA Decade of Centenaries: Key Themes and Issuesonpage33carries10CATSpointsatLevel1.
CATSstandsfortheCreditAccumulationandTransferScheme.CATSisanationalschemewhichhasbeenestablishedtoallowdifferenttypesofacademiccoursestobecomparedandvaluedandeventransferredandtraded.CATSpointsarelikeacurrencythatallowsustosayhowmuchdifferentcoursesareworth.Forexample,mostprimarydegreesintheUKrequirestudentstohave360CATSpointsandstudentswillhavehadtotakecoursesormodulesthatadduptothis.Theindividualcoursesormodulesthatrepresentthebuildingblocksthedegreeismadeupofwouldtypicallybeworth20CATSor40CATSoranynumberthatallowstheindividualblockstoaddupto360CATS.
Whataboutthelevel?A Decade of Centenaries: Key Themes and Issuesisworth10CATSatLevel1.Thelevelgivesanindicationofthedifficultyofthecourseor,inpositiveterms,theintellectualrigourofthecourse.Level1typicallyequatestothefirstyearofatraditionalthreeyearprimarydegree.Levels2and3equatetoyears2and3ofaprimarydegreecourse.Level0indicatesthelevelbelowthefirstyearofauniversitycourse.LevelMindicatesapostgraduatelevelcourse–acourseatthelevelofaMastersdegree.
TheOpenLearningcoursesdescribedinthisbrochureallowstudentstoworktowardsaCertificateinLiberalStudies.Thenationalschemesetstherateofexchangeas60CATSatLevel1foracertificate,so,inlinewiththis,studentswhosuccessfullycompletecoursesworth60pointsqualifyfortheCertificateinLiberalStudies.Studentsmayonlyobtainonecertificate.Ifyouthinkyouhavecompleted60CATSPointsatLevel1,pleasecontacttheOpenLearningofficeon90973323.Pleasenotethatyouracademiccreditwill
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Enrolling
Online
Youcanenrolearlyonlineforallcoursesbyvisitingourwebsite www.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol.Thissiteisquickandeasytouse.Youmayenrolonlineassoonasyoureceiveyourbrochure.
Ifyouenrolledonlinelastyearpleaseclickon‘login’anduseyouremailaddressandpassword.Ifyouhaveforgottenyourpasswordclickon‘MyAccount’andunder‘ReturningStudent’clickonthe‘PasswordForgotten’link.Anewpasswordwillbesenttoyouremailaddressimmediately.Pleasenotethatyoucanonlyenrolyourselfonyouremailaddress.Ifyouwishtobookapartnerorfriendonthesamecourseoradifferentcourseandtheydonothaveanemailaddress,contacttheofficeon90973323andwewillprocesstheenrolment.
By post
Inordertoavoidbacklogsandforyourconvenience,we will accept only postal and online enrolments before Monday 10 September 2012. All methods of enrolment including postal and online, will then be accepted from that date onwards.
Youmayenrolbypostusingtheforminthisbrochureandcanpaybycheque,creditordebitcard.Ifyouareenrollingbypostformorethanonecourse,thenseparateenrolmentformsandchequesareneededforeachcourse.Wearesorrythatthismaybealittlemoretimeconsumingbutitallowsustorefundyourmoneyquicklyiftherearenoplacesleftonacourseor,asoccasionallyhappens,wehavetocancelacourse.
In person
FromMonday 10 Septemberourstaffwillbehappytohelpyouenrolinpersonduringofficehourswhichare:MondaytoFriday9.00am–5.00pm(includinglunch-time).
Ifyouenrolinpersonyoumaypayincash,bycheque,creditordebitcard.
By telephone
FromMonday 10 Septemberyoumayenrolbytelephoneduringofficehoursasdetailedabove,payingbycreditordebitcard.
Confirmation of Enrolment
WhenyouenrolforacourseyouwillreceiveaConfirmationofEnrolment.Ifyouhaveenrolledonlinethiswillbesenttoyouremailaddress.The Confirmation of Enrolment is your only acknowledgement of enrolment.IfyouenrolbytelephoneorpostandhavenotreceivedyourConfirmationofEnrolmentwithintendays,thenpleaseletusknow.
Over-subscribed and cancelled courses
Numbersinmostclassesarelimitedandapplicationsaredealtwithintheorderwereceivethem.You are strongly advised to enrol early.Unlessotherwisestatedinthecourseinformation,theclosingdateforenrolmentoncourseswheretherearestillplacesisoneweekbeforethefirstclass.
Ifyouhavemissedtheclosingdateforthecourseyouwantedtotake,thenitisalwaysworthcontactingustocheckjustincasetherearestillplaces.
Unfortunately,weareunabletoruncoursesthatareunder-subscribedsoallourcoursesareofferedsubjecttoacertainminimumenrolment(usually12students).Occasionallyweareforcedtocancelacourse.Ifthishappens,weshallletyouknowassoonaswecanandrefundyourenrolmentfee.
Please enrol early if you can. Early enrolment helps us provide better service and better value.
Costs and Conditions
Thereisnoupperagelimit,however,theminimumageforstudentsattendingtheseadultlearningprogrammesis18,unlessotherwisestated.
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Theinformationabouteachcoursegivesdetailsofthefeethatmustbepaid.Formanycourses,aconcessionaryfeeisalsogiven.TheconcessionisavailableforthosewhoareinreceiptofStateBenefits(includingpension),orarefull-timestudents,oraremembersofUniversitystaffholdingavalidstaffcard.
Ifyouareclaimingtheconcession,pleaseprovideevidenceofyourstatuswhenyoupayyourfee.Pleasenotethatconcessionscannotbeclaimedretrospectively.
We regret that fees cannot be refunded except when a course does not run or if your application is rejected because the course is full. The University is unable to refund fees when, for whatever reason, the student fails to attend.
Venues for courses
CoursesareheldinvenuesacrosstheUniversity.NoticestellingyouwhereclasseswillbeheldwillbepostedintheCollegeGreenOfficesandintheentrancehallofthemainUniversitybuilding.Ifyouhaveaccesstotheinternet,youcancheckvenuesonourwebsitewww.qub.ac.uk/edu/oltheafternoonbeforeyourclassisduetostartorringouroffice:02890973323/3539.
Health and Safety
AtthefirstclassyourtutorswilladviseyouoftheHealthandSafetyprotocolwhichincludesguidanceonwhattodointheeventofanemergencyevacuationoraccident.
Car parking
WeregretthatthereisnoparkingwithintheUniversityprecinctforstudentsattendingday-timeclasses.Foreveningclasses,limitedparkingisavailablefrom5.00pmonthemainsite.EntrytocarparkingisonlyviaBotanicAvenue.
Facilities for disabled students
Wewelcomeapplicationsfrompeoplewithdisabilitiesandwewilldoourbesttoensurethatyourindividualrequirementsaremetsoyoucangetthemostfromyourcourse.Therangeofservicesforstudentswithdisabilitiesisbeingexpandedallthetimeandwecanarrange,forexample,note-takersorproof-readersorspecialequipment.Althoughthingsareimproving,someoftheUniversity’solderbuildingsarestillpresentingdifficultiesforstudentsusingwheelchairsandforthelessmobile.PleaselettheOpenLearningOfficeknowbycontactingtheofficeontel:90973323assoonasyoudecidetoenrolforacoursesothatwecanmakespecialarrangementstomeetyourneeds.
AlthoughtheOpenLearningstaffmembersarealwayshappytohelp,youmaywanttocontacttheUniversity’sDisabilityServicesunit.TheunitisheadedbyLindaMaguire,theDisabilityServicesCo-ordinator,andLindaandherteamarealwaysdelightedtomeetprospectivestudentstodiscusstheirneedsandthetypesofsupportavailable.FulldetailsoftherangeofservicesarecontainedintheUniversity’sGuideforStudentswithDisabilitiesavailablefrom:
DisabilityServicesStudentGuidanceCentreQueen’sUniversityBelfast91aUniversityRoadBelfastBT71NN
Telephone:(028)90972727e-mail:[email protected]
TheSchoolofEducationhasalsoamemberofitsacademicstafftoactasitsdisabilityadviser,TessMaginess.Tesscandiscussyourindividualrequirementsandliaisewithcolleaguestohelpensureyougetthesupportyouneed.Telephone(028)[email protected].
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Exclusions
TheUniversity,viatheOpenLearningProgrammeCo-ordinator,reservestherighttoexcludeanystudentfromitsOpenLearningcoursesforbehaviourwhich:(1)isabusiveorthreateningtoothercourseparticipantsorUniversitystaffand/or(2)disruptsthelearningofotherparticipantsand/or(3)damagesormisusesUniversityequipmentorproperty.
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Complementary Therapies
Do-In: Practical Self-Help
John McKeever,MA
Fee£23.00(concessionrate£15.00)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0642Mondays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 24 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0644Mondays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 14 January
ItiswritteninanancientEasternclassicthat‘Do-In(pronounceddough-in)isamethodpractisedbyasceticsandTaoistsofoldwhichenablesapersontostayyoungandstrong,developsupernaturalpowersandattaineternalyouth.’Itincludesmeditation,breathingtechniques,meridianstretchesandself-massageandacupressuretechniques.Thiscoursecannotpromiseeternalyouthbutitcanofferaweeklyoasiswhereyoucanrejuvenateyourenergyandrekindleafeelingofwell–being.Pleasewearloosecomfortableclothingandbringamatorblanket.Formoreinformationgotowww.ShiatsuHealth.net
Limit: 16
Massage for Stress Relief and Relaxation: An Introduction
OLE0856
Rosie Cowan, MA,MassageDiploma(MTI)
Fee£53.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A 2-day workshop on Saturdays 13 and 27 October, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Wouldyouliketobeabletogiveatreatwhichisgoodforbodyandsoul?Holistictherapist,RosieCowan,willshowyouthewonderfulstress-relievingbenefitsofmassagewhileguidingyouthroughbasicstrokeswhichyoucancarryoutathomewithnospecialequipmentrequired.Pleasebringacoupleoflargebathtowelsandacoupleofpillowsorcushions.
Limit: 12
Shiatsu For Beginners, Group 1
OLE0641
John McKeever,MA
Fee£40.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
3 half-day sessions on Saturdays 29 September, 6 and 20 October, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Shiatsu,meaning‘fingerpressure’isaformofJapanesemassagewhichisgoodforboththereceiverandgiver.InShiatsuthereceiverremainsfullyclothedandthegiverappliesgentle,butfirmpressuretotheacupressurepointsandmeridianchannelsfoundinacupuncture.Italsoinvolvesstretchesandmovementsofthejointsandlimbstohelpimprovesupplenessandflexibility.Inthisshortcourseyouwilllearnhowtogiveafullbodytreatmentforrelaxation,healthandoverallwell-being.Pleasewearloosecomfortableclothingandbringamatorblanket.Formoreinformationgotowww.ShiatsuHealth.net
Limit: 16
Computing 17
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Shiatsu For Beginners, Group 2
OLE0118
John McKeever, MA
Fee£23.00(concessionrate£15.00)
New Year 2013
5 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 14 January
Shiatsu,meaning‘fingerpressure’isaformofJapanesemassagewhichisgoodforboththereceiverandgiver.InShiatsuthereceiverremainsfullyclothedandthegiverappliesgentlebutfirmpressuretotheacupressurepointsandmeridianchannelsfoundinacupuncture.Italsoinvolvesstretchesandmovementsofthejointsandlimbstohelpimprovesupplenessandflexibility.Inthisshortcourseyouwilllearnhowtogiveafullbodytreatmentforrelaxation,healthandoverallwell-being.Pleasewearloosecomfortableclothingandbringamatorblanket.Formoreinformationgotowww.ShiatsuHealth.net
Limit: 16
Computing
Beginners’ Guide to Using Digital Photography Imaging Software
Scott Pearson,BA,CertEd,PGCE,IBT2
Fee£110.00(noconcession)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0157Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0164Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 15 January
Thisclasswillshowstudentshowtousecomputerimagingsoftwaretoview,edit,manipulateandprintoutdigitalimages.Wewilllearnaboutcropping,cloning,layers,adjustingcolour,brightnessandcontrast,addingtext,printingandfiltersandeffects.ThesoftwarewewillbeusingisAdobePhotoshopELEMENTS,thelittlebrotheroftheindustrystandardAdobePhotoshop.TheprogramisareducedversionofPhotoshopbutis,nonetheless,anexcellentproduct;beingsuitableforbeginnersandbeyond.Imageswillbeavailableforthevariousexercises,butstudentsmaysupplementthesebybringingintheirownimagesonCDsorUSBstoragekeys.
Limit: 10 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Building a Website: A Beginners’ Guide
OLE1690
Heather McNamee, BA,MA
Fee£110.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Wouldyouliketobuildawebsiteforyourgroupororganisationwhereyouhavetotalcontroloverthefunctionalityandcontent?Inthiscoursestudentswilllearntobuildflexiblewebsitesusingsoftwarethatisentirelyfreeandgainthepracticalskillsneededtobuildawebsitenomatterwhattoolsareused.Studentswill:Learnhowpopularwebsitesarebuiltandmaintained;BuildawebsiteorapplicationusingDrupal(afreeopensourcesoftware);Followclearstepstotakeanidea,putitonlineandtesttomakesureit’susefulforsitevisitors.Basiccomputerskillssuchaswebbrowsing,fillinginonlineforms,editingdocumentsarerequired.Participantswillalsoneedalaptop(notanotebook)with15MBofdisk.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Creative Digital Photography
Mark Scott, BTEC
Fee £110.00(noconcession)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1673Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1674Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscourseinCreativeDigitalPhotographyisaimedatthosestudentswhomayhaveabasicknowledgeorinterestinthesubjectandwhowanttolearntousetheircameracontrolsalongwithcompositionalskillstoproducebetterimages.
RecommendedTextbook:Langford’s Basic Photography,Langford,FoxandSmith(FocalPress).
Limit: 1610CATSPoints(Level1)
Facebook for Beginners
OLE1715
Mark Baker,MBA
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
A half-day workshop on Saturday 3 November, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Doyouhavefamilyandfriendsworkingorstudyingabroad?Wouldyouliketokeepintouchwiththosewhomeanthemosttoyou?Facebookoffersnewopportunitiesforstayingintouchandcommunicatinginafunandinteractivemanner.Thishalf-dayworkshopwillintroduceyoutothebasicsofusingFacebook,fromopeninganaccounttosafeandsecureusage.MakesomefriendsthisAutumnandjointhesocialmediarevolution!
Facebook: Advanced Workshop
OLE1716
Mark Baker, MBA
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
A half-day workshop on Saturday 17 November, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Haveyoucreatedafacebookaccountbutwouldliketolearnhowtouseitmoreeffectively?Thishalf-dayworkshopwilllookatdifferentfeaturesoffacebook,includingensuringprivacyisensured.Theworkshopwillalsolookathowtosetupfan/companypages.Studentsshouldhavetheirownfacebookaccountandgoodbasiccomputerskills.
Limit: 10
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Images into Film: Using Windows MovieMaker
OLE1708
Shelley Tracey, BA,MA
Fee:£33.00(concessionrate:£21.00)
Autumn 2012
5 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 29 October
Inthishands-oncourse,participantswillusedigitalimages,textandsoundtomakeafive-minutefilmwithWindowsMovieMakersoftware,availablefreefromtheInternet.Thiscourseintroducesyoutodigitalstorytelling,andhelpsyoutocreateastoryaboutholidaysorotherevents.Pleasebringsiximagesandamemorysticktothefirstclass.
Limit: 16 5CATSPoints(Level1)
Travel on the Internet: Beginners’
OLE0155
Geoffrey McNab
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A half-day workshop on Saturday 20 October, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Dootherpeoplekeeptellingyouaboutcheapflightsontheinternet?Wouldyouliketobeabletocheckoutandbookflights,hotels,andfindothertouristinformation?Youdonotneedtoownacomputer.Thisquickintroductoryfunsessionwilldemonstratehoweasyitistopopintoanylibraryorcybercafeand,onceconnected,theworldisatyourfingertips!Nopreviousexperiencenecessary.Alwaysapopularcourse,bookfast!
Limit: 10
Travel on the Internet: Advanced
OLE0156
Geoffrey McNab
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A half-day workshop on Saturday 27 October, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Thiscourseisforpeoplewhowouldliketoexpandtheirknowledgeoftravelsitesandlinksontheinternet.Withaneverincreasingnumberofpeoplebookingtheirtravelsonline,thetutorwillsharesomeofhisfavouritetravelsitesandsecrets.YouwillbeamazedhowmuchtheNETcanmakeyourtravelseasier!Goodbasicknowledgeofhowtouseacomputerandthemouseisnecessary.
Limit: 15
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Counselling
An Introduction to the Study of Suicide, Part 1
OLE1706
Philip O’Keeffe,BSc,MSc,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
Suicideistragicandcomplex.Thepoet,Alvarez,believedeveryonehasanopinionaboutsuicideandhisbookThe Savage Godexpressedhisviews.ThenovelistCamussaidsuicidewastheonlyquestion,whilesociologist,Durkheim,thoughtsuicidewasculturallydetermined.A1960’sculttelevisionseriesMASHbegan‘suicideispainless;itbringsonmanychanges’.Peoplebereavedbysuicidemayexperiencelong-term,intense,complicatedgrief.Thiscoursebeginstoexaminesomepsychologicalperspectivesonhumansuicidalbehaviour,whileexploringsomemythsaroundsuicide.Studentswillhavetheopportunitytodeveloptheirowninsights.Suicideprevention,interventionandpostventionpracticeshouldinterestthoseincaring/protective,guidance/counselling,advisoryorsocialservicesfields.
RecommendedTextbook:The Savage God,AAlvarez(Penguin).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
An Introduction to the Study of Suicide, Part 2
OLE1707
Philip O’Keeffe, BSc,MSc,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 18 January
Part2ofthiscoursewillfocusuponspecific,relevanttopicsidentifiedbythestudentsthatmatchtheirparticularinterestsandneeds.
RecommendedTextbook:The Savage God,AAlvarez(Penguin).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
Paul Marshall, BSc,MSc
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0889Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1601Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 18 January
Thiscoursewillexaminetheroleofpsychologyintheunderstandingandtreatmentofabnormalpsychologicaldisorders.ItwillfocusontopicssuchasPersonalityDisorders,Substance-RelatedDisorders,SexualandGenderIdentityDisorders,MoodDisorders,CognitiveDisorders,Suicide,SchizophreniaandADHD.
RecommendedTextbook:Abnormal Psychology(EleventhEdition)InternationalStudentVersion,AKring,SJohnson,GDavison&JNeal(Wiley).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Counselling 21
Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
Paul Marshall,BSc,MSc
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1112Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0888Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscoursewillintroducestudentstothetheoryandpracticeofCognitive-BehaviouralTherapy.ItwilllookattheworkofAaronTBeckandAlbertEllis,themainfiguresbehindtheCognitive-Behaviouralapproachtocounselling.Participantswilllearnhowtoapplytheskillstochangenegativethinkingpatternstohelpmanageemotionalstatessuchasdepression,anxiety,angerandstress.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Introduction to Social Psychology
OLE0631
Paul Marshall,BSc,MSc
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 15 January
Thiscoursewilldiscusstopicssuchas‘Self-Awareness’,‘UnderstandingOthers’,‘AttitudeChangeandPersuasion’,‘Conformity,ComplianceandObedience’,‘AggressionandViolence’,‘Altruism’,and‘InterpersonalCommunication’.Groupdiscussionwillplayalargepartinthelearningprocess.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
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Creative Writing
Adaptations for the Screen
OLE0010
Csilla Toldy,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 14 January
Duringthiscoursewewilllookatdifferentadaptationsofstories,discussinghowfilmscanreflectsocialvaluesandchangesinattitudes.Participantswillbeencouragedtodevelopafilmadaptationideaoftheirownchoice.CsillaToldyisafilmmaker.Formoreinformationgotowww.csillatoldy.com
RecommendedTextbook:The Classic Novel from Page to Screen,RGiddings(ManchesterPress).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Creative Filmmaking
OLE0606
Csilla Toldy,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
5 fortnightly sessions on Saturdays 11.00 am to 3.00 pm, starting 29 September
Thiscourseisaboutthecreativeprocess–observation,visualisation,intuition,self-exploration,emotionalresponse,inspiration,aesthetics,meaning,impact,purposeandculturalcontext.Itisaboutwhatstudentswanttoexpressasfilmmakers,todevelopshortfilmprojectideas,andanexplorationofvariousfilmstructuresandforms.CsillaToldyisafilmmaker.Formoreinformationgotowww.csillatoldy.com
RecommendedTextbook:Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out,JDannenbaumetal(SimonandSchuster).
