The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Diego State University offers intellectually stimulating, university-quality courses for students age 50 and better. There are no tests or grades, just the thrill of learning with like-minded peers. Free campus parking is included.
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Spring 2020 Osher Membership
Osher Institute at SDSU membership is $30 for new and renewing members, per person, per term. Membership is required each term to register for Osher Institute offerings, unless otherwise noted.
Spring 2020 Osher Offerings
| Course Title | Dates | Days | Times | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aging, Finance and Retirement | ||||
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Four-Week Course: Injury Prevention and Management As We Age |
2/25-3/17 |
Tuesday |
1-2:50pm |
$49 |
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Lecture: Inspiring Women to Financial Independence |
3/17 |
Thursday |
9–10:50am |
FREE |
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Lecture: Famous Last Words: A Discussion of High-Profile Wills and Estates and What You Can Learn From Them For Your Estate Planning |
4/9 |
Tuesday |
1–2:50pm |
FREE |
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Three-Week Course: The Field of Life: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work |
4/16-4/30 |
Thursday |
10-11:50am |
FREE |
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Lecture: Advance Care Planning at Any Age |
5/11 |
Monday |
11am-12:50pm |
FREE |
| Arts and Humanities | ||||
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Four-Week Course: Vietnam & the American War |
2/12-3/4 |
Wednesday |
3-4:50pm |
$49 |
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Lecture: The Beatles 1966 North American Tour |
2/13 |
Thursday |
11am-12:50pm |
$15 |
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Six-Week Course: Art History: The World's Greatest Buildings, an Architectural Survey |
2/14-3/20 |
Friday |
9-10:50am |
$74 |
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Lecture: Dwight Eisenhower: Soldier, Statesman, Patriot |
2/17 |
Monday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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Edventure: Culture & Cuisine of Italy |
2/18 |
Tuesday |
12-2pm |
$39 |
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Lecture: Living Forever |
2/18 |
Tuesday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
|
Four-Week Course: Music and the Brain |
2/19-3/11 |
Wednesday |
2-4:30pm |
$69 |
|
Six-Week Workshop: Films of Resistance and Resilience |
2/27-4/2 |
Thursday |
11am-1:50pm |
$94 |
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Four-Week Course: Connecting Art, Anatomy, and Religion Along the Italian Peninsula |
3/5-3/26 |
Thursday |
2-3:50pm |
$49 |
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Three-Week Course: History of the String Quartet |
3/9-3/23 |
Monday |
9-11:30pm |
$49 |
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Six-Week Course: Cold War America |
3/9-4/13 |
Monday |
1-2:50pm |
$74 |
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Edventure: Native Flora & Fauna of San Diego |
3/17 |
Tuesday |
10am-3:30pm |
$39 |
|
Lecture: National Parks in Your Neighborhood |
3/23 |
Monday |
11am-12:50pm |
$15 |
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Edventure: Kumeyaay Life Prior to the 1769 European Arrival |
3/24 |
Tuesday |
10am-3:30pm |
$39 |
|
Six-Week Course: Art History: The Public Art, Architecture, and History of San Diego |
3/27-5/1 |
Friday |
9-10:50am |
$74 |
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Four-Week Course: Deep in Shepard Territory: A Hand's on Study of Sam Shepard's Buried Child |
4/1-4/22 |
Wednesday |
10-11:50am |
$62 |
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Four-Week Course: The Emerging Middle Class Society: America in the Early 1800s |
4/4-4/25 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$49 |
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Six-Week Course: A Foreign Film Series with Jungian Footnotes |
4/6-5/11 |
Monday |
10am-12:50pm |
$94 |
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Two-Week Course: Boogie Woogie to Electric Slide: Dance in Popular Culture |
4/10 & 4/17 |
Friday |
1-2:50pm |
$35 |
|
Two-Week Course: Introduction to Philosophy of Mind |
4/16 & 4/23 |
Thursday |
11am-12:50pm |
$35 |
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Four-Week Course: Religion and the American Presidency |
4/23-5/14 |
Thursday |
3-4:50pm |
$49 |
|
Edventure: Disturbed in Their Nests: A Look at the Refugee Crisis |
4/28 |
Tuesday |
11am-1pm |
$39 |
|
Edventure: Cygnet In The Wings: Behind the Scenes of Our Most Successful Midsize Theatre |
4/29 |
Wednesday |
11am-1pm |
$15 |
|
Lecture: The Development of Transportation in San Diego: A Community Perspective |
4/30 |
Thursday |
11am-12:50pm |
$15 |
| Personal Development/Special Interest | ||||
|
Six-Week Course: Wine Tasting: Old World vs. New World |
2/24-3/30 |
Monday |
3-4:50pm |
$179 |
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Four-Week Course: Beginning your Memoir |
3/7-3/28 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$49 |
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Six-Week Morkshop: Hands-on with Cybersecurity and You! |
3/18-4/22 |
Wednesday |
4-5:50pm |
$74 |
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Four-Week Workshop: The Zentangle Method |
3/24-4/21 |
Tuesday |