Limit 16 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Creative Writing for Enthusiasts
OLE1478
Bernadette Beckett,BEd,MBA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
‘Thepenismightierthanthesword’.Isthekeyboardmightierstill?Atsometimeinourlivesweallhaveanurgetowrite–-familystories,poetry,ajournalaftertrauma,ablockbusternovel!Findawarmwelcomeatthisclassandfinetuneyourwritingskills.Improveself-expression,buildwordpower,developthecraftofwritingandexplorethecurrentclimateofpublishing.
RecommendedTextbook:Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook 2012(A&CBlack,London).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Developing Your Writing Skills
OLE1394
Paul Clements,CertinJournalistsProficiency
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thisexercise-basedcoursewilllookatcreativeengagementwiththelanguage,howtobuildwordpowerandwritecreatively;itwilllookatwritingintroductionsandendingsandhowtoachieveemphasiswritingthem.Wediscusstransitionsinwritingandhowwritersbridgedifferentthemeswithintheirworktoensurecontinuity.Othertopicswillinvolveexercisesinwritingaboutspecifics(e.g.objectswillbebroughtalong),andwewillspendtimerewriting,revisingaswellaslookingateditingtechniques,proofreading,andtheimportanceofreadingandwritingcritically.Wewillconsiderexamplesofprosewritinganddiscussthese.Studentsmaybringalongtheirworkinprogress–eitherfictionornon-fiction–fordiscussion.
RecommendedTextbook:Oxford Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms,ASpooner(OxfordUniversityPress).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Film Journalism
OLE1593
Carol Murphy,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm starting 25 September
Theaimofthecourseistotakealookatthetoolsandmethodsofhowtoreadfilms,howtocontextualisefilms,howtowriteaboutfilmswithyourparticularaudienceinmindandhowtoplaceyourselfwithintheindustryasafilmjournalist.Withakeeneyeonthechangingshapeofthefilmindustry,thecourseacknowledgestheneedtobeentrepreneurialinmakingtheindustryworkforyouwithinthenicheworldofthefilmjournalist.Withworkshops,screenings,interviewpractice,groupandindividualtutorials,minipresentationsandtheclosestudyofcasestudiesthisclasspromisestobeanexcitingspring-boardfortheaspiringfilmjournalist.
RecommendedTextbook:The Cinema Book,PCook(BFI).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Freeing the Writer Within: How to Write a Novel
OLE1682
Brenda Liddy, PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
Everyonehasanovelinthem.Overthetenweeksyouwillbetaughthowtostartwritingyournovel/shortstory.Youwilllearnhowtodevelopyourwritingstyleandhowtogetthebasicsright.Youwilllearnhowtoformgoodwritinghabits,suchasperseverance,determination,self-organisation,resilience,confidenceandhowtofindapublisher.
RecommendedTextbook:Writing Down The Bones, NGoldberg(Boston:ShambalaPress2010).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Freeing the Writer Within: Plotting and Character
OLE1683
Brenda Liddy, PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thiscoursewillfocusonplottingandcreatingcharacters.Youwilllearnhowtowriteaplotsynopsis,andhowtostructureyournovel.Youwilllearnhowtocreatevividcharacters,howtoavoidstereotypesandhowtousedialogueeffectively.Finally,youwilllearnhowtocreateasuitablesettingandhowtocreatemoodandatmosphere.Therewillalsobeasessiononfindinganagentandpreparingyourmanuscriptforpublication.
RecommendedTextbook:The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction and Non Fiction, and Getting it Published,PatKubis(Longman).
Limit:2010CATSPoints(Level1)
How to Make a Short Film
OLE1597
Carol Murphy,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Theaimofthecourseistolearnthroughcollectiveworkshopsandscreeningshowtowriteashortfilmintermsofcraftingstory,characterandstructure;tolearnaboutwritingsynopsis,treatments,logandtaglines;tolearnhowtoformatascreenplaywiththesametoolsascanbeappliedtofeaturefilmwriting;topreparethescriptformakingfundingapplicationsintheUKandinIreland;toaddresstheprocessofmovingintopre-production,productionandpost-production;tolookathowtoplanyourmarket,festivalanddistributionstrategy;toplanhowtouseyourfinishedfilmasacallingcardforyournextfilmprojectand/orpaidworkasawriter/directororwithinproductioninthefilmindustry.
RecommendedTextbook:Alternative Script Writing,KDancygerandJRush(FocalPress).
Limit: 16 10CATSPoints(Level1)
How to Write for Profit and Pleasure
Alf McCreary, BA
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
A one-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0272Saturday 10 November, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0273Saturday 26 January, 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Theaward-winningjournalistandauthor,AlfMcCreary,shareshisexperienceofwritingforpersonalprofitandpleasure,andhealsooutlineshowpeoplewithlimitedornobackgroundinwritingcanbehelpedtoturntheirideasintoprint.Thisisaninformative,enjoyableandsuccessfulcoursebyanexperiencedprofessionalof40yearsstanding,whowillcoverthemajoraspectsofcreativewriting,editing,andpublishing.
RecommendedTextbook:2012 Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook (A&CBlack).
Limit: 16
Be an early bird and enrol well in advance!
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Learning About Writing and Publication
OLE1656
Marina McDonnell, BA,MA,PGCE
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Usingadvicefromsuccessfulauthorsandexamplesoftheirpublishedwork,thiscoursewillguideaspiringwritersthroughthemanygenresofwriting:novels,shortstories,screen-writing,memoirs,featurewriting,amongothers,toestablishtheirkeyelements.Opportunitiestoexperimentwitheachtypeofwritingwillbeprovidedinaworkshopenvironmenttoenablestudentstofindtheirpreferredstyle.AuthorsincludeWillyRussellforplayscripts;TheCoenbrothersforfilmscripts;MichaelMcLavertyforshortstories;JKRowlingfornovels.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Novel Writing, I
OLE0007
Kathleen Quinn, BA,MAT,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 27 September
Thiscoursefocusesonhowtostart(orre-start)writinganovel.Wewillfocuscomponentontopicssuchascharacter,plot,pointofview,andform.Wewillalsodopracticalwritingexercisesineachclass,andstudentswillhaveampleopportunitytogiveandreceivefeedbackontheirwriting.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Novel Writing, II
OLE0008
Kathleen Quinn, BA,MAT,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 17 January
Thiscoursewillencourageanddeepentheskillsofallwritersinterestedinwritinganovel.Itisforthosebeginningtowriteanovelandthosewhohavealreadyproducedpartofanovel.Theonlyprerequisiteisaloveofstoriesandaloveoflanguage.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Travel Writing: Creative Writing
OLE1128
Paul Clements,CertinJournalistsProficiency
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
Discoverhowtoexploreandwriteaboutnewplacesaswellasrevisitingfamiliarplaceswithneweyes.Thiscoursewillfocusonhowtodescribeajourney,createmoodandatmosphere,andbringalandscapeorcityscapealive.Wewilldiscusshowtoavoidclichésandtravelese,andconsiderpracticaltipstohelpgetyourworkpublished.Formoreinformationgotowww.paulclementswriting.com
RecommendedTextbook:Blue Highways,WLeastHeat-Moon(Little,Brown&Company).
Limit: 2010CATSPoints(Level1)
Ways Into Writing
OLE1641
Louise McIvor,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thisisafollow-oncoursetothesuccessfulcourse‘WaysintoWriting’offeredinJanuary2012.Wewillexplorefurtherprosefictionwritingskills,includingdevelopingcharacters,achievingabalancebetween‘showing’and‘telling’andhowtouseresearchtoaddauthenticitytoyourwork.Wewillalsoexploreeditingskills.Studentswillbeencouragedtowriteinasupportiveworkshopenvironment.Newmembersaremostwelcome.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Ways Into Writing, Beginners
OLE1433
Louise McIvor, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
Abeginners’classwhichwillsetoutthebuildingblocksforwritingfiction,includingcreatingbelievablecharacters,howtostructureyourwork,the‘brushstrokes’ofsettinganddescriptionandwritingdialogue.Wewillalsolookattheimportanceofgettingintoawritingroutineandkeepingawriter’snotebook.Studentswillbeencouragedtowriteinasupportiveworkshopenvironment.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Creative Writing 27
Writing About Nature: Creative Writing
OLE1129
Paul Clements,CertinJournalistsProficiency
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Thenaturalworldisarichsourceofinspirationforwriters.Thiscourseexplorestherangeofpossibilitiesinnaturewritingandconsidershowtomakeyourownwriting–whetherfictionornon-fiction–comealive.Wediscusshowauthorsrecord,observeandportraynature,andwewillstudytheformbylookingattheirstyleandinhalingsomeperceptions.Formoreinformationgotowww.paulclementswriting.com
RecommendedTextbook:A Brush with Nature,RMabey(BBCBooks).
Limit: 20
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Writing Fiction
Martin Tyrrell,BA,MSc,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1237Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1363Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Thiscourseisaimedatbothbeginnersandpeoplewithsomeexperiencewritingfiction.Itwillfocusontheshortstoryformbutwillalsoconsiderthenovella,thenovelandlifewriting.Topicscoveredwillinclude:characterisation,plot,dialogueandnarrativevoice.Classeswillcombineteaching,practicalwritingexercisesand,mostimportantly,workshopsessionswithstudentsencouragedtoreadandcritiqueeachother’swork.
Textbook:Birthday Stories, HMurakami(Vintage).
Limit: 1610CATSPoints(Level1)
Writing for a Creative Life
OLE1635
Stan Papenfus,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Ourpersonaljourneyinvolvesmovingfromreactivebondagetocreativefreedom.Learnhowtoengageinthistransitionand,bykeepingaPersonalLifeBook.Becomethepersonyoualwaysknew,deepdownyoucouldbe.Learntowriteforthesakeoflivingafree,wholeandcreativelife.Seewww.thelivingway.info
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Writing Historical Fiction
OLE1603
Heather Richardson,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm starting 27 September
Historicalfictionisahugelypopulargenre,andinrecentyearsmanyprestigiousliteraryawardshavebeenwonbyhistoricalnovelssuchasHilaryMantel’sWolf HallandJosephO’Connor’sStar of the Sea.ThiscoursecombinespracticalcreativewritingactivitieswithanalysisofrecentworksofHistoricalfiction.Studentswillalsolearnhowtoresearchthehistoricalbackgroundtotheirwork,andtousehistoricaleventsandcharacterstogeneratenewideas.
RecommendedTextbook:Searching for the Secret River,KGrenville(Canongate).
Limit 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Cultural Studies
China and the World
Gerry Cleary, PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1633Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1634Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Chinahasemergedasabigplayerintheworld.Toappreciatewhyweneedtoknowmoreaboutitsuniquecivilisationandculture.ThiscourseexaminestheevolutionofChina’suniquethinkingover2000yearsandalsosamplesitsrichculture.ThecourseshowshowChinainthepastwasnotalwaysisolatedfromtherestoftheworldandillustrateshowitgaveusmanygifts(includingprintingandthewheelbarrow!).ButwealsoseehowtheworldprofoundlyalteredChinawithits‘gifts’includingCommunism.ThecoursealsoshowshowmuchChinaispartoftherestoftheworldbydealingforexamplewiththeChineseDiaspora.IntheUKalonethereareover250,000ethnicChinese.FinallyweexaminehowChinaisflexingitseconomicandpoliticalmusclesintheworldtoday.Wecan’tignoreChinabecauseitcertainlyisnotignoringus!
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Exploring the History of Languages
OLE1619
Paul Tempan,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Wheredidwordslike‘cairn’and‘quarry’comefrom,andhowdotheyrelatetoIrish‘carn’ortheCarpathianMountains?Thiscourseintroducesstudentstohistoricallinguistics,focusingontheEnglishandIrishLanguages,butalsolookingatothermembersoftheGermanicandCelticlanguagefamilies,aswellasthebroaderIndo-Europeanfamily.NopriorknowledgeofIrishisrequired,butafamiliaritywiththeEnglishspokeninIrelandandsomeplacenameswouldbehelpful.
RecommendedTextbook:The Stories of English,DCrystal(Penguin).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Cultural Studies 29
Indian Culture: An Audio Visual Introduction
Paul Joseph Richard, BA,MA,MPhil,MBA
Fee £33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1259Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1640Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
Indiaispossiblythemostdiversenationintheworld.Asoneofthefastestemergingeconomiestoday,itoffershugepotentialforbusinessestoo.Thisexcitingtimepresentsuswithanopportunitytomovebeyonditscuisineandcelebrities,andtolearnandappreciatetheirculture.Learnfromtheauthor’snativepersonalexperiencethe‘soft’powerofIndianCulture(Colours,Creeds,Codes,Customs,Caste,Cinema,Cricket,andCelebrations).Youwillalsolearnaboutattitudes,beliefs,assumptions,worldviews,andvaluesthatmakeIndianswhotheyare.Thefinalsessionwillincludeacookerydemonstrationandaspicydinner*.ThecourseaimstohelpyoudevelopapositiveappreciationforanIndianculturalexperience.*Additional fees apply.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Irish Placenames and Surnames
OLE1662
Paul Tempan, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
HowdidplacenameslikeAnnaghbeg,Shankill,CarlingfordandMountjoyoriginate?Thecoursewillcoveravarietyoftypesofplacenames,includingtownsandcities,townlands,ancientmonuments,mountainsandrivers.WewilllookatthevariouslanguagesinwhichIrishplacenameshavebeencoined,particularlyIrish.InadditionwewilldedicatethreeclassestoexamineIrishnamesandsurnames.AworkingknowledgeofIrishisanadvantage.
RecommendedTextbook:Celebrating Ulster’s Townlands,KMuir(UlsterPlace-NameSociety).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Small Island: Irish Literature and History, 1930-1960
OLE1692
Tess Maginess, BA,MA,PhDCathal McManus, BA,MA
Fee:£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 14 January
Irelandintheperiod1930-1960,hasfrequentlybeenportrayedbybothhistoriansandliterarywritersasaperiodofrepression,insularityandstagnationandyetwasalsoaperiodofenergeticliteraryactivity.Thiscoursewillexaminetheinterplaybetweenhistoryandliteratureandwillconsidertheevidenceforandagainstsuchnegativecategorisationsoftheperiod.Theassessmentsofhistoriansandcommentatorswhofirstchartedthese‘lost’yearswillbedrawnuponandmorerecentre-examinationsoftheperiodwillalsobeconsidered.Inthisperiod,inveryprofoundandexcitingways,historythrowslightsonliterature,literaturethrowslightonhistory.
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
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The Culture of Ulster Protestants: What is it?
OLE1653
Maureen Hurndall, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 27 September
TheUlsterProtestantcommunityisquiteadiverseone.Itcanencompassanythingfrom BandParadestotheGospelHalls,fromUlsterScotstoUlsterGaelic,andfromtheuniqueworking-classcultureoftheshipyardstoIrishLeaguesoccer.Politically,throughthepastcentury,itsmembersweretobefoundinallpoliticalparties.Thiscourseinvestigateswhatconstitutesanddistinguishesthisuniquecommunity.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Placenames and Surnames of Ulster
OLE1652
Maureen Hurndall, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
Fewsubjectsdrawustotheminthewaythatthoseconcerningourselvesdo.Whetheritbethedistricts,townlandsandstreetnamesweutterseveraltimesaday,orourproudfamilynames,whichindicatetheplacesandtheoccupationswecomefrom,ourquestforourrootsisnever-ending.Comeandjointhesupportiveenvironmentofthoseengagedonthesamejourney.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
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Environment
Birds of the Grey Wind
OLE0112
Ivor McDonald, DA,ATD
Fee£64.00(concessionrate£57.00)
New Year 2013
5 fortnightly sessions on Thursdays 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January and 5 full-day field trips (on Sundays starting 20 January)
Asthedayslengthen,ourcountrysideisfilledonceagainwiththesongsofourresidentbirdsastheyprepareforthebreedingseasonahead.WinteringwildfowlwhichhaveenhancedourestuariesandwetlandsareinpeakconditioninreadinessforthelongflightbacktotheArctic.Wildlifeaboundsasthedarkdaysofwintergivewaytotheverdantpromiseofspring.Thelecturesandfieldtripswillprovideaninsightintoavariedrangeofhabitats.
15CATSPoints(Level0)
Built Heritage: The Urban World
OLE1688
John HarknessBA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 17 January (8 class room based and 2 field trips on 31 January and 7 February
Thiscourseisaimedatprovidinganunderstandingofurbanissuesanddeterminingtheessentialqualitiesofvibrantandsuccessfulareasofcities/towns.Someofthebasicquestionsweintendtoaddressare-‘Whydopeoplechosetoliveinurbanareas?’,‘Whatarethekeyelementsforsuccessfulurbanareasandsuccessfulurbanregeneration?’,‘Howcanwedevelopbroaderunderstandingofthesekeyelements?’,‘Howcanthesekeyelementsbeadoptedbygovernmentandstatutorybodiesandbecome‘enshrined’inPlanningpoliciesandlegislation?’
Thecoursewillincludefieldtrips,casestudies,personalaccountsanddiscussions/debates.
Textbook:The Life and Death of Great American Cities,JJacobs(Vintage).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Built Heritage: The Rural World
OLE1664
John HarknessBA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 27 September (8 classroom based and 2 field trips on 11 October and 18 October
Thiscourseaimstoprovideanunderstandingofruralissues.Weintendtofocusonruralbuildingsintermsoftheirdesignandtheircultural,aesthetic,social,economicandhistoricrelevance.Someofthebasicquestionsweintendtoaddressare-'Whydopeoplechosetoliveinruralareas?','Howdoestheruralcommunity,andagriculture,contributetotheeconomyasawhole?''Howcanwepreserveourruralheritage?'Thecourseincludesfieldtrips,casestudies,personalaccountsandvariousdiscussions/debates.
Textbook:The Life and Death of Great American Cities,JJacobs(Vintage).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Our Changing World: The Geological History of Ireland and the UK
OLE1116
Kirstin Lemon, BSc,PhD
Fee£76.00(concessionrate£64.00)
Autumn 2012
5 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September and 3 half-day workshops on Saturdays 6, 13 and 27 October
This course is based at Marble Arch Caves.Ourworldhasundergonemajorchangesinits4600millionyearhistory;fromsearingdesertstoicywastelandsandeverythinginbetween.Nowhereisthismoreevidentthanintherockrecord,wherecluestoourworld’spastarethereforalltosee,ifyoujustknowwheretolook!ThiscoursewilllookatthevariouspastenvironmentsthatIrelandandtheUKhavewitnessedthroughgeologicaltimewithparticularreferencetothosefoundinandaroundtheMarbleArchCavesGlobalGeopark.ThecoursewillinvolveclassworkandseveralfieldvisitstositesinandaroundtheMarbleArchCavesGlobalGeopark.
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonThursday18October)
The Sky’s Their Highway
OLE0108
Ivor McDonald, DA,ATD
Fee£64.00(concessionrate£57.00)
Autumn 2012
5 fortnightly sessions on Thursdays 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 4 October and 5 full-day field trips (on Sundays starting 7 October)
Asthemellowwarmthofautumngiveswaytothestarknessofwinter,shimmeringnecklacesofgeesefilltheskyandsmallbirdsseekfranticallyforfoodinthegatheringdusk.Thecoursewilldealwiththesurvivalstrategiesofawiderangeofspecies,andincludefieldtripswhichwillbetoavarietyofhabitatsatoptimumtimes.Travelisnotincludedinthecost.
15CATSPoints(Level0)
First Aid
Practical First Aid
Frances Sanderson, BasicFirstAidCert
Fee£33.00(noconcession)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0276Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0277Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 31 October
New Year 2013
Group 3 OLE0278Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
Group 4 OLE0279Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 20 February
TheBritishRedCrosswilldeliverthePracticalFirstAidcourseover5weeks.ThecoursewillprovidetheparticipantswithknowledgeofCPR(cardio-pulmonaryresuscitation).Theparticipantwillalsoreceivetrainingonhowtodealwithbleeding,burnsandfracturesaswellasanumberofminorandmajorillnesses.ThiscourseiscompetencybasedwithcontinuousassessmentandaBritishRedCrosscertificatewillbeissuedtosuccessfulcandidatesoncompletion.
RecommendedTextbook:First Aid Manual, 9th Edition,(DorlingKindersley).
Limit: 125CATSPoints(Level0)
History and Politics 33
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History and Politics
A Decade of Centenaries: Key Themes and Issues
OLE1679
Cathal McManus, BA,MA
Fee:£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Theperiodbetween1912and1922wasadefiningmomentformodernIrelandandNorthernIreland.Ithelpedtoshapethesocial,politicalandculturalidentitiesofthepresentday.Thiscourseisdesignedtoofferstudentsabetterunderstandingofthekeyhistoricaleventsthatwillberememberedbyanalysingtheircausesandconsequencesandwillcoversuchtopicsas:TheUlsterCovenant;WorldWarI;1916Rising;Anglo-IrishWar;Partition;1921TreatyandtheIrishCivilWar.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
A History of Modern Britain, 1603-2003: Part 1 – Crown and Commonwealth, 1603-1688
OLE1164
Ronnie Hanna,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January
Thefirstpartof‘AHistoryofModernBritain,1603–2003’,focusesonthedramaticeventsoftheseventeenthcenturywhenthekingdomsofEnglandandScotlandwereunited,themonarchyoverthrownandthenrestored,andthenthethreatofabsolutistruleavertedbytheGloriousRevolution.Aswellasanalysingevents,thecoursewillalsopaydueacknowledgementtothegreatpersonalitiesoftheage,suchasArchbishopWilliamLaud,OliverCromwellandCharlesII.Whilesocialandeconomicdevelopmentswillnotbeignored,thelecturermakesnoapologiesforfocusingonthepolitical,religiousandmilitaryconflictthatshapedtheStuartcentury.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
(NoclassonMonday18March)
A History of Modern Britain, 1603-2003: Part 3 – Britain’s Century, 1815-1914
OLE1607
Ronnie Hanna,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 27 September
Part3oftheHistoryofModernBritaincoversthecenturywhenBritishpower–economic,militaryandpolitical–wasatitszenith,rulinganempirethatcoveredafifthoftheearth’ssurfaceandcontainedaquarterofitspeople.Thiswasaneraofchange,withtheextensionofthefranchise,theemergenceoftheworkingclassandtheprogressofsocialreform.ItwasalsothegoldenageofEnglishliterature,exemplifiedbythelikesoftheBrontes,DickensandHardy,andaperiodwhensomeofthe‘giants’ofBritishhistorystrodethenational,andinternational,stage:Wellington,Peel,Disraeli,Gladstone,andthewomanwhogavehernametotheage,Victoria.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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A History of the USA, 1601-2001: Part 3 – Slavery, War and Wealth, 1783-1914
OLE1609
Ronnie Hanna,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 14 January
ThethirdpartoftheHistoryoftheUSAlooksatthegrowthandexpansionoftheUnitedStatesintheperiodbetweentheendoftheWarofIndependenceandtheoutbreakoftheFirstWorldWar.ItwasacenturydominatedbythequestionofslaverywhichcouldonlyintheendbesettledbythebloodyCivilWarof1861–65.Evenbeforethatevent,Americawasintheprocessofbecomingoneoftheworld’sleadingeconomicpowers,aprocessnowacceleratedbytheendofhostilitiesandfuelledbycontinuingimmigration.Asthetwentiethcenturydawned,theUnitedStateswasreadytochallengethenationsoftheOldWorldforinternationalsupremacy.
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
As British as Finchley?: The Thatcher Government in Northern Ireland
OLE1600
Matthew Okot,BA,MA
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 27 September
ThiscoursewillexaminetheThatchergovernment’sconstitutionalandsecuritypolicesinNorthernIreland,aswellasitsadministrationofdirectrule.WewilllookathowandwhyMrsThatcher’spoliticalconvictionsweresidelined,infavourofapragmaticapproach,whichreflectedtheexistingparametersofBritishpolicy,withregardtodevolution,Anglo-Irishsecurityco-operation,Ulsterisationandpublicsectorspending.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Aspects of Belfast’s History
Raymond O’Regan, BA,CertAdmPR,TTCAED
Fee£20.00(noconcession)
A one-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0033Saturday 29 September, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0230Saturday 23 March, 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
Thegrowthof‘modern’BelfastbeganwithSirArthurChichesterwhoin1603wasgivenlandincludingBelfastforhispartinthedefeatoftheUlsterGaelsintheNineYears’War.ThisfieldtriparoundcentralBelfastwilltellthestory,throughthepeople,events,buildingsetcthatgotomakeupthehistoryofthecity.MeetatthefrontoftheCityHallat10.00am.
RecommendedTextbook:Hidden Belfast, RO’Regan(MercierPress).
Limit: 16
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History and Politics 35
Aung San Suu Kyi and the Struggle for Democracy in Burma (Myanmar)
OLE1648
Michael Kelly, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
On13thNovember2010AungSanSuuKyi,NobelLaureateandGeneralSecretaryoftheNationalLeagueforDemocracy(NLD),wasreleasedfromhousearrest.ThiscoursechartsthestrugglefordemocracyinBurmafromitsoriginsintheoppositiontoBritishcolonialrule,throughthetribulationsofindependence,the1962militarycoupandtheemergenceofthemilitaryjunta.AungSanSuuKyi’slifeisexaminedindetailandacriticalassessmentmadeofherphilosophyofnon-violenceandNLDleadership.Thekeyissuesandeventssuchastherevolutionof1988andtheelectionof1990areallexploredindepthinthecontextofBurma’scomplexpolitics,itsethnicandreligiousdivisions,theeconomyanddecadesofmilitarydictatorship.
Textbook:Aun San Suu Kyi and Burma’s Struggle for Democracy, BLintner(SilkwormBooks).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Belfast’s Important Citizens Throughout its 400 Years
OLE0539
John Bradbury,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
ThecoursewillcoverBelfast’sdevelopmentsinceitsinception,throughtheworkandinfluenceofitsimportantcitizens.Theaimofthecourseistochronologicallycoverthecity’sjourneyfromitsearliestdays,whilstobservingcitizensfrommanyspheresincludingindustry,science,theartsandarchitecture.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Builders of Belfast: A Walking Tour
OLE1736
Gerry Cleary,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A one-day walking tour on Saturday 6 October, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
BelfastwasthefastestgrowingcityintheUKattheendofthenineteenthCentury.AtonestageitgrewfasterthanChicago!Butwhowerethebuildersandwhatarethebestexamplesoftheirwork?Thiscourseusestheterm’builder’inthewidestsensetoincludearchitects,constructionfirmsanddevelopers.WewillwalkaroundcentralandsouthBelfastandvisitsomeofthemainexamplesofthebestofBelfastbuilders’workincludingCharlesLanyon’sQueen’sUniversityMainBuildingandAlfredBrumwellThomas’sBelfastCityHall.WewillalsolookattheworkofoneofthebiggestconstructionfirmsofthenineteenthCentury–HandJMartin,byvisitingtheirheadquartersontheOrmeauRoadandsomeofthestreetsaroundthis-allofwhichhavethedistinctiveHandJMartinstyle.Finally,wewilllookatsomeexamplesofwhathappenedwhendevelopers’planswentwrong!
MeetatthefrontentranceofQueen’sUniversity.TherewillbealunchbreakatQueen’s(lunchisnotincluded).Thetotalwalkingdistanceisapproximately2miles.
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Building the Brave New World: The Scots-Irish and Irish Contribution
OLE1644
Alister McReynolds, BEd,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
ThiscourseshallexaminetheimpactonreceivingcountriesofIrishandScotch-IrishmigrantsandinparticulardevelopmentsinGreatBritain,USA,Canada,SouthAmerica,NewZealandandAustralia.Lookingatboth,‘push’and‘pull’factorsandportraytheindividualsinvolved,wewillanalysecontemporaneouseventsasabackclothtotheseparticulardevelopments.Andwewilllookinbroadtermsattheconceptofcreating,‘society’andtheroleplayedin‘bighistory’eventssuchasTheAmericanCivilWar.
RecommendedTextbook:Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan,KMilleretal(OUPUSA).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Charles II and his Reign: Restoration, Plague and Fire
OLE1627
Robert Whan, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A one-day workshop on Saturday 29 September, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Deprivedofthisthronefor11yearsaftertheCivilWar,whichendedinhisfather’sexecutionin1649,CharlesIIwaswelcomedbacktoLondononhis30thbirthday.Thiscoursewillconsiderthemaineventsinthe‘MerryMonarch’s’lifeandreign.Wewillconsiderwhatpreciselywasrestoredin1660andwilllookattheseriesofkeyeventswhichoccurredduringtheRestorationera,includingtheGreatPlague(1665),theGreatFireofLondon(1666),therevelationsoftheso-calledPopishPlottomurdertheking,andtheattempttoexcludehisbrother,theCatholicconvert,James,fromthethrone.
Dealing with the Past: Truth, Justice and Healing
OLE1661
Maire Braniff,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Thisshortcoursewillexplorethewaysinwhich’DealingwiththePast‘transpiredinSpain,thecountriesoftheformerYugoslavia,SouthAfrica,LatinAmericaandNorthernIreland.Wewillconsiderhowthesecountriescontendwiththechallengesoftruth,justice,healingandpeaceintheaftermathofviolentconflict.
Textbook:Amnesty After Atrocity?,HCobban,(Paradigm2007).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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History and Politics 37
Heart of the Empire: Ulster’s Imperial and Anti-Imperial Tradition 1600-2000
OLE0858
Ronnie Hanna,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 24 September
ThiscoursestartsfromthepremisethattheBritish,asopposedtoEnglish,EmpirewasborninUlsterintheearlyseventeenthcentury,andproceedsfromthatpointtodemonstrateUlster’simportantandatthesametimeambivalent,placeinimperialhistory.FromthecolonialprocessinUlsteritself,throughemigrationtoAmerica,revolutionthereandtherebellionthateventpartlyinspiredhere,tothegoldenageofEmpireinthenineteenthcentury,thestorycomesfullcirclewithUlsterstandingtoday,intheeyesofsome,asBritain’slastcolony.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Industry, Famine and Political Division: Ulster in the Nineteenth Century
OLE1678
Cathal McManus,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 25 September
ThiscoursewillexplorethenatureoflifeinUlsterduringthenineteenthcentury.WewillexaminetheimpactofthepoliticalunionwithGreatBritainontheprovinceandanalysetheeffectsofindustrialdevelopment,famineandtheheightenedpoliticalandreligiousdivisionsofthetime.Akeythemeofthecoursewillbepresentingapictureofwhateverydaylifewaslikeforthosewhoshapedourpresent.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Investigating Your Family Tree
Gillian Hunt,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1183Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1184Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thisisthecourseforthosewhoalwayswantedtotracetheirfamilytreebutdidn’tknowwheretostart.Wewilllookatallthemainsourcesincludingbirth,marriageanddeathrecords;1901and1911censusreturns;wills,church,schoolandestaterecords,aswellasfocussingonwhatisavailableontheinternet.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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OLE1622
Robert Whan, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A one-day workshop on Saturday 24 November, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
JamesIIinheritedastrongpositionin1685butthreeyearslaterhisDutchnephew,WilliamofOrange,wasabletoousthimwithrelativeease.PlacingeventswithintheirEuropeancontext,thiscoursewillconsiderwhyWilliamwasabletosoeasilytoppleJamesfromhisEnglishthrone,andwillalsolookatthefarfrombloodlesseventswhichsubsequentlyoccurredinScotlandandIreland.WewillseektouncoverthetruthbehindthemuralsandwillaskwhatwereJamesII’srealpoliciesandambitionsandhowfarWilliamwasresponsibleforJames’sdownfall.Thecoursewillconcludebylookingatthereignofthejointmonarchs,WilliamandMary,andJamesII’slastyearsinexile.
John de Courcy and the Battle of Downpatrick, 1177
OLE1668
Steve Flanders, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
New Year 2013
A one-day workhop on Saturday 16 February, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Althoughthereisnoexactdateintherecords,mid-FebruaryisacloseapproximationtotheactualanniversaryoftheBattleofDownpatrick.Thisisaone-dayexaminationoftheoriginsandcareerofJohndeCourcy,comprisingfoursessionsillustratedbypowerpointpresentations.ThesewillfocusontheemergenceofthedeCourcyfamilyinNormandyandEngland;John’sownancestryandeventsduringhisearlylife,John’sarrivalinIrelandandthebattleitself;anassessmentofhistimeasrulerofmostofcountiesDownandAntrimasPrinceofUlsterandconcludingwithhiseventualdownfall.Questionsanddiscussionwillbewelcome.Forthelatestdetailspleasegotowww.ballynagarrick.net/sfol/index.htm
Medieval Ireland: From Saints and Scholars to the Flight of the Earls
OLE1588
Steve Flanders, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
CoveringaboutathousandyearsofIrishhistory,thiscoursewilltakeabroadapproachtoaspectsofIrishhistory.StartingwithCelticsocietyinthetimeofStPatrickitwillmoveontotheAnglo-NormaninvasionsandconquestsmarkingthebeginningofEngland’sinvolvementinIrishsocietyandthesubsequentperiodofsettlementandwarfareduringtheGaelicresurgence.ItwillconcludewithalookatTudoractivitiesinIrelandleadinguptotheNineYears’WarandtheendofmedievalIreland.Forthelatestdetailspleasegotowww.ballynagarrick.net/sfol/index.htm
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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On the Banks of the Lagan: A History of Life on the River
OLE1152
Valerie Goggin,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
TheRiverLagan’spotentialforrecreation,leisureandtourismhasnowbeenrealisedintheTitanicSignatureBuilding.Thishowever,contrastsdramaticallywiththeriver’sutilisationinourearlylinenandshipbuildingindustries.DuringthenineteenthcenturytheLaganwasalsoabusynavigationroutefromBelfasttoLoughNeagh,employingauniqueworkforceoflightermen,haulersandlockkeepers.FromthesourceoftherivertoitspastoralsceneryaroundShaw’sBridge,wewillfollowtheLagantoitsfinaldestinationinBelfast.ThiscoursewillfocusontheeconomicandsocialhistoryonthebanksoftheLaganduringtheeighteenth,nineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies,andwillacknowledgetheriver’scontributiontoourindustrialandculturalheritage.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Queen Anne
OLE1626
Robert Whan,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
New Year 2013
A one-day workshop on Saturday 9 February, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Portlyandplaguedbyprotractedillhealth,Anne,whowasalwaysconscientious,presidedoveranationexpandingmilitarilyandcommercially.HerreignalsosawthegrowthofpartypoliticsofarecognizablymodernkindandasaresultoftheAnglo-ScottishUnionof1707shewasthefirstmonarchofGreatBritain.WithherdeaththelineofStuartmonarchs,whohadruledEnglandsince1603andScotlandsince1371,cametoanend.ThiscoursewillconsiderAnne’searlylifeandherdesertionofherfather,JamesII,atacrucialpointinthe‘GloriousRevolution’,thesuccessfulEuropeanwar(1701-1713),thatwasconductedagainstLouisXIVofFrance,whichculminated400yearsagointhePeaceofUtrecht,thetensionsindomesticaffairsbetweentheAnglicanChurchanddissenters,andthequestionofwhowouldsucceedAnne.
Russian History and Civilisation: The Romanov’s Dynasty, 1613-1917
OLE1685
Angela Hunt, BA,MA,DELE
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThiscoursewillexaminethedramaticchangesthatPetertheGreatmadeinRussiainordertotransformitfromanAsianintoaEuropeanEmpire,includingtheriseofSt.Petersburg,andtheimportanceofCatherinetheGreat’sreigninthedevelopmentofRussiancultureandliterature.Thecoursewillusedifferentresourcesandmaterialstomakeitinterestingandstimulatingtolearnersbyusingsuchmeansasaudio,videoandcomputerbasedactivitiesalongwithbooksandothermaterials.
Limit: 16 10CATSPoints(Level1)
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So, You Still Want to be President? A Guide to the 2012 US Presidential Election
OLE1614
Ronnie Hanna, BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
Amixofhistoryandcurrentaffairs,thiscourseismodelledonthe‘SoYouWanttobePresident?’coursewhichchartedthehistoricObamavictoryin2008.ThiscourseseekstoexplaintheAmericanpresidentialelectionprocessbothbylookingatpastelectionsandkeepingthecurrentcampaignunderreview.WillObamaretaintheWhiteHouse?CantheRepublicansrallyroundtheirpresidentialnominee?AndjusthowdoesAmericaelectitschiefexecutive?TheseandotherquestionswillbeexploredastheAmericanpeoplegoonceagaintothepolls.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Ten Champions of Liberty
OLE1643
Alister McReynolds, BEd,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 18 January
Thiscourseshallportraythephilosophyandlifestoriesoftenindividualswhohave,throughtheirprinciples,communicatedandlivedoutcreativechangesinthewaypeoplethinkandactaboutfreedom.Thetenindividualsportrayed,oneeachweekinsomedetail,willbeasfollows:FrancisHutcheson,ThomasPaine,BenjaminFranklin,ThomasJefferson,MaryAnnMcCracken,LeoTolstoy,AbrahamLincoln,MahatmaGhandi,ElizabethCadyStanton,MartinLutherKing.Aswellaslookingattheimpactofeachindividualonhisorherown,thecoursewillalsoexaminetheirinterrelatednesse.g.theencouragementgiventoThomasPainebyBenjaminFranklin,MartinLutherKing’sindebtednesstoFrancisHutchesonandtheimpactofLeoTolstoy’swritingonMahatmaGhandi.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Battle for Palestine
OLE0212
Richard Irvine,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
BeginningwiththeTsaristpersecutions,thiscoursechartsthedevelopmentoftheclashbetweenZionismandPalestiniannationalism.Throughfivemajorwars,twouprisings,theNazigenocide,andtherealityofongoingterrorismandmilitaryoccupation,thiscoursediscussesthepoliticaldynamicsoftheconflictandtheperceptionsandlivedexperienceofthosecaughtwithinit.Emphasisinghumanrights,thiscourseshouldbeofinteresttoanyonewhowishestobegintounderstandwhythisconflictremainssointractable.