11am-1:30pm |
$74 |
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Workshop: Mindful Based Stressed Reduction: All-Day Retreat |
3/28 |
Saturday |
9a-4pm |
$199 |
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Six-Week Workshop: The Practice of Chi Kung, an Ancient Chinese Technique for Energy Enhancement |
4/3-5/8 |
Friday |
11am-12:50pm |
$74 |
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Lecture: The Last Lecture: Reflections on 38 Years in a Feminist Classroom |
4/8 |
Wednesday |
9-10:50am |
$15 |
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Lecture: 50 Years at the San Diego Zoo: A Conversation with Chuck Bieler, San Diego Zoo Director Emeritus |
5/6 |
Wednesday |
2-3:50pm |
$15 |
| Politics and Current Events | ||||
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Lecture: How We Elect Politicians in an Age of Instant Information and Instant Gratification |
2/8 |
Saturday |
11am-12:50pm |
$15 |
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Six-Week Course: Why It’s the FIRST Amendment! Why Freedom of Speech and Religion Remain so Important and Controversial |
2/10-3/16 |
Monday |
11am-12:50pm |
$74 |
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Four-Week Course: Inside the Marble Palace: The U.S. Supreme Court's Powers, Procedures, and Predicaments |
2/14-3/6 |
Friday |
11am-12:50pm |
$49 |
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Two-Week Course: The Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Humanitarian and Development Challenges Facing the Arab World |
2/19 & 2/26 |
Wednesday |
11am-12:50pm |
$35 |
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Lecture: The Green New Deal: What It Is and What It Is Not |
2/27 |
Thursday |
2-3:50pm |
$15 |
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Two-Week Course: International Bill of Human Rights |
2/27 |
Thursday |
11am-12:50pm |
$35 |
|
Lecture: Climate Change, San Diego, and You |
5/6 |
Wednesday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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Two-Week Course: How California Works |
5/8 & 5/15 |
Friday |
11am-12:50pm |
$35 |
| Religious Studies | ||||
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Six-Week Course: Mysticism: The Sacred Fire at the Heart of Religion |
2/10-3/16 |
Monday |
3-4:50pm |
$74 |
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Four-Week Course: The Jewish Heritage of two Feminist Catholic Saints |
2/11-3/3 |
Tuesday |
9-10:50am |
$49 |
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Six-Week Course: Crime and Consequence: A Judaic Perspective on Criminal Justice |
2/13-3/19 |
Thursday |
2-3:50pm |
$74 |
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Four-Week Course: What is God? |
3/6-3/27 |
Friday |
2-3:50pm |
$49 |
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Two-Week Course: Eastern Philosophy: An Introduction to Taoism |
3/7 & 3/14 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$35 |
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Six-Week Course: The Wisdom of Hinduism |
3/23-4/27 |
Monday |
3-4:50pm |
$74 |
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Lecture: So What Happened After Jesus’s Death?: The Inconsistent Easter Stories of the New Testament |
3/14 |
Tuesday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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Lecture: Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment |
5/5 |
Tuesday |
10-11:50am |
$15 |
| Sciences | ||||
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Lecture: Celestial Globes, History, and the Art of Science |
2/21 |
Friday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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Lecture: The Geology of Fossil Fuels and of Human Consumption |
2/28 |
Friday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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Lecture: The Mars to Come: Madness, Genius, and the Work of Nikola Tesla |
3/21 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$15 |
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Lecture: The New Science of Astrobiology |
3/26 |
Thursday |
10-11:50am |
$15 |
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Lecture: Earthquakes of the San Diego Region |
4/15 |
Wednesday |
2-3:50pm |
$15 |
| Special Events | ||||
|
Spring 2020 Kickoff Event |
1/31 |
Friday |
9:30am-12:30pm |
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SDSU Love Library Discovery Session and Tour |
2/20 |
Thursday |
11am-12:30pm |
FREE |
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Getting the Vote: The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage in the United States |
2/22 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$15 |
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OLLI Cafe |
2/24 |
Monday |
1-2:30pm |
FREE |
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Feminisim: Not the "F-word" Anymore |
2/29 |
Saturday |
10-11:50am |
$15 |
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OLLI Cafe |
3/25 |
Wednesday |
11am-12:30pm |
FREE |
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A Literary Treasure Revealed: "Getting" Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis |
4/1 |
Wednesday |
1-2:50pm |
$15 |
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SDSU Arts Alive Theater Event: Metamophosis by Franz Kafka |
4/12 |
Sunday |
2-4pm |
$19 |
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OLLI Cafe |
4/24 |
Friday |
1-2:30pm |
FREE |