RecommendedTextbook:The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World,AShlaim(PenguinBooksLtd).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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History and Politics 41
The Churches in Irish Society
OLE1693
Cathal McManus,BA,MA
Fee:£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 15 January
ReligionandreligiousorganisationshavebeenanimportantpartofIrishsocietythroughoutitsmodernhistory.ThisshortcoursewillexaminethenatureofreligiousbeliefandpracticeinIrelandwithparticularfocusbeinggiventonineteenthandtwentiethcenturydevelopments.Wewillexploresuchcustomsandtraditionsaspilgrimagesandholysitesandexplorethesignificanceandsymbolismofeventssuchasthe1859revival.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Cold War
OLE1608
Ronnie Hanna,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thiscourseisacomprehensiveaccountofthedominanthistoricalandpoliticalfeatureofthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.ThiscoursechartsthecourseoftheglobalstrugglebetweentheFreeWorldandCommunism,arguingthatthiswasaconflictthatinfactpredatedtheSecondWorldWar.Highlightingkeyevents–suchastheBerlinblockade,theCubanmissilecrisisandtheStrategicDefenceInitiative–andkeypersonalities–suchasStalinandTruman,ReaganandGorbachev–wesurveytheseturbulentyearsfromthedroppingoftheIronCurtainacrossEuropein1945–46tothecollapseoftheSovietUnionin1991.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Protestant Working Class in Northern Ireland: Politics and Culture from ‘Pre-Troubles’ to ‘Post-Conflict’
OLE1385
Gareth Mulvenna,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
ThiscoursewillexplorethepoliticsandcultureoftheProtestantworkingclassinNorthernIrelandbyadoptingathematicapproach.ThecoursewillanalysesocialandpoliticalchangesandthemannerinwhichthesehaveshapedtheProtestantworkingclasscommunity.ItwillpaycloseattentiontohowtheProtestantworkingclasshavebeendepictedinnovelsandplaysbywriterssuchasGlennPatterson,GaryMitchell,SamThompsonandGrahamReid.ThecoursewillultimatelyprovideaclearpictureoftheProtestantworkingclassandthephenomenawhichhaveshapedthem.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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The Railways of Donegal, I: The County Donegal Railway
OLE1589
Steve Flanders,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
Anexaminationoftheconstruction,developmentandoperationoftheCountyDonegalRailway(CDRJC)fromitsopeningin1863toclosurein1960,includingthebranchestoKillybegs,Ballyshannon,Glenties,LetterkennyandDerry.Extensivelyillustrated,thecoursewillalsocoverthesteamlocomotives,petrolanddieselrailcars,passengerandfreightrollingstock,aswellasplansandproposalsforadditionalroutes.Passengerandfreightserviceswillbeconsideredandthecoursewillconcludewithanassessmentoftherailway’spositionatclosureand–briefly–moderneffortstopreserveandrestoreaspectsofthismuch-lovednarrow-gaugenetwork.Forthelatestdetailspleasegotowww.ballynagarrick.net/sfol/index.htm
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Railways of Donegal, II: The Lough Swilly Railway
OLE1591
Steve Flanders, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thiscoursewillexaminetheconstruction,developmentandoperationoftheLondonderryandLoughSwillyRailwayfromitsopeningin1863totheendofrailservices,includingthelengthyLetterkennyandBurtonportExtensionRailway.Extensivelyillustrated,thecoursewillalsocoverthesteamlocomotives,passengerandfreightrollingstock,aswellasplansandproposalsforadditionalroutes.Passengerandfreightserviceswillbeconsideredandthecoursewillconcludewithanassessmentoftherailway’spositionatclosureand–briefly–survivingfeaturesoftheoldlineandthemodernL&LSRasabusoperator.Forthelatestdetailspleasegotowww.ballynagarrick.net/sfol/index.htm
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Rise and Fall of the Byzantine Empire
OLE1590
Steve Flanders,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
ForalmostathousandyearsaGreco-RomancivilisationflourishedintheeasternMediterraneanwithstandingtheassaultsofdifferentpeoplesandparticipatinginthecrusadestocaptureJerusalemandtheHolyLand.Manyinternaldivisionswreckedthisextraordinarysurvivoralongwithfrequentexternalattacks.ThecoursewilltakeabroadsweepingviewofthisremarkableempireandtraceitstumultuoushistorytotheeventualfallofConstantinopletotheOttomanTurksin1453.Forthelatestdetailspleasegotowww.ballynagarrick.net/sfol/index.htm
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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History and Politics 43
Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
Be an early bird and enrol well in advance!
Twentieth Century Ireland: A Century of Change
OLE1691
Cathal McManus,BA,MA
Fee:£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscoursewillexplorethedynamicsofsocialchangeinIrelandduringthetwentiethcentury.Wewillexaminehowlifeontheislandhaschangedandwhyusingkeyhistoricalandanthropologicaltextsandthroughanexplorationofthekeyinfluencesoftheperiod:religion,politicsandeconomics.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
World War II: The Last Good War
OLE1604
Samuel Thompson, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
WorldWarIIisoftenregardedasastrugglebetweengoodandevil.Afterit,GermanandJapaneseleadersweretriedaswarcriminals,butweretheytheonlyonesguilty?ThecourseexaminessomeofthemostcontroversialaspectsofthewarincludingtheHolocaust,theRapeofNanjing,theAlliedbombingcampaignsandtheSovietinvasionofGermany,andaskswhetherjusticeorrevengewastheoutcomeofthewar.
RecommendedTextbook:All Hell Let Loose: The World at War ,1939-45,MHastings(HarperPress).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Languages
Arabic for Beginners
OLE1367
Nour-Eddine Khaoury, DEUG
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThiscoursecoversbothreadingandwritingArabic,forthosewhohaveneverlearntArabicbefore.ThecoursecontainsadetailedintroductiontotheArabicscriptandpronunciation;unitsteachingthebasicconstructionsofArabic;furtherunitsondialogues,readingpassages,notesoncultureandmoreadvancedfunctionsofArabic;afullsetofverbtables;anArabic-EnglishandEnglish-Arabicvocabulary;Arabicnumerals.
Textbook:Mastering Arabic 1,JWightwick&MGaafar(PalgraveMacmillan).
20CATSPoints(Level1)
Arabic for Improvers
OLE1639
Nour-Eddine Khaoury,DEUG
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedArabicforBeginnersorhaveagoodbasicknowledgeofthelanguage.ThecourseaimsatimprovingoralandwrittencompetenceintheModernStandardArabic.Thiscoursecoversfurtherunitsondialogue,readingpassages,notesoncultureandmoreadvancefunctionsofArabic;afullsetofverbtables;anArabic-EnglishandEnglish-Arabicvocabulary;Arabicnumerals.
Textbook:Mastering Arabic 1, JWightwick&MGaafar(PalgraveMacmillan).
20CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Chinese (Mandarin) for Beginners
OLE0574
Li Kuan, BA, BSc,PhD
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 8 October
ThiscourseisdesignedforpeoplewhowishtobeabletocommandsimpledailyconversationandtocommunicatewiththevastmajorityofChineselanguagespeakingpeopleeitheronholidayoronbusiness.Itisalsousefulforthosewhointendtoacquiresomebasicbutessentialknowledgeontheworkingofthelanguageasapreparationformoreadvancedstudy.ThecoursewillbemainlyconductedintheRomanizedtext,thoughsomeessentialexpressionswillbeintroducedinChinesecharacters.Nopreviousknowledgeofthelanguageisrequired.
Textbook:Colloquial Mandarin Chinese. The Complete Course for Beginners.NewEdition(Book&2CDs),KQian(Routledge).
20CATSPoints(Level0)(NoclassonMonday18March)
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French 1st Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0170
Maryvonne Le Roy, DEUG,BA,PGCE
Tuesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 25 September
Group 2 OLE0171
Maryvonne Le Roy, DEUG,BA,PGCE
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 25 September
Group 3 OLE0311
Amelie Rougeot,LicencedeFrançaisLangueÉtrangère
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
This20-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnFrenchforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:The French Experience I, MTBougard(BBCPublication).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)
French 2nd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0173
Maryannick Drapier,DEUGII,CertJournalism
Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0174
Maryvonne Le Roy,DEUG,BA,PGCE
Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September*
Group 3 OLE0714
Amelie Rougeot, LicencedeFrançaisLangueÉtrangère
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedFrench1stYearorwhohaveagoodbasicknowledgeofthelanguage.ThecourseaimsatimprovingoralcompetenceandperformancewithsomebasicwrittenworkandwillalsopresentanddiscussvariousaspectsoflifeinFrance.Topicswillberelatedtothesecondhalfofthetextbook‘TheFrenchExperienceI’.
Textbook:The French Experience I,MTBougard(BBCPublication).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
French 3rd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0175
Maryvonne Le Roy, DEUGII,CertJournalism
Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 25 September
Group 2 OLE0176
Sarah Toucas,MA
Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September*
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedFrench2ndyearorwhohaveagoodcommandofwrittenandspokenFrench.Allaspectsoflanguagelearningwillbetaughtandpractisedwiththeemphasisonthespokenword.
Textbook:The French Experience II,JPicard/MGarnier(BBCPublication).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
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French 4th Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0977
Maryannick Drapier, DEUGII,CertJournalism
Wednesdays 11.00 pm to 1.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE1110
Sarah Toucas, MA
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 25 September
Thiscourseisdesignedtobridgethegapbetweenthe3rdYearandtheLanguageClub.Anyonewithareasonablegraspofthelanguageiswelcome.Somenewgrammarwillbeintroduced,buttheemphasiswillbeonwideningthevocabularyandpractisingthelanguagewithinrealisticsituationsanddiscussionsbylistening,speaking,readingandwriting.
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)
French Language Club
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1489
Sarah Toucas,MA
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0177
Amelie Rougeot,LicencedeFrançaisLangueÉtrangère
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohaveaverygoodcommandofwrittenandspokenFrench.TheemphasisinclasswillbeonspokenFrenchandup-to-datenewspaperarticles,recordingsandoccasionalvideoclipswillhelptostimulatediscussions.
Limit: 1620CATSPoints(Level1)
French Pronunciation Clinic
Virginia Vicente,BA
Fee£30.00(noconcession)
Two half-day workshops
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1455
Wednesday 26 September and Wednesday 3 October, 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1677
Wednesdays 16 and 23 January, 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
PronounceFrenchwitharealFrenchflair!Inafunandrelaxedformat,you’llparticipateinspecialtargetedexercisesandreadingstoquicklyenhanceyourFrenchlanguageskills,vocabularyandtohelpshedyournativeaccent.Whetheryou’vetakenjustabitofbasicFrench,studieditincollegeorspentloadsoftimetryingtospeakinFrance,youwillimmediatelynoticepositiveresultsandfeelmuchmoreconfidentinteractingintheFrenchlanguage.
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French for Beginners
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
New Year 2013
Group 1 OLE0178
Maryvonne Le Roy,DEUG,BA,PGCE
Fridays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 18 January
Group 2 OLE0179
Amelie Rougeot,LicencedeFrançaisLangueÉtrangère
Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 14 January*
This10-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnFrenchforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:The French Experience I,MTBougard(BBCPublication).
Limit: 2010CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
German 1st Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0306
Barbara Boyle,MA
Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0295
Eva Dalton, BA
Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September*
This20-weekcourseisdesignedforstudentswithnopreviousknowledgeofGermanandwillbepacedaccordingly.WhetheryouwishtolearnGermanforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:Themen Aktuell I KursbuchandWorkbook,HAufderstrasse(MaxHueberVerlag,Munchen).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
German 2nd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1676
Barbara Boyle, MA
Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 24 September*
Group 2 OLE0235
Anna-Maria Arwanitaki, BA,MA
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedGerman1stYearorwhohaveagoodbasicknowledgeofthelanguage.ThecourseaimsatimprovingoralcompetenceandperformancewithsomebasicwrittenworkandwillalsopresentanddiscussvariousaspectsoflifeinGermanyandAustria.
Textbook:Themen Actuell I KursbuchandWorkbook,HAufderstrasse(MaxHueberVerlag,Munchen).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
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German 3rd Year
OLE0180
Anna-Maria Arwanitaki, BA,MA
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedGerman2ndYearorwhohaveagoodcommandofwrittenandspokenGerman.Allaspectsoflanguagelearningwillbetaughtandpractisedwiththeemphasisonthespokenword.
Textbook:Themen Aktuell II Kursbuch and Workbook,HAufderstrasse(MaxHueberVerlag,Munchen).
Limit: 2020CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
German Language Club: Intermediate
OLE0181
Mechthild Baxter,BA,PGCE
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Thiscourseisdesignedtobridgethegapbetweenthe3rdyearandtheadvancedlanguageclub.Anyonewithareasonablegraspofthelanguageiswelcome.Somenewgrammarwillbeintroduced,buttheemphasiswillbeonwideningthevocabularyandpractisingthelanguagewithinrealisticsituationsanddiscussionsbylistening,speaking,readingandwriting.
Limit: 16 20CATSPoints(Level1)
German Language Club: Advanced
OLE0182
Mechthild Baxter, BA,PGCE
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforpeoplewithagoodknowledgeofGermanwhowishtoattain,improveorkeepuptheirfluencyinthespokenword.WehopetokeepupthelivelydiscussionsontopicstakenfromGermannewspapers(supplied)inarelaxedatmosphere,interspersedwithdialogueandgrammarpractice.
Limit: 1620CATSPoints(Level1)
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German for Beginners
OLE0293
Barbara Boyle, MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
This10-weekcourseisdesignedforstudentswithnopreviousknowledgeofGermanandwillbepacedaccordingly.WhetheryouwishtolearnGermanforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:Themen Aktuell I KursbuchandWorkbook,(MaxHueberVerlag,Munchen).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Classical Greek Language Club
OLE0921
Geraldine O’Neill, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
IfyouhaveareasonableunderstandingofClassicalGreek,youarewelcometojointhisclass.Wewillcontinuewithgrammarexercisesbuttheemphasiswillbeonreading,translatinganddiscussingaliterarywork.ThisyearitwillbeoneofthemostcontroversialofGreektragedies,Euripides’Medeainwhichhatredandrevengearetakentotheextreme.
Textbook:Euripides’ Medea, with introduction, translation and commentary,JMossman(Aris&PhillipClassicalTexts).
20CATSPoints(Level1)
Italian 1st Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0183
Barbara Renzi, BA,MA,PhD
Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 24 September*
Group 2 OLE0184
Giada Mangiardi,BA,MA
Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September*
Group 3 OLE0185
Daniela Morroi, LaureainLingue,PGCE
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
This20-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnItalianforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisontheorallanguage.
ForGroups 1 and 2–studentswillbeprovidedwiththecoursematerial.
ForGroup 3–essentialtextbook:Contatti,MFreeth,CChecketts(Hodder&Stoughton).
20CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
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Italian 2nd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0186
Giada Mangiardi, BA,MA
Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0187
Barbara Renzi, BA,MA,PhD
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedItalian1styearorwhohaveagoodbasicknowledgeofthelanguage.ThecourseaimsatimprovingoralcompetenceandperformancewithsomebasicwrittenworkandwillalsopresentanddiscussvariousaspectsoflifeinItaly.
20CATSPoints(Level1)
Italian 3rd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0188
Maura Favretto,LaureainLingue,PGCE
Tuesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 25 September
Group 2 OLE0189
Giada Mangiardi, BA,MA
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedItalian2ndyearorwhohaveafairlygoodcommandofItalian.Therewillbetheopportunitytowidentheunderstandingandcomprehensionofthelanguagethroughabroadrangeofactivitiesincluding:readingarticles,conversation,listeningandcomprehension.
20CATSPoints(Level1)
Italian 4th Year
Maura Favretto, LaureainLingue,PGCE
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1675
Thursdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 27 September
Group 2 OLE1253
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Thiscourseisdesignedtobridgethegapbetweenthe3rdYearandtheLanguageClub.Anyonewithareasonablegraspofthelanguageiswelcome.ThecoursewilldeveloparoundasetoftopicstakenfromauthenticcurrentmaterialwithemphasisonthemodernaspectsofItalianlifeandculture.Alltheskills(reading,writing,speakingandlistening)willbeinvolvedintheteachingofeachtopic.
20CATSPoints(Level1)
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Italian Literary Club
Maura Favretto,LaureainLingue,PGCE
Fee £115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0190
Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE0191
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thecourseisaimedatstudentswithanadvancedknowledgeofthelanguagebothspokenandwritten.Italianliterarytextswillbestudiedintheoriginal,togetherwiththeculturalcontextinwhichtheywereproduced.
Limit: 18 20CATSPoints(Level1)
Italian for Beginners
Giada Mangiardi, BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
New Year 2013
Group 1 OLE0192
Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 17 January
Group 2 OLE0193
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 17 January
This10-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnItalianforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisontheorallanguage.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Latin for Beginners
OLE1141
Barbara Renzi, BA,MA,PhD
Fee £115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Latinisaneasylanguage.EnglishvocabularyispartlyderivedfromLatin.ThisisacourseforstudentswithnopreviousknowledgeofLatin.Theemphasiswillbeontranslationandgrammar.Wewillusethe Cambridge Latin Course 1aswellasadditionalphotocopiesandwatchclipsfromvariousDVDsforvaluableinsightsintotheRomanEmpire.
RecommendedTextbook:Cambridge Latin Course I, (CambridgeUniversityPress).
Limit: 1620CATSPoints(Level1)
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Latin 2nd Year
OLE0220
Geraldine O’Neill,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 24 September
Ifyoucompletedthe1styearLatincourseoralreadyhaveabasicknowledgeofthelanguage,thiscourseissuitableforyou.YouwillhavetheopportunitytobrushupandimproveyourLatinskillsaswellaslearningabouteverydaylifeandsocietyintheRomanEmpire.
Textbook:Cambridge Latin Course Book 2,(CambridgeUniversityPress).
20CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Portuguese Level 1
OLE0910
Virginia Vicente, BA
Fee £115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thecoursecoverssimpleeveryday-lifesituationsusingappropriateexercisestodevelopreading,writing,speakingandlisteningskillswiththemainemphasisonspeaking.Thecourseaimsatexpandingstudents’knowledgeofgrammarandgeneralvocabulary,andatallowingstudentsaninsightintoPortuguese-speakinglife,cultureandsocietythroughrole-playsandgroupactivities.
20CATSPoints(Level0)
Spanish 1st Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0194
Silvia Lamela,BSc
Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
Group 2 OLE0195
Ester Carrillo,BA,MA,PhD
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 3 OLE0196
Veronica Bisignano-Snoddy, DipEuropeanBusinessAdmin
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 27 September
Group 4 OLE1211
Silvia Lamela,BSc
Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 25 September
This20-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnSpanishforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:Pasos I, Course Book: A First Course in Spanish,RMartinandMEllis(HodderEducation3rdEdition).
20CATSPoints(Level1)
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Spanish 2nd Year
Ester Carrillo, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0197
Mondays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 24 September
Group 2 OLE0198
Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedSpanish1styearorwhohaveagoodbasicknowledgeofthelanguage.ThecourseaimsatimprovingoralcompetenceandperformancewithsomebasicwrittenworkandwillalsopresentanddiscussvariousaspectsoflifeinSpain.
Textbook:Pasos I, Course Book: A First Course in Spanish,RMartinandMEllis(HodderEducation3rdEdition).
Limit: 20 20CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Spanish 3rd Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0199
Ximena Arias-McLaughlin, BA,PGCFHE,MAEd
Mondays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 24 September*
Group 2 OLE0200
Ester Carrillo, BA,MA,PhD
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 27 September
ThiscourseisdesignedforstudentswhohavecompletedSpanish2ndyearorwhohaveagoodcommandofwrittenandspokenSpanish.Allaspectsoflanguagelearningwillbetaughtandpractisedwiththeemphasisonthespokenword.
Textbook:Pasos 2, Student Book: An Intermediate Course in Spanish,RMartinandMEllis(HodderEducation).
Limit: 2020CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
Spanish 4th Year
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0201
Sol Martin,BA
Mondays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 24 September*
Group 2 OLE1212
Veronica Bisignano-Snoddy, DipEuropeanBusinessAdmin
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thiscourseisdesignedasacontinuationto3rdyear(EquivalenttoASLevel).AnyonewithanupperintermediatelevelofSpanishorwhohascompletedouryear3iswelcome.Somenewgrammarwillbeintroduced,buttheemphasiswillbeonwideningthevocabularyandpractisinglanguageskills.Therewillbeplentyofopportunitiesfordiscussionsandactivitiestorevisethefourskills:listening,speaking,readingandwritingatthislevel.
Textbook:Pasos 2, Student Book: An Intermediate Course in Spanish,RMartinandMEllis(HodderEducation).
Limit: 1620CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
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Spanish Language Club: Intermediate
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
20 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0975
Sol Martin, BA
Wednesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 26 September
Group 2 OLE1213
Veronica Bisignano-Snoddy, DipEuropeanBusinessAdmin
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 25 September
ThiscourseisforstudentswithaloweradvancedlevelofSpanish(ALevelequivalent);forthosestudentsinterestedinimprovingtheirfourlanguageskillsthroughthestudyofSpanishandLatinAmericanlifeandculture.Thisclasswillincludeactivitiessuchas:readingup-to-datearticles,videos,grammarandpronunciationpractice,withafocusonimprovingyourspokenSpanish.
Limit: 1620CATSPoints(Level1)
Spanish Language Club: Advanced
OLE0203
Ximena Arias-McLaughlin,BA,PGCFHE,MAEd
Fee£115.00(concessionrate£69.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 25 September
ThiscourseisforstudentswithanexcellentcommandofSpanishatanadvancedlevel;fortrueloversofthelanguagewhoareinterestedinSpanishandLatinAmericanlife,literature,arts,cultureandcurrentaffairs.Therewillbeplentyofopportunitiestodiscussanddebateontopicalissues,readup-to-datearticles,watchfilmsandshortvideos,revisegrammarandimproveyourlanguageskills.
Limit: 16 20CATSPoints(Level1)
Spanish for Beginners
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
New Year 2013
Group 1 OLE0205
Silvia Lamela, BSc
Wednesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 16 January
Group 2 OLE0206
Sol Martin, BA
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 17 January
Group 3 OLE0207
Sol Martin,BA
Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 14 January*
This10-weekcourseisdesignedforbeginners.WhetheryouwishtolearnSpanishforpleasureorwork,thiscoursewillgiveyouasoundknowledgeofthebasicsofthelanguagesothatyouwillbeabletocommunicatesimplyandeffectivelyineverydaysituations.Alllanguageskills(speaking,listening,reading,writing,grammarandvocabularybuilding)willbepractised,withanemphasisonorallanguage.
Textbook:Pasos I, Course Book: A First Course in Spanish, RMartinandMEllis(HodderEducation3rdEdition).
Limit: 20 10CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
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Law
A Brief History of the Law: The Interesting Bits
OLE1650
Laura Hill,LLB
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Don’tknowyourMagnaCartafromyourHabeasCorpus?Areyouinterestedinthelaw,legalhistory,howthelawaffectsourlivesandourlanguage?WewillconsiderhowlawhasdevelopedfromRomanandMedievaltimestohowourlegalsystemisnowstructured.Wewillalsolookatthebasicprinciplesofcriminalandcivillaw.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
An Introduction to Intellectual Property Laws
OLE1698
Mark Hughes,LLB
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
Intellectualpropertylawisconcernedwithownershipofintangiblecreation,unlikerealpropertyitcannotbeheldorwalkedover.However,theownershipofitisasreal,andtransferable,asownershipofanyotherproperty.InlightofthenewphenomenaofITandinexpensiveintercontinentalcommunication,whatlegalissuesmightthispresentandhowmighttheybeovercome?
RecommendedTextbook:Modern Intellectual Property Law,CColston&JGalloway(Routledge).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Crime and Punishment
OLE1646
Karen Tilson,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscoursewillexamineOldBaileyrecordstoshowhowcrimeandpunishmenthaschangedovertime.Wewilllookatthehistorical,politicalandreligiousinfluencesonhowcrimewasdealtwith.Wewillassessformsofpunishment–transportation,deathpenalty,workhouse,ASBOS,restorativejustice.Andwewillaskquestionssuchas:Shouldlifeimprisonmentmeanlife?Whatisthepurposeofprison–punishmentorrehabilitation?Doesprisonwork?
RecommendedTextbook:Criminology, 2nd Edition,ECarribineetal(Routledge).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
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Criminal Law
OLE0886
John Stannard,BCI,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
Inthiscourseweshallbelookingatthebasicprinciplesofcriminallawandtherulesrelatingtothemaincriminaloffences,includinghomicide,assault,andtheft.Nopreviousknowledgeofthelawisrequired,butthosewhohavedone‘AnIntroductiontotheCriminalJusticeSystem’willbeatanadvantage.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Sentence of the Court
OLE1680
John Stannard,BCI,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January
Theaimofthiscourseistogivemembersofthegeneralpublicabird’seyeviewofthelawgoverningthesentencingofoffenders.Topicscoveredwillincludetheprinciplesofpunishment,thesentencingprocess,custodialandnon-custodialsentence,theyoungoffenderandtheprinciplesofrestorativejustice.Nopreviousknowledgeofthelawisrequiredorexpected,thoughthecoursemaybeofparticularinteresttothosewhohavedone‘AnIntroductiontotheCriminalJusticeSystem’.
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
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Leisure
Irish Céilí Dancing
Claire Hughes, TMRF,BSc,PhD
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0241
Mondays 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0242
Mondays 8.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January*
Thiscourseisaimedatthosewhowishtolearncéilídancing.Itisacourseforcompletebeginnersandalsoforthosewhowanttobrushupontheircéilídancingskills.Theclasswillbetaughtinaninformalparticipativeway.
Limit: 30(NoclassonMonday18March)
Lunchtime Yoga De-Stress
Suzanne Cromie,BA,YTTC
Fee £44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0687
Tuesdays 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0895
Tuesdays 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm, starting 15 January
Lunchtimeyogaclassesareaperfectwaytorevitalise,relaxandreleasetensioncausedbydailystressesintheworkplaceandhome.Thisconvenient60-minuteclasstargetstheneckandshouldersareathroughsimpleandeffectiveexerciseswhichgenerateahealingmovementintheareaandreleaseblockages.Wearclothesyoucanmoveinandbringayogamat.Formoreinformationgotowww.zenbu.co.uk
RecommendedTextbook:The New Book of Yoga,SivanandaYogaVedentaCentre(EburyPress).
Limit: 20
Tango Salón (Tango Argentino) for Beginners
Nikos Kyriakidis,BEng,MSc
Fee£85.00(concessionrate£52.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0892
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 27 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0893
Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thisisaclassforbeginnersaimingtodevelopthebasicelementsofcommunication,eleganceand‘seduction’betweenleader–follower,andtostudyindetailthefundamentalaspectsincaminadas,syncopation,ochos,giros,sacadasandbarridasamongothers.Uponcompletion,studentswillbeabletodemonstratedancingtotangomusicsmoothlyandinterpretitwithbasicroutines.
Limit: 24
Be an early bird and enrol well in advance!
Leisure 59
The History and Practice of Aran Knitting: Beginners'
OLE1595
Hilary Boyd,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 27 September
LearnaboutthehistoryofthefamousAranjerseyandthebackgroundmeaningtothenumerousstitchpatterns.Throughaseriesofsessionscombiningfolkloreandhistorywithhandsonknitting,wewillbuildanup-to-datelibraryofstitchswatchesinfluencedbyasenseofthepast.Basicknittingskillsareadequate.Materialslistandstitchpatternsareprovidedinweekone.
10CATSPoints(Level0)
The History and Practice of Aran Knitting: Improvers'
OLE1596
Hilary Boyd,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Buildupontheskillslearnedinlastterm’ssessionsbyexploringthetheoryandpracticalapplicationsofcombiningAranstitchestomakeamoreadvanceditemorgarment.Draftupyourowncombinationanddesignaschemeofworktotellastoryorjustbeaestheticallypleasing,beforestartingworkonyouruniquecreationbasedonanage-oldtraditioninIreland.
10CATSPoints(Level0)
Wine Appreciation: An Introduction
Alastair Bell, WSETDiploma,AIWS
Fee£70.00(noconcession)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0128
Mondays 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, starting 24 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0131
Mondays 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, starting 14 January
This5-weekcoursewilltakealight-heartedlookatwine,tastingapproximately35differentwines.Thecoursewilllookathowwineismadeandhowdifferentwine-makingtechniquesaffectstyles,particularflavoursofdifferentgrapes,whereeachisgrownandhowtoreadwinelabels.Wewillalsotakeabrieflookatwinewithfood,storingandservingwine.Studentsshouldbringtwowineglassesfortasting.
Limit: 36
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Wine Appreciation: A World of Wine
Alastair Bell, WSETDiploma,AIWS
Fee£70.00(noconcession)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0129
Mondays 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, starting 29 October
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0575
Mondays 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm, starting 18 February*
This5-weekcoursewilltakealight-heartedlookatwine,tastingapproximately35differentwinesfromaroundtheworld.Wewilltakealookatwhatishappeninginsomeofthe‘classic’areasofEuropeincludingFrance,ItalyorSpainaswellas‘NewWorld’samplesfromAustralia,NewZealand,SouthAfricaorSouthAmerica.WhilstitispreferablethatstudentshavecompletedtheIntroductioncourse,thisisnotessential.Studentsshouldbringtwowineglassesfortasting.
Limit: 36 *(NoclassonMonday18March)
Literature
A Truth Universally Acknowledged? Marriage, Men and Money in Austen
OLE1667
Elaine Crozier,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January
Nearly200yearsafterherdeath,JaneAusten,theunmarrieddaughterofaHampshireparson,continuestorankamongthetop100authors–worldwide.Throughexaminationandanalysisofarangeofcharactersandselectedscenes,courseparticipantswillacquireagreaterunderstandingofherwritingstyleandtheimportanceofmanners,behaviourandrankinRegencysociety.
Textbooks:UnabridgededitionsofPride and Prejudice; Sense and Sensibility; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Mansfield Park; and Persuasion,JAusten(PenguinPopularClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
A Warning to all Good Wives: Shakespeare’s Female Characters
OLE1666
Elaine Crozier,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
ParticipantswillgainawiderknowledgeoftherangeofrolesShakespearecreatedwithinhisplaysforwomen.Readingfromselectedscenesandlearningfromthejourneysmadebyseveralfemalecharactersfrombothhismajorandlesserknownworks,willhopefully,encouragefurtherreadingofShakespeare‘splays.Shakespeare,letitbeknown,canbefun!
Textbooks:UnabridgededitionsofMacbeth; Hamlet; Much Ado About Nothing; The Taming of the Shrew; Antony and Cleopatra; Romeo and Juliet; King Lear; The Merchant of Venice; Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night,WShakespeare(WordsworthClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Literature 61
Ancient Laughter: Roman Comedy and its Legacy
OLE1699
Rachel Kirk, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
TheRomansweren’tjustmastersofstatuesandslaves.TheyalsocraftedthemselvesastheforefathersofsuchcomedymasterpiecesasFrankieHowerd’sUp Pompeii.ThiscourseexploresthecharactersandconventionsofsomeRomancomediesbytheearliestRomanWriter,Plautus(254-184BC),beforeconsideringhowShakespeare,MolièreandmodernTVhavecontinuedthelaughterforcenturieswiththeirraucousadaptations.
Textbook:The Pot of Gold and Other Plays,Plautus/EFWatling(PenguinClassics).
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Beyond Slavery in America: A Literary Exploration
OLE1620
Kathleen Quinn, BA,MAT,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 15 January
ThiscoursewillfollowaliterarytimelinefromslaverytoCivilRightsinAmerica.WewillbeginwithHarrietBeecherStowe’s1852novel,Uncle Tom’s Cabin, thenmovetoHarperLee’sTo Kill a MockingbirdandToniMorrison’sBeloved.Wewillendwithtwonovelssetinthe1960s:SueMonkKidd’sThe Secret Life of BeesandKathrynStockett’sThe Help.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Continuing Cities: The Blackbird Bookclub
OLE1214
Tess Maginess, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£86.00(concessionrate£52.00)
Autumn 2012
15 weekly sessions on Mondays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 24 September
In this very significant year for the City of Belfast, we are being kindly supported by the Arts Council's, One City, One Book initiative, to host Continuing Cities - a special series of talks encompassing literature, music and the visual arts, celebrating the artistic heritage of the city. Look out for these in the Music and Visual Arts sections of this brochure.TheBlackbirdBookclubwilltracethegenesisofliteraryactivityinthecityandwillgoontochartthedevelopmentofliteratureinthenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.WriterstobeconsideredwillincludeLouisMacNeice,BrianMoore,GlennPattersonandDavidPark.Anumberofguestwritersandlecturerswillfeature,including:EamonnHughes,GeraldDawe,DamianGorman,MalachiO’Doherty,CiaranCarson,JohnBradbury,CathalMcManus,GlennPattersonandJohnGray.
15CATSPoints(Level1)
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Great Moral Issues in the Novel, Part 1
OLE1671
Adam Bargroff,BA,MA
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 25 September
Theartofthenoveloftenrevealsthewaysthatwemight–ormightnot–goaboutourlives.Throughlivelydiscussionwewillexplorehowmoralissuesgetplayedoutinnovelsfromdifferenthistoricalandculturalcontexts,includingauthorssuchasJaneAusten,GeorgeEliot,CharlesDickens,HenryJames,FyodorDostoevsky,OscarWilde,ErnestHemingway,HarperLee,GrahamGreene,IrisMurdoch,VladimirNabokov,ToniMorrison,JohnMcGahern,ChristosTsiolkas,andArundhatiRoy.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Great Moral Issues in the Novel, Part 2
OLE1672
Adam Bargroff,BA,MA
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 15 January
ThisisafollowonfromAutumn2012.Newstudentswelcome.Theartofthenoveloftenrevealsthewaysthatwemight–ormightnot–goaboutourlives.Throughlivelydiscussion,wewillcontinuetoexplorehowmoralissuesgetplayedoutinnovelsfromdifferenthistoricalandculturalcontexts,includingauthorssuchasJaneAusten,GeorgeEliot,CharlesDickens,HenryJames,FyodorDostoevsky,OscarWilde,ErnestHemingway,HarperLee,GrahamGreene,IrisMurdoch,VladimirNabokov,ToniMorrison,JohnMcGahern,ChristosTsiolkas,andArundhatiRoy.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
In Search of ‘The Great American Novel’
OLE1594
Linda McKeown, BSc,MA,PhD
Fee £58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 27 September
Thelistofcontendersforthetitleof‘GreatAmericanNovel’isalongone,butwhatmakesanoveltrulygreat?Jointhetutoronaliteraryexplorationofsomeofthosecontendersanddecideforyourself.TextswillincludeFitzgerald’sThe Great Gatsby,Steinbeck’sThe Grapes of Wrath, The RoadbyCormacMcCarthy,The Color PurplebyAliceWalker,As I Lay DyingbyWilliamFaulknerandEudoraWelty’sThe Optimist’s Daughter.
Textbook:The Great Gatsby,FSFitzgerald(PenguinPopularClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Literature 63
Literary Images: A Taste of Chicago
OLE1618
Kathleen Quinn, BA,MAT,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 25 September
ThiscoursewillexploresomeoftheliteratureofChicago.Non-fictionwillinclude:ErikLarson,The Devil in the White City.Fictionwillinclude:TheodoreDreiser,Sister Carrie; RichardWright,Native Son.andSandraCisneros,The House on Mango Street. Dramawillinclude:LorraineHansberry,A Raisin in the Sun. Wewillalsocoverselectedpoetry.Itwillexaminethehistoricalandculturalbackgroundsoftheworksstudied,movingusfromthe1893World’sFairtothecurrentday.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Owls, Pussycats and Ruined Choirs: The Many Arts of Poetry, Part 1
OLE0716
Tess Maginess,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
5 fortnightly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
Canyoutellyourpentameterfromyourbarometer?Anddoesitmatter?Whydowereadpoetryandwhymightwewanttowriteit?Dowelooktopoetryforcelebrationorconsolation,dowewritetocommunicatewithothers,toexpressourselvesor‘tosetthedarknessechoing’?Thisfortnightlycoursewillofferaguidetobothreadingandwritingpoetryandwillconsiderbothcomicandseriousexamples,demystifyingsuchknottypuzzlersasmetaphor,simile,paradox,persona,sprungrhythm,blankverse,enjambmentandirony.Participantswillbeencouragedtoproducetheirownworkfordiscussion.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Owls, Pussycats and Ruined Choirs: The Many Arts ofPoetry, Part 2
OLE0717
Tess Maginess, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
New Year 2013
5 fortnightly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscoursefollowsonfromtheAutumnserieswithnewpoemsunderdiscussion.Newparticipantsarewelcome.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
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Russian Literature and Civilisation: The Life and Work of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
OLE1686
Angela Hunt, BA,MA,DELE
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
ThecoursewilllookatthelifeandworkofthefamousRussianshort-storywriterandplaywrightAntonChekhovandwillexamineindetailhisfamousplaysUncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, The Cherry OrchardandThe Seagull.Studentswillbegivenin-depthknowledgeaboutthetechniquesthatChekhovusedforthefirsttimeinhisplaysandwhichmadehimworldfamous.ThecoursewillalsoexamineChekov’sinfluenceontheIrishplaywrightBrianFriel.Video,powerpointpresentationsandothermaterialswillbeusedduringthecoursetomakeitinterestingandcaptivatingforstudents.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The American Dream: Myth or Reality
OLE1647
Linda McKeown,BSc,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 17 January
TheideaofTheAmericanDreamofferedopportunityanddignitytotheoppressedoftheOldWorldandtheyflockedtotheUnitedStates.TheNewWorldwasheraldedasThePromisedLandand,eventoday,itsliteraturestillreflectsthehopesandaspirationsofthisheritage.ButhastheidealismofTheAmericanDreambeensustained?ThecriticGeorgeCarlinfamouslywrotethat‘it’scalledtheAmericandreambecauseyouhavetobeasleeptobelieveit.’Thiscoursewillexamineaselectionoftextsinwhichtheauthorsquestiontherelevanceofthe‘Dream’totherealitiesofAmericanlife.TextsfordiscussionincludeMildredTaylor’sRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryandIn Dubious Battle byJohnSteinbeck, The Invisible Man byRalphEllison, The House on Mango StreetbySandraCisnerosandPhilipRoth’sAmerican Pastoral.
Textbook:Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry,MDTaylor(PuffinModernClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Celtic Spirit and Literature
OLE1687
Grace Clunie, BA,MATess Maginess, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 27 September
MatthewArnoldspokeinthe1860sofhisdiscoveryofTheCelticSpirit.ButArnoldoffersonlyoneversion.ThiscoursesetsouttocelebratetherigorousandmanyfacetedCelticspirit.Inparticular,aspectsofCelticChristianidentity-therelationshipwiththeearth,hospitality,andthenomadicspiritWewillbeginbyexploringtheoriginsofaworldviewthatisyetdeeplyattachedtolocalplace.AndwewilllookattheCelticspiritthroughtheliteratureoftheearlyIrishClericpoets,theGaelicbards,theeighteenthcenturyAnglo-Irishantiquarians,thewritersofthe‘CelticTwilight’andmorecontemporarywriterssuchasFlannO’Brien,JohnMontague,PatrickKavanagh,andSeamusHeaney.
RecommendedTextbook:Where Three Streams Meet, SO’Duinn(TheColumbaPress).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Literature 65
The Northern Irish Short Story
OLE1658
Marina McDonnell,BA,MA,PGCE
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Giventhecurrentpopularityoftheshortstory,thiscoursewillintroducetheacknowledgedmastersofthegenrefromNorthernIreland:MichaelMcLaverty,BenedictKiely,LynnDoyle,AnnDevlin,BernardMacLavertyamongothers.Opportunitiestodiscussthekeyelementsoftheshortstorygenrewillbeprovidedinasupportiveworkshopenvironment.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Origins of Modern Fiction: The Novels of Ancient Greece and Rome
OLE1655
Helen Gilmore-McVeigh,BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm starting 24 September
Thiscourseexploresfictionbylookingbacktotheclassicalsourcesoftoday’spopularnovels.StudentswillbeintriguedbythelostloveandcourtroomdramaofChariton’sCallirhoe,movedbythepastoralromanceofDaphnisandChloe byLongus,drawnintothemagicalmysteryofHeliodorus’Ethiopian Story,andamusedbyApuleius’bawdytale,The Golden Ass,andmore!
RecommendedTextbook:Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion,HMorales(ed)(PenguinClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Two Ancient Greek Novels
OLE1660
Helen Gilmore-McVeigh, BA,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January
Followingonfrom‘TheOriginsofModernFiction:TheNovelsofAncientGreeceandRome’,thiscourseoffersadetailedstudyoftwooftheancientGreeknovelsintranslation.StudentswillexploretheintriguinglostloveandcourtroomdramaofChariton’sCallirhoe,andthemovingpastoralromanceofDaphnisandChloe byLongus.
RecommendedTextbook:Greek Fiction:Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion,HMorales(ed)(PenguinClassics).
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
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The Short Story Masterclass: The Blackbird Bookclub
OLE1215
Carlo Gébler, BA,PhD
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
5 weekly sessions on Fridays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 28 September
Kindly supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s One City, One Book initiative.OneofIreland’sfinestwriters,CarloGébler,willintroducestudentstosomeofthetechniquesandstrategiesusedbylatenineteenthandtwentiethcenturyEuropeanshortstorywriters.Oncompletionofthecourse,studentswillbefamiliarwithsomeoftheworkoftheseoutstandingpractitionersoftheshortstory:LiamO’Flaherty,HeinrichBoll,JuanLuisBorges,KatherineMansfieldandAntonChekhov.Eachweekwewillreadashortstoryaloud,analyseitandthendiscussthetechniqueofthestory.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Ulster-Scots Poetry and Irish Gaelic Poetry in Translation
OLE1654
Maureen Hurndall,BA
Fee £58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 18 January
Whatpre-occupiesourindigenouslanguagepoets?Isthereacommonthread?Ulster-Scotshasthereputationofbeing‘homely’andIrish‘philosophical’,butthereisaclearculturalfusionbetweentheselinguistictraditions.WhatdotheyaddtoEnglishlanguagepoetry?Andcouldyoutryyourhandatwritingacoupleofstanzasineither?Joinustofindout!
RecommendedTextbook:About the Airds,WMagill(UlsterScotsAgency).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
The Transformers: Beckett, Bacon, Kafka
OLE1630
Arthur McCullough, BSc,BSSc,MA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
SamuelBeckettandFrancisBaconwerebornandbroughtupinIreland.FranzKafkawasaCzech.Theyarecelebratedglobalfiguresandtransformersofmodernartsandliterature.Theywillbeexaminedinrelationtosocialandpoliticalenvironmentsaswellasindividualworks.Beckett’splays-Endgame, Play, Godot,andnovels-Molloy, Malone DiesandtheUnnamable-willalsobeconsideredalongsideThe Letters of Samuel Beckett. Kafka’skeynovels-Amerika, The Trial, andThe Metamorphosis willbeconsideredalsoviaThe Diaries of Franz Kafka.Bacon’smajorpaintings,similarly,willbeviewedinthecontextoffilmsandbiographiesoftheartist,andofnewresearchintohismethodsandpracticesofPainting(‘InCamera’).
RecommendedTextbook:Beckett The Playwright,JFletcherandJSpurling(Methuen).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Literature 67
World Literature: Desert Island Books
OLE1702
Tess Maginess BA,MA, PhD +panelofexperts
Fee£87.00(concessionrate£52.00)
Autumn 2012
20 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 10.30 am to 12.00 noon, starting 26 September
Inthis20weekcourse,apanelofexpertswilljoinTessMaginesstocelebratethebookstheywouldtakewiththemtoadesertisland;thosepoems,novelsandplayswhichareclosesttotheirheart.Whydocertainworksendure?Whatspecialqualitiesmakeforthetrulymorableandaffectingworkofart?Guestlecturerswillinclude:PaulMuldoon,PollyDevlin,EamonnHughes,PaulSimpson,RobertWelch,CarloGébler,BruceStewart
26September WilliamCowper,‘AlexanderSelkirk’
TessMaginess
3October DavidThomson,Woodbrook PollyDevlin
10October JaneAusten,Persuasion TessMaginess
17October AlbertCamus,L’étranger CarloGébler
24October PaulSimpson,Stylistics PaulSimpson
31October WilliamShakespeare,Hamlet TessMaginess
7November TBC EamonnHughes
14November JRRTolkien,The Lord of the Rings CathalMcManus
21November SeamusHeaney,selectedpoems TessMaginess
28November JamesJoyce,Finnegans Wake BruceStewart
16January JohnBanville, The Untouchable TessMaginess
23January JamesJoyce,Ulysses PaulMuldoon
30January AnthonyTrollope,The Macdermots of Ballycloran
PatrickWalsh
6February FlannO’Brien,At-Swim-Two-Birds TessMaginess
13February MarilynneRobinson,Gilead,Home JoyAlexander
20February ‘TheVoyageofStBrendan’ TessMaginess
27February JohnDonne,selectedpoemsandsermons
RobertWelch
6March CharlesDickens,Nickolas Nickleby CathalMcManus
13March OrhanPamuk,The Museum of Innocence
AdamBargroff
20March TBC TessMaginess
Datesandspeakerscorrectattimeofgoingtopress
15CATSPoints(Level1)
Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
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Film Noir and World Cinema, I
OLE1612
George Fleeton, BA,HDipEd
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September
Sartreoncedescribedthecinemaas‘thefrenzyonthewall’.Thiscoursewillexplorethatnotionbystudyingthe film noirgenrewithexamplesdrawnfromworldcinema.NoirwasnottheprerogativeofAmericancinema,andotherexamplesofthedarkersideofstory-tellingwhichweshallwatcharetakenfromfilmculturessuchasHungary,SwedenandJapan.ThisstyleofcinematravelledtoHollywood,betweenthewars,withimmigrantfilmmakersfleeingtotalitarianisminEurope.Alltheexamplestobeusedarediscussedintherecommendedtextbookbelow.
RecommendedTextbook:Have you Seen . . .? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films,DThomson(PenguinBooks2010).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Media Studies & Drama
Capturing Life: An Introduction to Documentary Film-Making
OLE1659
Carl Boyle, BSc
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
Thiscoursewillintroducestudentstotheprocessesinvolvedindocumentaryfilm-makingthroughintroducingitskeyconceptsanddynamics.Aswellastrainingonbroadcaststandardequipment,thecoursewillalsoharnesstechnologyaccessiblethroughsmartphones,stillscamerasanddomesticvideocameras,togiveitsstudents,thefilm-makingskillsandknowledgeenablingthemtodocumenttheirlives,concerns,interestsandaspirations.
Thestudentswillrequirethefollowing:accesstoanIPhone4andabove,Ipad2,SecondGenerationIpodtouchorastillscamerawithvideocapabilityorvideocamera;acomputerwitheditingsoftware–Imovie,FCP,AdobePremier,Avidetc.andhasportablememorystorage(USB2,FireWire,MemoryCardetc.)of32GBandover.
RecommendedTextbook:Documentaries…and How to Make Them,AGlynne(CreativeEssentials).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Disentangling the Web
OLE1710
Julian Warner, BA,MA,DPhil
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 24 September
Livinginthetwentyfirstcenturypresentsuswithmanychallenges–notleastlivingwithsearchengines.Canyoudisentanglethewebtoretrievewhatyoureallywanttoretrieve?Theaimofthiscourseistogiveanunderstandingofhowtoworkthroughthemazeoftheweb.Thecoursewilldrawuponreallifeexperiencesofsearchingandusesclasses,discussion,andillustrativeexercises.
RecommendedTextbook:Human Information Retrieval, JWarner(MITPress).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Media Studies & Drama 69
Film Noir and World Cinema, II
OLE1613
George Fleeton,BA,HDipEd
Fee £58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 14 January
Thiscoursefollowsonfromlasttermandnewstudentsarewelcome.Theemphasiscontinuestobeonexamplesoffilm noirinworldcinema,fromGermanexpressionismtomoreunexpectedinstances,withmorecolourandenergizedplots,suchasLe Boucher, Amarcord,One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestandL.A. Confidential.Thereiscomedyandtragedyinfilm noir,everyshadeofgreybetweenblackandwhiteandfrequentaspirationstohigherartforms,andtheyeloquentlyillustrateSartre’sfrenziesonthewall.
RecommendedTextbook:Have you Seen . . .? A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films,DThomson(PenguinBooks2010).
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Inventions in the History of the Moving Image
OLE1689
Niamh McDonnell, MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
ThecoursetracesthefascinatinghistoryofthemechanismsthatinformedtheinventionofthecinematographbytheLumièrebrothers’in1887,suchasthecamera obscura, whichtakespicturesandthemagiclantern,whichreproducesthem.Itwillbringtolifetheprinciplesofanimationthroughmodelsdemonstratingexperimentsinmovingpictureseriesgivingtheimpressionofmotion.Fromthesimpleflipbooktothemutoscopeandthezoetropetothepraxinoscope,thecoursegivescontexttotheseexperimentsandinventions.Thecourseisopentoanyoneinterestedinthehistoryofinventionsinthemovingimageandcuriousabouthowartistsandearlyfilmmakersplayedwithitspossibilities.Theclassroombasedactivitieswillbecomplementedbyavisittoa1950sArtDecostylecinemaoutsideBelfast.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Playing Shakespeare: Hamlet
OLE1628
Rosie Pelan, BA,MA,PGCE,DDA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
ExploreShakespeareinafresh,excitingway,throughthispracticalactingcourse.Developconfidenceinclassicalactingtechniquesandextendyourvocalandscriptanalysisskills.ThefocusthistermwillbeHamlet.OtherShakespeareanmaterialwillalsobecovered.RosiePelanisaclassicallytrainedactor,withovertwentyyearsprofessionalexperience,playingleadingclassicalandmodernroles.ShealsoteachesthethirdyearQueen’sDramadegreemodule‘ShakespeareinPerformance’.IfyouwanttolearnaboutShakespearefromtheactor’sperspective,thisisthecourseforyou.
Textbook:Hamlet,WShakespeare(PenguinShakespeareorArden).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Music
Change the World in Song
Kate Fletcher, BSc,MA,CQSW
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0065
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0073
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thiscourseisopentoanyonewhowantstosingaspartofagroup,regardlessofexperience.Songswillbeinharmony,andlearnedbyear,althoughwrittenmusicwillalsobeavailable.Wewilldrawonarangeofculturesandtraditions,includingAfrican,SouthAmerican,BalkanandEuropean,andexplorehowsongisusedtoexpressadesiretochangetheworldforthebetter.Raisetheraftersandhavefun!
10CATSPoints(Level0)
Playing Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew
OLE1629
Rosie Pelan, BA,MA,PGCE,DDA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January
Newmembersarealwayswelcometothisexciting,practicalactingcourse.ExploreShakespearefromtheactor’sperspectiveanddevelopconfidenceinclassicalactingtechniques,aswellasvocalandscriptanalysisskills.ThistermwewillfocusonThe Taming of the Shrewthroughamixofpracticalactingworkshopsandclosescriptreadingpractice.OtherShakespeareanmaterialwillalsobeexamined.RosiePelanisaclassicallytrainedactorwithovertwentyyearsprofessionalexperience,playingleadingclassicalandmodernroles.Sheteaches‘ShakespeareinPerformance’,athirdyearmodule,aspartofQueen’sDramadegree.
Textbook:The Taming of the Shrew,WShakespeare(PenguinShakespeareorNewPenguinShakespeare).
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
A Social History of Music in Ireland
OLE1617
Gordon Ramsey, BA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Thiscoursewillexaminetherolemusichasplayedinsocial,cultural,politicalandeconomiclifeinIreland,consideringtheancientbardictradition,thegrowthofpopulardanceandmarchingmusicsintheeighteenth-nineteenthcenturiesandtheirglobalimpact,andmoderndevelopmentsfromfleadhstoflutebandsandfromcéiliandshowbandstoRiverdance,WestlifeandSnowPatrol.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Music 71
Continuing Cities: Canters, Contraltos and Cool Dudes
OLE1712
John Bradbury, BA +panelofexperts
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 25 September
Kindly supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s One City, One Book initiative.InthisseriesofworkshopswewillcelebratetheextraordinaryrangeofmusicswhichhavecomeoutofBelfastcity–classical‘Greats’suchasJamesGalwayandBarryDouglas,folkandtraditionalvirtuososlikeDerekBell,SeanMaguireandtheMcPeakesandrocklegendslikeVanMorrison,GaryMoore,StiffLittleFingers,SnowPatrolandBrianKennedy.WewillalsopaytributetothewealthofmusicaltalenttobeheardeveryweekinBelfastpubsandclubs–fromtradtojazztoindie.Guestlecturerswillinclude:LinleyHamilton,RosaSolinas,DavidByers,DeclanPlummer,EamonnHughesandGordonRamsey.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Guitar for Beginners
Scott Pearson, BA,CertEd,PGCE,IBT2
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0060
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0068
Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January*
Learnhowtoplaytheacousticguitarusingthemain,majorandminorchordstoplayaselectionofpopularsongs.Practicebetweenclassesisimportantbutshouldbewithintheabilityofeachstudent.Wewillusepopularsongstoaidourlearning.Asuitableacousticguitarisneededfromlessonone.
YoumaycontactthetutorthroughtheOpenLearningOfficeforfurtherinformation.
Limit: 1610CATSPoints(Level0)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
Guitar for Improvers
Scott Pearson, BA,CertEd,PGCE,IBT2
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0062
Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 24 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0070
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThisclassissuitableforthosewhoattendedtheGuitarforBeginnersclassandwillconsolidatethebasicmajorandminorchordsandencouragestudentstoextendtheirchordsvocabularywithseveralmore‘complex’chordsincludinganintroductiontobarréchords.Wewillcontinuetousepopularsongsasafocusforourlearning.Asuitableacousticguitarisneededfromlessonone.YoumaycontactthetutorthroughtheOpenLearningOfficeforfurtherinformation.
Limit: 16 10CATSPoints(Level0)
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Masterpieces of Music: A Further Selection
OLE1615
Alec Macdonald, BMus
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 11.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 28 September
Inthisfollow-upcoursetotheoneheldinJanuary2012,wewillbelookingatsomemoreworksfromtheclassicalmusicrepertoirethatthelecturerconsidersdeservetheaccoladeofMasterpiece.Withthehelpofcopiousmusicalillustrationsfromavarietyofrecordingsoftheworksunderreview,hewillattempttoshowtheirsignificanceinthehistoryofmusic.Notechnicalmusicalknowledgeisrequired.Fulldetailsofthemusictobediscussedwillbeavailablenearerthetime,butitisplannedtobeginwithVivaldi’sFour Seasons,andtoend,appropriatetoAdvent,withamodernclassic,JamesMacMillan’spercussionconcerto,Veni, Veni, Emmanuel.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Journeys into Czech Music
OLE1700
Clare Wilson,BA,MA
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm, starting 26 September
TheCzechlandsoffersomuchmorethanbeautifullandscapes!LetcomposersincludingAntonínDvorák,LeošJanácek,andBedrichSmetanagiveyouamusicaltourofBohemiaandMoravia.Discoverthislandthroughthecomposerswhohelpedtoshapeitsmusic.Má VlastgivesusaflavourofthenationalisticprideSmetanafeltforthehistoryandlegendsofhishomeland,whileinDvorák’sSlavonic Danceswehaveaflavouroftraditionalfolkmusic.Learnabouttheseandsomuchmoreinthiscourse.Whynottimetraveltotheromanticera,butturneastwardstouncoverthebeautyofCzechMusic!
RecommendedTextbook:Essays on Czech Music,ZEFischmann(ColumbiaUniversityPress).
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Jazz Through the Ages
OLE1701
Clare Wilson, BA,MA
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm, starting 16 January
Oneofthemosticonicandrevolutionarystylesofourtime,jazzisameltingpotofmusic,cultureandexpression.Thisvibrantfusion,spanningfromplantationsofNewOrleanstothedancehallsofChicagoandbeyondismuchmorethanjustfuntolistento.ThiscoursedetailsthejourneywhichJazzhastakenfromitshumblebeginningsaroundtheturnofthetwentiethcenturytothemodernday.Discoverdifferentstylesofplaying,popularinstrumentsandhowtheyareusedwithinjazzmusic,andsomekeypersonalitiesthroughouteachevolvingeraintheJazzAge.Thereismuchmoretoexplore,socomealongandwe’llLindy-hopbacktotheJazzAge!
RecommendedTextbook:A New History of Jazz,AShipton(ContinuumInternationalPublishing).
5CATSPoints(Level1)
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Music 73
Music Theory Made Easy
Declan Plummer,BMus,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1598
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1599
Mondays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 14 January*
Haveyoueverwonderedwhatallthosesquigglesanddotsinmusicmean?Thenthisclassisforyou.Music Theory Made Easy!usesPowerPointpresentations,classexercisesandassignmentstoteachyouhowtoreadmusicin10easysteps,andprovidessimplerulesandhandoutswhichdoawaywithtakingnotes!Alllevelsarewelcome!
Textbook:The AB Guide to Music Theory Part 1,ETaylor(TheAssociatedBoardoftheRoyalSchoolsofMusic(Publishing)Ltd).
10CATSPoints(Level1)*(NoclassonMonday18March)
Opera Heroines, II
OLE1611
George Fleeton,BA,HDipEd
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm, starting 14 January
Thiscoursefollowsonfromlasttermandnewstudentsarewelcome.TomarkthebicentenaryofthebirthsofWagner(May1813)andVerdi(October1813)wecontinueourstudyofoperaticheroinesbroughttolifeindramaandmusicbytwomajorcomposerswhohadtheclear-cutadvantageofinheritingthephenomenalbreakthroughsmadeinoperaduringtheprecedingtwocenturies.Sopleasestepstagefront:Senta,Elisabeth,Elsa,IsoldeandKundry;followedbyAbigaille,Gilda,Leonora,Violetta,Amelia,AïdaandDesdemona.
RecommendedTextbook:Opera,ARiding&LDunton-Downer(DorlingKindersley,2006).
10CATSPoints(Level1)(NoclassonMonday18March)
Opera Heroines, I
OLE1610
George Fleeton, BA,HDipEd
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm, starting 24 September
FromRomanEmpressPoppea(1643)toChinesePrincessTurandot(1926)theshorthistoryofEuropeanoperaisembracedandsuffusedbyfemalecharactersofsimilarstrengthanddepth,allgivennewlifeonstagebysomeofthemostbeautifulwordsandmusiceverwritten.Thiscoursewill,inturn,embraceandcelebratesuchoperaticheroines,mostofwhomarefatedtodietragicallyyoung,characterstheatricallyincarnatedbypioneeringcomposerssuchasHandel,GluckandMozart,followedbytheengineersofbel cantoRossini,DonizettiandBellini.
RecommendedTextbook:Opera, ARiding&LDunton-Downer(DorlingKindersley,2006).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Voices from the Borough: The Music of Benjamin Britten
OLE1616
Alec Macdonald,BMus
Fee£33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Fridays 11.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 18 January
BenjaminBritten–acomposerwhoselifeandmusichaveoftenprovokedstrongfeelings,bothpositiveandnegative,butwhodominatedmusicallifeinBritaininthemiddleyearsofthetwentiethcentury,theannouncementofhisdeathin1976evenfindingitswayontothebillboardsoftheBelfast Telegraph.Inthiscourse,intendedasapreludetothecelebrationsthatwillnodoubtbetakingplacelaterintheyeartocommemoratethecentenaryofhisbirth,wewilltry,whilenotignoringbiographicaldetails,tofocusonthefascinatinglywiderangeofmusicthatflowedfromhispen,andattempttoassesshiscontributiontomusic,bothnationalandinternational.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Song Writing: New Ideas and New Subject Matter
OLE1663
John McGurgan,BA
Fee £33.00(concessionrate£21.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm, starting 24 September
Themainaimofthecourseistokickstartthecreativeprocess.Thecoursewillfacilitatethedevelopmentofcreativeideasintofinishedsongs.Studentswillstudysongcraft,popularsongstructuresanddevices.Theywillalsostudyeffectivemethodsforgeneratingengaginglyrics,melodyandharmony.
5CATSPoints(Level1)
Early Bird . . .
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Personal Development 75
Be Your Own Life Coach
OLE1176
Denis McBrinn,BSc,PhD
Fee£85.00(concessionrate£52.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
‘What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’ (MaryOliver).Areyouoptimisingyourpotentialinallareasofyourlifeandinyourwork?Doyouwanttorenewyourenergy,makemoreofyourtime,boostyourconfidence,buildbetterrelationships,improveyourfinances,haveabetterwork-lifebalanceandgenerallyfeelbetteraboutyourselfandlife?This10-weekpersonaldevelopmentcoursewillhelpyoubecomeyourownlifecoachandempoweryoutotakechargeofyourlifeandunlockyourfullpotential.
Personal Development
Coping with Anger and Creating Calm
OLE0947
Liz Comerton, DipPhysEd
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A half-day workshop on Saturday 3 November, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Whenliving/workingunderpressure,peoplefindangerandhostilitytobedamagingtotheirhealthandwell-being.Thispracticalworkshopwillidentifyhowwereacttopressure,askwheretheangeriscomingfrom,andlookatskillsincreatingcalmnessandhappinessinlife.
RecommendedTextbook:Beating Anger,MFisher(Rider)andDifficult PeopleBWarbolt(ISRPub).
Limit: 16
Creative Relaxation
OLE1709
Shelley Tracey,BA,MA
Fee£19.00(concessionrate£12.00)
Autumn 2012
4 weekly sessions on Thursdays 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm, starting 25 October
Thislunch-timecourseoffersstrategiesformaintainingapositiveoutlookandformanagingstressandboostingenergy.Pleasenotethatthisisnotanexerciseclass,butitwillincludebreathingtechniques.Ineachsession,wewillusevisualisationandimagesforrelaxation,inspirationandcalmness.Participantswillreceivesupportforincorporatingthenewtechniquesandideasintotheirlives.
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Effective Speaking
OLE0534
Helen Torr,FVCM,LLCM(TD)
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 17 January
Doyouenjoyspeakinginfrontofothers?Iftheanswerisno,thenwhynotcomealongtothisfriendlycourseandlearnhowtopresentyourselfeffectivelywhenspeakingatformaloccasionsaswellasatsocialones.Youwilllearnhowtoprepareanddeliveraneffectivepresentation;howtointroduceaspeakerandhowtogiveavoteofthanks;howtopresentyourargumentssuccessfully,aswellaslearnlotsofusefultips.Youwillacquirenewskillsandyoumayjustfindthatyouenjoyspeakinginfrontofpeopleafterall!
Limit: 14 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Enhance Your Image, Build our Confidence
Lynsey Hakin, BA
Fee£85.00concessionrate£52.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1605
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1606
Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
Learntoenhanceyourimage,presentationskills,increaseemployabilityandbuildself-confidencethroughlearningtheimportanceofcolour,style,deportmentandmake-upapplication.Discoverthebenefitsofcolouranalysisandwhichstylesofclothessuitwhichbodyshapesbest.AlsodiscoveryourStylePersonality.Neveragainfeeldullandjaded.
Limit: 16
Enhanced Learning and Memory for Exams and Interviews
John Dennison,BSc,MA,PGCE
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
A one-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1696
Saturday 3 November, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1697
Saturday 23 February, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Thisisastimulating,practicalandfuncoursedesignedtogiveparticipantsaninsightintohowthebrainlearns,howtheirmemoryworks,andhowtheycanuseawiderangeofpracticalstrategiestoimprovememory,enhancelearning,anddevelopstudyskills.Theprogrammewillbeofbenefittoanyoneinterestedinimprovingexamperformance,developingstudyskillsandpreparingforinterviews.Itwillalsobeofbenefittoanyonewhoissupportingorfacilitatingthestudyofothers.
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Personal Development 77
Freeing your Natural Voice
OLE1665
Debra Fordham, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
Thecoursecontentcanbeappliedtobothspeechandsong.Thiscourseisfocussingonspeech.Theaimofthiscourseistoexplorevocalfreedom,developmentandstrengtheningofthevoiceasahumaninstrument. Thiswillbeachievedbyexploringtherelationshipbetweenbreath,voiceandlanguage.Aswedothisparticipantswill:beencouragedtodevelopbeyondtheirdefensivelimitationstoaccesstheirfree,lessmanipulatedandmorenaturalvoice;developanawarenessofeffortlessrelease;developmorefreedomofreleasethroughbreathwork;developbodyawarenessandbeabletoidentifyparasitictensionsthroughoutthebodythatprohibitfreerelease;developanawarenessofsoundquality,whethertheyare‘on’or‘off’vibration;developclarityofimageryandthought.
RecommendedTextbook:Freeing the Natural Voice,KLinklater(NickHernBooks,2ndRevisedEdition).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Interview Skills for Job Applicants
Clare Madden,BA,MSMCert
Bernard Madden,PostGradCertTrainingandDevelopment
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
A one-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0132
Saturday 6 October, 10.00 am to 4.30 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0145
Saturday 9 March, 10.00 am to 4.30 pm
Manypeopleseetheinterviewasamajorobstacletoobtainingemployment/promotion.Thiscourseaimsatimprovingyourinterviewperformancebyhelpingyoutorecogniseyourmainsellingpointsintermsofskills,knowledgeandexperience.Itwillhelpyouselectandexpressinformationproficientlyonanapplicationformandatinterview,aswellascoachingyouinhowtoanticipateandrespondtoquestions.
Limit: 14
How to Lighten up your Life
OLE0152
Liz Comerton,DipPhysEd
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
New Year 2013
A half-day workshop on Saturday 2 March, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Thiscoursewillempoweryouwithpracticalskillswhichwillenableyoutoincreaseyourlevelsofenergyandenjoymentindailylife.Itwillincludesimpleyeteffectiverelaxationtechniques,creativemindwork,tensionandangerreleaseskillswhilefindingabalanceinworkandlife.
Limit: 16
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Meditation: An Introduction
OLE0713
Mark Murray, BA,BSc,MSc
Fee£20.00(noconcession)
New Year 2013
A one-day workshop on Saturday 9 March, 1.00 pm to 5.30 pm
Meditationcanbeusedtobringimprovementtomanyareasofourlives:torelaxandreducestress,gainimprovedconcentrationandvitality,reclaimpersonalpower,andgenerallyenjoymoreoflife.Thecoursewillintroducesomekeytechniquesformeditationandwillexplorehowmeditationcanbeintegratedintodailyliving.Pleasebringsomethingtolieon.
RecommendedTextbook:Be Still and Know,TNHanh(FellowshipofReconciliation).
Limit: 16
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
Frank Liddy,CSCTAdvDipCounselling
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0141
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm,starting 27 September
Group 2 OLE0291
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 1 November
New Year 2013
Group 3 OLE1713
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Group 4 OLE1714
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 21 February
ThecoursehasbeendevelopedusingthemodelofJonKabat-Zinn,PhD,oftheUniversityofMassachusetts.Ithasbeenknownforcenturiesinthemeditativetraditionthatthesustainedpracticeofmindfulnessmeditationcanhaveprofoundlyhealingandtransformativeeffectsinone’slife.Mindfulnessisanawarenessthatarisesasonepaysattentiononpurposeinaparticularwaytoon-goinginnerandouter,present-momentexperience.
RecommendedTextbook:Full Catastrophe Living,JKabat-Zinn(Piakus).
Limit: 14
Public Speaking
OLE0210
Helen Torr,FVCM,LLCM(TD)
Fee£53.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A 2-day workshop on Saturdays 6 and 13 October, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Manypeoplefearspeakinginfrontofothers.Ifthisisyouandyouhavetomakepresentations,whetheratworkorsocially,thenwhynotcomealongtothisfriendlyandpracticalcourse!Youwilllearnhowtohandlenerves,howtoprepareandpresentyourmaterialaswellasyourselfandmakethemostofyourvoice.Youwillhavetheopportunitytodeliveravarietyofpresentations,receivefeedbackandpickupusefultipsalongtheway.Anditwillhelpboostyourconfidencetoo!
Limit: 14
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Personal Finance 79
Personal Finance
Transform Your Life
OLE0133
Denis McBrinn, BSc,PhD
Fee£85.00(concessionrate£52.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
‘The unexamined life is not worth living’Socrates.Allofusarecapableoftakingpositivestepstotransformourlives,butoftenthephysicalandemotional‘clutter’andcomplexityofourdailylivescanholdusback.This10-weekpersonaldevelopmentcoursewillprovidepracticaltoolstohelpyouclearaspaceforyourself;enableyoutodevelopgreaterclarityandhelpyoufocusonwhatyoureallywantfromlife.
Inheritance Tax: A Guide to Preserving Family Wealth on Death
Patrick Mahony,BA,PGCE,MBA,MCIM,FSI
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
A half-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0215
Saturday 20 October, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0217
Saturday 9 February, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
HowkeenareyoutoadopttheChancellorasanotherchild?Haveyouconsideredhowmuchofyourhard-earnedwealthmightpassinsurplustaxtotheGovernmentratherthantoyourfamilywhenyoudie?TakingintoconsiderationpropertypricesinmanypartsofNorthernIreland,yourhometogetherwithsomesavings,couldeasilyleaveyourestatepayingthousandsofpoundsininheritancetax.Thishalf-dayworkshopisanintroductiontothebasicprinciplesofinheritancetax.Itwillbeofinteresttoallthosewhowishtoplancarefullytoprotecttheirfamilywealth.
Understanding the Stockmarket: An Introduction
Patrick Mahony, BA,PGCE,MBA,MCIM,FSI
Fee£44.00(noconcession)
5 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0214
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0216
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm starting 16 January
Thisisacourseforthosewhohavemadeorareinterestedinmakingstockmarketinvestmentsbuthavelimitedknowledgeofhowthestockmarketworks.Itisapracticalcourse.ItlooksatthestructureoftheLondonStockMarketandhowsharesarepriced.Studentswillenhancetheirknowledgeofgilts,corporateloannotes,collectiveinvestmentssuchasunittrustsandcapitalinvestmentbondsandshares.TimeisspentonunderstandinghowtoreadThe Financial Times.
Limit: 20
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Understanding the Stockmarket: An Advanced Workshop
Patrick Mahony, BA,PGCE,MBA,MCIM,FSI
Fee£15.00(noconcession)
A half-day workshop
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1186
Saturday 6 October, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1187
Saturday 26 January, 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
Thismorningworkshopwouldbesuitableforindividualswhoattendedinpreviousyears‘UnderstandingtheStockmarket;AnIntroduction’.Itismoretheoreticalandlesspracticalthantheintroductorycourse.Overthecourseofthemorningwewillintroduceanddiscusstheimplicationforinvestorsofthreecorestockmarkettheories;theEfficientMarketHypothesis,MarketPortfolioTheory,andthenewdisciplineofBehaviouralFinance.
Critical Thinking Skills
OLE1649
Michael Kelly, BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
CriticalThinkingcanbedefinedas‘theabilitytointerpret,analyseandevaluateideasandarguments’.Itisincreasinglyfeltthatsuchskillsareimportantineverydaylife,abasiccompetencywhich,likereadingandwriting,canbetaught.Thiscourseendeavourstointroducethestudenttothesetechniquesandexaminesthemthroughthestudyoftopicssuchas:identifyingreasonsandconclusions;understandingreasoning;theclarificationandinterpretationofexpressionsandideas;assessingthevalidityofsources;anddecisionmaking.Soifyouareseriousaboutimprovingyourcriticalthinkingskillsorsimplywanttofindoutmoreaboutthesubject,thenthisisthecourseforyou!
Textbook:Critical Thinking: An Introduction, AFisher(CambridgeUniversityPress).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Philosophy and Religion
Church and Society in Pre-Reformation England
OLE1621
Robert Whan,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 25 September
ThiscoursewillconsiderthestructureandorganisationoftheChurchinEnglandinthetwocenturiesbeforetheReformation,itsrelationswiththePopeandtheCrown,andthereligiousbeliefsandpracticesofordinarypeople,builtonthepillarsoftheMassandpurgatory.OthertopicswillincludeJohnWycliffeandLollardy,monasticismandmysticism.ParticularattentionwillbepaidtotheologicalandinstitutionalchangeandcontinuityandtoaddressingwhethertheChurchinthisperiodwasreallyasmoribundandcorruptasithassubsequentlybeendepicted.StudentswillalsogettoexplorewhatcanbegleanedaboutChurchlifefromcontemporarysourcessuchasThe Canterbury Tales.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Philosophy and Religion 81
Introduction to Philosophy, Part 2
OLE0237
Keith McVeigh,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.00 am to 2.00 noon, starting 17 January
ThisisPart2ofacourseforstudentswithnopreviousexperience.Newstudentswewelcome.Wewilllookatwhatphilosophyis,andatsomeofthequestionsthathavepuzzledphilosophersfortwoandahalfthousandyears,gettingtoknowsomeofthebignames:Socrates,Descartes,Wittgensteinandothers.
RecommendedTextbook:Dictionary of Philosophy,AFlew(PanBooks).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
European Reformations
OLE1625
Robert Whan, BA,MA,PhD
Fee £58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
TheReformationshatteredtheonceunitaryreligiousstateofWesternEurope.Whilsttherewerecertaincontinuities,itnonethelesstriggeredsignificanttransformationsbothwithinandoutsidetherealmofreligion.ThiscoursewillconsiderthehistoricalandtheologicalfactorsthatshapedthelivesandbeliefsofChristiansduringthesixteenthcenturyandaswellasconsideringtheimpactofkeyindividualssuchasLuther,Calvin,HenryVIIIand,JohnKnox,itwilllookathowthewaytheReformationplayedoutvariedindifferentcountries.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Introduction to Philosophy, Part 1
OLE0236
Keith McVeigh,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.00 am to 12.00 noon, starting 27 September
Thisisacourseforstudentswithnopreviousexperience.Wewilllookatwhatphilosophyis,andatsomeofthequestionsthathavepuzzledphilosophersfortwoandahalfthousandyears,gettingtoknowsomeofthebignames:Socrates,Descartes,Wittgensteinandothers.
RecommendedTextbook:Dictionary of Philosophy,AFlew(PanBooks).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Moral Philosophy: An Introduction
OLE1623
Robert Whan,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£28.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A one-day workshop on Saturday 3 November, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
ThiscoursewillintroducestudentstothemainstrandsofWesternmoralphilosophy,namelythephilosophiesderivingfromtheworkofAristotle,fromImmanuelKant,andfromtheUtilitarianphilosophersJeremyBenthamandJohnStuartMill.Studentswillhavetheopportunitytoconsidertherelationshipbetweenreligionandmoralityandthrougharangeofscenariosandethicaldilemmaswillbeabletoapplydifferenttheoriestoavarietyofpracticalcontextsandmoralissues,includingabortion,euthanasia,warandpeace.
Presbyterianism in Ulster, 1613-1840
OLE1624
Robert Whan, BA,MA,PhD
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 15 January
ThePresbyteriancommunityinUlsterwascreatedbywavesofimmigrationduringtheseventeenthcentury,with2013markingthe400thanniversaryofthesettlementofthefirstPresbyterianministerinIreland.ThePresbyteriansformedahighlyorganisedcommunitywhichexercisedarigorousdisciplineoveritsmembersandhadawell-developedintellectuallife,sharpenedbycontinualdebate.TheychallengedthestatusquoandlaterintheeighteenthcenturyformedthebackboneoftheRepublican,separatistmovement,aswellasbeingactiveinthereformmovementmoregenerally.Thiscoursewillchartthereligious,economic,politicalandsocialhistoryofthePresbyteriansfromthePlantationtotheformationoftheGeneralAssemblyin1840.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Early Bird . . .
Wemakethedecisiononwhetherornottorunacoursesevendaysbeforethecoursestartdate,basedonwhetherwehavereachedtheminimumnumberofenrolments.Sopleasehelpustohelpyou!Beanearlybirdandenrolwellinadvance.
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Science; Visual Arts 83
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Science
Our Place in the Universe
Colin Johnston,BSc
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0838
Tuesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0839
Wednesdays 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, starting 16 January
ThiscoursewillcoverourknowledgeoftheUniverseandtheamazingobjectsitcontains.Thecourseisaimedatthosenewtothefieldandwillbedescriptiveratherthanmathematical.Itwillfollowhumanunderstandingfromprehistorictimestothelatestdiscoveriesfromspacecraft.Nopriorknowledgeisrequired.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Visual Arts
Acrylic Painting: Advanced
OLE1637
Gerard Bradley, BA
Fee£53.00(noconcession)
Autumn 2012
A 2-day workshop on Mondays 5 and 12 November, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Studentswillexplorethisexcitingmodernmediumusingtheirownpersonalprojects–forexample,drawingsandphotos.Wewillstudythegreatvarietyoftechniquesapplicable:glazing,scumbling,collageaswellasexploringthewiderangeofimpasto(texture)effectsavailableinthismodernmedium.Someexperienceisadvisableforthisworkshop.Alistofmaterialsisavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 16
Acrylic Painting: Technical Innovations
OLE1638
Gerard Bradley, BA
Fee£53.00(noconcession)
New Year 2013
A 2-day workshop on Mondays 14 and 21 January, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm
Studentswillexplorethisexcitingmodernmediumusingtheirownpersonalprojects,aidedbydrawingsandphotos.Studentswillstudythegreatvarietyoftechniquesapplicablesuchasglazing,scumblingandunusualwaysofapplyingpaintsuchasmixedmedia.Wewillconsiderrecentinnovationsinacrylicpaintingaswell.Someexperienceadvisableforthisworkshop.Alistofmaterialsisavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 16
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Continuing Cities: Envisioning Belfast
OLE1694
Keith Acheson,BA,MAPHDandpanelofexperts
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 25 September
Kindly supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s One City, One Book initiative.
InassociationwiththeCrescentArtsCentre,thisseriesoftalks,workshopsandsitevisitswillfocusonpast,presentandfuturerepresentationsandperceptionsofBelfastathomeandabroad.Byengagingwithpractitionersworkinginarangeofmediafrompaintingandsculpturetomovingimages,installations,andarchitecturewewillseehowindividualsandcommunitiesexploretheirsenseofthecityasanactiveartisticcommunity.
Speakerswillinclude:MarcusPatton,RichardPierce,DickonHallandRitaDuffy
ThecoursewillbeheldintheCrescentArtsCentre,2-4UniversityRoad,Belfast.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Drawing: Form in Space
Ashley Holmes,BFA,MA,MFA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1415
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1684
Wednesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 16 January
Newstudentsarewelcometojointhiscontinuingdrawingcoursethatincludespracticalexercisestohelpstudentsdrawwhattheyseemoreaccuratelyplussuggestionsforexpressivedrawings.Wewilllookatdrawingissuessuchascreatingtheillusionofform,spaceandlight.Wewillalsoexploretheexpressivepotentialofdrawingbydiscussingexamplesofworkbycontemporaryartists.Pleasebringdrawingmaterialstothefirstclass.
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Cross-Overs: Art and Photography
OLE1738
Amanda Croft, MA,ADE
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm, starting 15 January
Sincetheinventionofphotographyintheearlynineteenthcentury,paintersandphotographershaverespondedtoandexploitedeachother’smediumtothefull.Usinglandscapeandstilllife,abstractionandexperimentation,socialdocumentation,figurationandportraitureasaccessiblethemes,thisseriesofillustratedtalkswillexaminehowartistsandphotographerssuchasDegas,DaguerreandtheImpressionists;Rossetti,JuliaMargaretCameronandthePre-Raphaelites;theModernsandcontemporariessuchasDavidHockney,ThomasStruthandCindySherman,havebeeninfluencedbythematerials,techniquesandconceptsofbothpaintingandphotography.
Be an early bird and enrol well in advance!
Visual Arts 85
Dreams and Visions: The Symbolist Movement
OLE1670
Chloe Morrison,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 16 January
InthelatenineteenthcenturytheSymbolists,inspiredbythevisionsoftheRomanticMovement,turnedinwardstoexploreinteriorworldsofdreamandimaginationintheirwork.Inthiscourse,wewillexaminethehypnoticandoftenmysticalimagesproducedbyanumberofartiststhroughoutEuropeatthistimeincludingPaulGaugin,OdilonRedon,FernandKhnopffandEdvardMunch.
RecommendedTextbook:Symbolist Art in Context,MFacos(UniversityofCaliforniaPress).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Essential Painting
Ashley Holmes,BFA,MA,MFA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1413
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1414
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 15 January
Beginnersandadvancedpaintersarewelcometojointhispracticalcoursedesignedtoallowstudentstoworkontheirownprojectsand/orlistentodemonstrationsiftheywantto.Demonstrationswillincludeacrylictechniquessuchasphototransfers,howtoseeacolourandmixit.Projectswillbesuggestedsuchas‘colourfulhighlightsandshadows’,and‘colourintensity’paintings.Occasionally,wewilldiscusspaintingsbycontemporaryartiststoseehowtheyhavecommunicatedthoughthevisuallanguage.Alistofmaterialswillbeavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
10CATSPoints(Level1)
Jewellery Design
OLE1109
Christine Crossey, BSc
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
New Year 2013
5 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
Learnhowtodesignandcreateuniquenecklaces,bracelets,earrings,haircombs,tiarasandartcorsagebroochpins.Studentswillusewire,beads,buttons,andtextilestomakebeautiful,bespokejewellery.Alistofmaterialsisavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 16
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Painting Landscapes in Oil for Beginners
Chris Dearden,RUA,NDD,WCSI,UWS
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0097
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0106
Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 16 January
Thisisapracticaloilpaintingartcoursewitheachstudentbringinginasubjecttopaint.Nopreviousexperienceisneeded.Thetutorwilldemonstratecompositionusingachosensubjectwheretheapproachwillbebrokenintoeasystages.Thetutor,ChrisDearden,isawell-knownlocalartistwhoisamemberoftheRoyalUlsterAcademyandexhibitedwidelyintheUK.Alistofmaterialswillbeavailableonenrolmentandcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 1610CATSPoints(Level1)
More Masterworks
OLE1695
Amanda Croft,MA,ADE
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 2.00 pm to 3.00 pm, starting 24 September
Aclosecriticalanalysisofanindividualworkofartcanrevealasmuchaboutthehistoricalcontextinwhichitwasmadeasaboutthestylisticapproachandconcernsoftheartist.EachweekwillconcentrateonanindividualMasterWorkselectedfromatime-linethatspanstheNetherlandishandItalianRenaissancemasters,eighteenthandnineteenthcenturypaintersandthecontemporarypractitionersofthetwentiethandtwentyfirstcenturies.FromBoschtoBacon,vanEycktovanGogh,andPierotoPicassoandPollock,wewillexaminehowindividualMasterWorksreflectandhavebeenaffectedbythetechnicalandtheoretical,social,politicalandgender-basedissuesoftheirday.
Jewellery Design: Continuation
OLE1108
Christine Crossey, BSc
Fee£44.00(concessionrate£26.00)
Autumn 2012
5 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 26 September
Ifyouhavethebasicsinjewellerymakinganddesignthiscoursewillinspireyoufurther!Inthiscourseyouwilllearnhowtomakejewelleryusingwiresculpturetechniques.Studentswilllearnhowtowirewrapstonesandbeadstouseaspendantsandcharmsfornecklaces, braceletsandearrings.Studentswilllearnavarietyofwiresculpturetechniquestomakeindividual,bespokejewellery.Alistofmaterialsisavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
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Visual Arts 87
Painting Landscapes in Watercolour
Chris Dearden, RUA,NDD,WCSI,UWS
Fee £58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE0096
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 27 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE0105
Thursdays 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm, starting 17 January
Thisisapracticalwatercolourartcoursewitheachstudentbringinginaphotographorpicturetopaint.Nopreviousexperienceisneeded.Therewillbeademonstrationbythetutoratthestartofeachclassillustratingtheuseofcolours,materials,compositionandpresentation.Thetutor,ChrisDearden,isawell-knownlocalartistwhoisamemberoftheRoyalUlsterAcademyandexhibitedwidelyintheUK.Alistofmaterialswillbeavailableonenrolmentandcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 16 10CATSPoints(Level1)
Portraiture through Drawing
Craig Donald,BA
Fee£66.00(concessionrate£44.00)
10 weekly sessions
Autumn 2012
Group 1 OLE1441
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 25 September
New Year 2013
Group 2 OLE1642
Tuesdays 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, starting 15 January
Thisisanintensivecourseoutliningthebasicsinportraitureanddifferentapproachestothisartform.Studentswillworkwithavarietyofmediainaliferoomsituationtostudythenatureofportraiture.Throughdrawing,mixedmediaandphotography,studentswillgainanunderstandingoftheprinciplesofportrait-drawingandthetechniquesusedbydifferentartiststocapturelikeness,bothtraditionalandexperimental.Alistofmaterialsisavailableonenrolmentorcanbedownloadedfromwww.qub.ac.uk/edu/ol
Limit: 12 10CATSPoints(Level1)
We are Majestic in the Wilderness: Romanticism in the Visual Arts
OLE1669
Chloe Morrison,BA
Fee£58.00(concessionrate£36.00)
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm, starting 26 September
TheRomanticMovementplacedanunprecedentedemphasisonindividualism,emotionalityandthespiritualsignificanceofnature.InthiscoursewewillexaminehowthisdiverseandwidespreadmovementinfluencedartistssuchasTurner,Delacroix,Friedrich,andTheHudsonRiverSchool,andhascontinuedtoshapeourperceptionoftheartistandtheartisticprocesstothepresentday.
RecommendedTextbook:Romanticism,DBBrown(PhaidonPressLtd).
10CATSPoints(Level1)
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Classes Outside Belfast
Bangor Bangor Cookstown
Secretary:MrsEALightbody,2ClelandParkCentral,Bangor,CoDown,BT203EP
Secretary:MrsEALightbody,2ClelandParkCentral,Bangor,CoDown,BT203EP
Secretary:MrsMonaO’Kane,7ToberlaneRoad,Cookstown,BT809QZ
Winged Heritage
OLE0226
Ivor McDonald,DA,ATD
Fee£50.00(concessionrate£30.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
5 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.30 am to 12.00 noon, in Trinity Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Bangor, starting 11 October and 5 half-day field trips
IntheAutumnasthedaysshortenandthecoldovertakesoursummer,migrantspreparetoleaveusforwarmerclimates.FromtheNorth,longwaveringlinesofmigratingwildfowlfilltheskyandourresidentbirdsenjoythetemporaryautumnalabundance.Awiderangeofspecieswillbestudiedandvariedhabitatsvisitedatoptimumtimes.
Spring Awakening
OLE0228
Ivor McDonald,DA,ATD
Fee£50.00(concessionrate£30.00)payableatfirstlecture
New Year 2013
5 weekly sessions on Thursdays 10.30 am to 12.00 noon, in Trinity Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Bangor, starting 10 January and 5 half-day field trips
Asthedayslengthen,ourwintervisitorsprepareforthelongjourneybacktotheirArcticbreedinggrounds.Ourresidentspeciesfilltheairwiththeirwildmelodiesastheyestablishbreedingterritories.WildlifeaboundsasthedarkdaysofwintergivewaytotheverdantpromiseofSpring.Thecoursewillprovideaninsightintoavariedrangeofhabitats.
Cookstown Wildlife Trust
OLE0705
Panel of Lecturers
Fee £24.00(concessionrate£16.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
New Year 2013
Monthly lectures on Tuesdays 7.45 pm to 9.15 pm in South West College Campus, Burn Road, Cookstown, starting 9 October
9 October WildlifeoftheFalklands Jim McAdam
13 NovemberCoasttoCoast–StBeesHeadtoRobinHood’sBayGeorge Acheson
11 DecemberAlien/InvasiveSpeciesJohn Early
8 January Members’Night
12 FebruaryTheNorthCoastRachael Bain
12 MarchRSPBColin Graham
9 AprilAGM
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Dromore Dromore Enniskillen
Secretary:MissMaryCardwell,21ForthillRoad,Dromore,CoDownBT251RF
Secretary:MissMaryCardwell,21ForthillRoad,Dromore,CoDownBT251RF
Secretary:MrsBarbaraJohnston,15ALevallyRoad,Enniskillen,BT937DP
Ulster Towns
OLE1717
Panel of Speakers
Fee£39.00(concessionrate£23.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
8 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, in Dromore High School, starting 2 October
ThisshortcoursewillexaminethedevelopmentofurbanlivinginUlster,lookingatitsimpactuponUlsterlifeandsociety.Studentswillexaminehowtownsevolvedfromtheseventeenthcentury;theinfluencesthatshapedtheirdevelopment,andthelifestylesoftheirinhabitants.
Banks of the Lagan
OLE1718
Valerie Goggin, BA,MA
Fee£39.00(concessionrate£23.00)payableatfirstlecture
New Year 2013
8 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, in Dromore High School, starting 8 January
TheRiverLagan’spotentialforrecreation,leisureandtourismhasnowbeenrealised.However,thiscontrastsdramaticallywithitsearlyuseinthedomesticlinentradeandshipbuildingindustry.InthenineteenthcenturyitwasalsoabusynavigationroutefromBelfasttoLoughNeagh,providingemploymentforauniqueworkforce.FromtheLagan’ssource,wewillfollowtheriverasitpassesthroughourtownsandvillagestoitsfinaldestinationinBelfast.Thecoursewillfocusonriverbankindustries,theirworkforces,andtheutilisationoftherivertoitsfullpotential.ItwillalsoprovideasocialhistoryofrurallifeonthebanksoftheLaganduringtheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturies,andwillacknowledgetheriver’scontributiontoourindustrialandculturalheritage.
Fermanagh Naturalists Field Club
OLE1017
Panel of Lecturers
Fee£24.00(concessionrate£16.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
New Year 2013
6 monthly lectures on Wednesdays 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm in the Fermanagh House, Broadmeadow, starting 10 October
10 October SearchingforyourAncestorsinFermanaghFrank McHugh
14 November Limestone–aMostRemarkableRockIan Enlander
12 DecemberFloraofCountryFermanaghRobert Northridge
9 JanuaryLocalHistorythroughOldPhotographsSeamas McAnnaidh
13 FebruaryWilliamScottandtheInfluenceofFermanaghTBC
13 March AGM–FermanaghWarMemorialRichard Bennett/Clive Johnston
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Holywood Holywood Larne
Secretary:MissAnneCMiller,48DemesneRoad,Holywood,CoDown,BT189NB
Secretary:MissAnneCMiller,48DemesneRoad,Holywood,CoDown,BT189NB
Secretary:MrHarryMorrow,79BallystrudderRoad,Islandmagee,Larne,CoAntrimBT403SJ
From Fact to Fiction in Time of War
OLE1719
Gillian McIntosh,BA,MA,PhD
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.45 am to 12.15 pm in Room 4, Holywood Library, High Street, Holywood, starting 2 October
Thiscourselooksataspectsoflatenineteenthandtwentiethcenturyhistoryandthecreativeexpression,frompoetryandprose,tocinema,throughwhichwecanexploreaperiodofconflict.ThecontextswillbetheBoerWar,theFirstandSecondWorldWar,theNorthernIreland‘Troubles’andwewilllocateourselvesintheBritishIsles.ThemeswillincludetheideaofanidyllicsummerbeforetheFirstWorldWar,appeasementandtheSecondWorldWar,theimpactofcivilwar.TextswillincludeMichaelMcLaverty’sCall My Brother Back,KazuoIshiguro’sThe Remains of the Day,CiaránCarson’sBelfast Confetti.FilmswillincludeE.M.Forster’sA Room With a ViewandNealJordan’sMichael Collins.
Traveller's Tales
OLE1720
Jim McAdam, BA,MAgr,PhDandpanelofLecturers
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 10.45 am to 12.15 pm in Room 4, Holywood Library, High Street, Holywood, starting 8 January
Theysaythat'travelbroadensthemind'andthisshortcourseoflectureswillaimtodojustthat.From'TheUttermostPartoftheEarth'tothedriestplaceonearth–andlotsmorebesides!–apaneloflocalspeakerswilltelloftheirexperiencesininterestingpartsoftheworldnearandfarfromhome.Lectureswillbewellillustrated.
The Golden Age of Dutch Painting
OLE1725
Chloe Morrison, BA
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Tuesdays 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm in Larne Grammar School, starting 2 October
ThiscoursewillexplorethekeyartisticgenresinseventeenthcenturyDutchpainting(includingstilllife,landscapeandportraiture),andtheprominentartistsworkingatthistime,suchasRembrandtandVermeer.Wewilldiscussthehistorical,socialandeconomicfactorsthatcontributedtotheremarkableburgeoningoftheNetherlandsartmarketduringtheseventeenthcentury.
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Maghera Arts Society Portrush
Secretary:MissLorettaDiamond,79TirkaneRoad,Maghera,BT465NA
Secretary:MissNoraStratford,77MountsandelRoad,Coleraine,BT521JFTreasurers:MichaelandHopeGardiner,55ColeraineRoad,BT568HR
Culture and Heritage
OLE0710
Fee£12.00*(concessionrate£9.00)*payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
New Year 2013
*TheSocietyissubsidisedbytheGoodRelationsGrant,MagherafeltCouncil
6 monthly lectures on Thursdays 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm in Maghera Primary School, Station Road, Maghera, starting 27 September
27 September SacredPlaces,ObjectsandArtintheProvinceofUlsterArthur McCullough
25 OctoberAShortHistoryofRathlinIslandRosemary McConkey
22 November NorthAntrim’sAmericanLinksAlister McReynolds
24 January SomeInterestingIslandsofIrelandJim McAdam
28 February IntroducingForensicGeologyAlastair Ruffell
21 March IrishLiteratureTess Maginess
The Folklore of Ireland and Europe
OLE1721
Bob Curran, PhD
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, in Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, starting 3 October
Acrossthecenturies,folklorehasplayedakeyroleinhumanhistoryandculture.Taleshavebeenusedtotransmitideas,morals,valuesandgenerallyagreedconceptsfromonegenerationtothenextandhaveshapedbothourtraditionsandouridentity.Inthisrespect,suchtalesareasimportantashistoricaldocuments.InafascinatingseriesoflecturesDrBobCurranexaminessomeofthesefolktalesintheEuropeancontextbutwithaparticularemphasisonIrishfolklore,wheretheymighthavecomefromandhowtheyhaveimpacteduponus.Ifyouareinterestedinagoodstory-andwhoisn’t?-thenthisisforyou!
Portrush
Secretary:MissNoraStratford,77MountsandelRoad,Coleraine,BT521JFTreasurers:MichaelandHopeGardiner,55ColeraineRoad,BT568HR)
Ten Artists – Visual Autobiographies
OLE1722
Deborah Logan, BA,MA
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Wednesdays 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm, in Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, starting 16 January
Aseriesoftalksontenartistswhopaintedself-portraitsandsinceapicturepaintsathousandwordsbeprepared,dearreader,tolaydownthepenportraitandinsteadperusethepaintedone.
Thetalksofferapersonalinsightintotheartist’sperceptionoftheselfandmuchmore.
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Randalstown Randalstown
Secretary:MrsMarionGraham,128NurseryRoad,Gracehill,Ballymena,BT422QD
Secretary:MrsMarionGraham,128NurseryRoad,Gracehill,Ballymena,BT422QD
Life on the Bann
OLE1723
Panel of Speakers
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
Autumn 2012
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.45 pm to 9.15 pm, in St Benedict’s High School, Randalstown, starting 8 October
ThisshortmultidisciplinarycoursewillexamineallaspectsoflifeintheareaservedbytheRiverBann.FromlocalwildlifetogeologytolocalhistorythecoursewilllookathowtheBannhascometoshapetheareaaroundToomebridge,RandalstownandAntrimandassessitscontinuedimportancetotheregion.
The Golden Age of Dutch Painting
OLE1724
Chloe Morrison, BA
Fee£48.00(concessionrate£29.00)payableatfirstlecture
New Year 2013
10 weekly sessions on Mondays 7.45 pm to 9.15 pm, in St Benedict’s High School, Randalstown, starting 7 January
ThiscoursewillexplorethekeyartisticgenresinseventeenthcenturyDutchpainting(includingstilllife,landscapeandPortraiture),andtheprominentartistsworkingatthistime,suchasRembrandtandVermeer.Wewilldiscussthehistorical,socialandeconomicfactorsthatcontributedtotheremarkableburgeoningoftheNetherlandsartmarketduringtheseventeenthcentury.
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Wednesday 26 September and Wednesday 3 October French Pronunciation Clinic, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage47
Saturday 29 September Aspects of Belfast’s History, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage34
Saturday 29 September Charles II and his Reign: Restoration, Plague and Fire Forfurtherdetails,seepage36
Saturday 6 October Builders of Belfast: A Walking Tour Forfurtherdetails,seepage35
Saturday 6 October Interview Skills for Job Applicants, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage77
Saturdays 6 and 13 October Public Speaking Forfurtherdetails,seepage78
Saturday 6 October Understanding the Stockmarket: An Advanced Workshop, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage 80
Saturdays 13 and 27 October Massage for Stress Relief and Relaxation: An Introduction Forfurtherdetails,seepage16
Saturday 20 October Inheritance Tax: A Guide to Preserving Family Wealth on Death, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage79
Saturday 20 October Travel on the Internet: Beginners’ Forfurtherdetails,seepage19
One-Day and Two-Day Courses
Saturday 27 October Travel on the Internet: Advanced Forfurtherdetails,seepage19
Saturday 3 November Coping with Anger and Creating Calm Forfurtherdetails,seepage75
Saturday 3 November Enhanced Learning and Memory for Exams and Interviews, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage76
Saturday 3 November Facebook for Beginners Forfurtherdetails,seepage18
Saturday 3 November Moral Philosophy: An Introduction Forfurtherdetails,seepage82
Mondays 5 and 12 November Acrylic Painting: Advanced Forfurtherdetails,seepage83
Saturday 10 November How to Write for Profit and Pleasure, Group 1 Forfurtherdetails,seepage24
Saturday 17 November Facebook: Advanced Workshop Forfurtherdetails,seepage18
Saturday 24 November James Out, William In Forfurtherdetails,seepage38
Mondays 14 and 21 January Acrylic Painting: Technical Innovations Forfurtherdetails,seepage83
Wednesdays 16 and 23 January French Pronunciation Clinic, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage47
Saturday 26 January How to Write for Profit and Pleasure, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage24
Saturday 26 January Understanding the Stockmarket: An Advanced Workshop, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage80
Saturday 9 February Inheritance Tax: A Guide to Preserving Family Wealth on Death, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage79
Saturday 9 February Queen Anne Forfurtherdetails,seepage39
Saturday 16 February John de Courcy and the Battle of Downpatrick, 1177 Forfurtherdetails,seepage38
Saturday 23 February Enhanced Learning and Memory for Exams and Interviews, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage76
Saturday 2 March How to Lighten Up Your Life Forfurtherdetails,seepage77
Saturday 9 March Interview Skills for Job Applicants, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage77
Saturday 9 March Meditation: An Introduction Forfurtherdetails,seepage78
Saturday 23 March Aspects of Belfast’s History, Group 2 Forfurtherdetails,seepage34
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