Clarence University of the Third Age |
| M111 | HIGHER INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | HILARY FAWCETT |
| Conversation is an important element of this course along ith other aspects of language learning. | ||
| Class maximum 8 | Levy $5 | |
| M112 | GERMAN FOR BEGINNERS | ADRIAN HARMSEN |
| A course designed for people with limited or no prior knowledge
of the German language. Emphasis will be placed on grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and simple conversation.
Aspects of German culture will be part of the course and varied, active participation will be encouraged. CDs
of German songs will be used to assist in correct pronunciation.
Adrian was a high school and matriculation college teacher of French, German, Dutch and English as a Second Language (ESL). Supervisor of modern languages with the Tasmanian department of Education for 12 years. Supervisor of language studies for an international organisation in Germany and Greece for 3 years. | ||
| Class maximum 25. | ||
| M113 | PLAY READING | DES COOPER |
| Des is an old Hobartian with experience in acting and some directing (AMEB Speech and Drama Grade VII). | ||
| Class maximum 10 | ||
| M114 | INDONESIAN HISTORY PART I | GREG THE |
| The first part will cover the period up to 1900 and will discuss
the prehistoric period – emergence of Hindu/Buddhism – Sriwijaya and Majapayit empires – the coming of Islam
– the arrival of Europeans – V.O.C. (Vereenigde Oostindische Company = Dutch East Indies Company) – British
Intermezzo – Java War – Cultivation System – Liberal Policy – Padri and Aceh Wars. The second part will be
given in Term 2 2007 and will cover the period from 1900 to the present.
Greg was born in Indonesia which was then Netherlands East Indies. He studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Adelaide and was a member of the academic staff at the department of electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Tasmania for 35 years until his retirement in 1997. | ||
| Levy $5 | ||
| M115 | HEALTH MATTERS | PAM TERRY |
| Ten experts will talk on a variety of health related subjects. | ||
| 5th March | Chewing it over, connecting the dots | Megan Hurley |
| 12th March | LONG WEEKEND | NO CLASSES |
| 19th March | What do we mean by feeling crook | Peter Bell |
| 26th March | Euthanasia | Dr Roy Goldfinch |
| 2nd April | Chinese herbal medicine | Doh Ming Ling |
| 9th April | EASTER BREAK | NO CLASSES |
| 16th April | The Aging Eye | Andrew Hogan |
| 23rd April | Fish Oils | Peter Nichols |
| 30th April | Relaxation and Meditation | Lorraine McCarthy |
| 7th May | Bio-diversity – your life depends on it | Nick Cooling |
| 16th May | Tread lightly on the Earth | Helen Burnett |
| 31st May | Secret business | TBA |
| M116 | CHARACTERS OF LONDON | PETER SOUTHGATE |
| A series of illustrated talks about literary characters
– most real, some fictional – who have lived and worked in London from the 16th to the 20th century
(A repeat of the course given in 2006)
After a career conducting and publishing studies of criminal justice management for the British Government, Peter settled in Hobart in 2004. He has given a variety of courses at Hobart and Clarence U3A. | ||
| M117 | WATERCOLOUR PAINTING | SUZANNE BANKS |
| This course is following on from Margaret Moon’s beginners’ Watercolour Painting course last year. Suzanne will coordinate this course and bring themes for each lesson. Suzanne has painted for about twenty years. She travelled overseas with painters Nerida De Yong and Irish painter Pauline Bewick. Both these teachers have influenced her work. She has had a solo exhibition and has showed work at various exhibitions around Hobart and in Canberra. | ||
| Class maximum 10 | Levy $2 | |
MONDAY SESSION 2 - 10.55
| M121 | COUNTRY DANCING | ALISON JONES |
| `Getting old is merely a matter of feeling your corns more than you feel your oats.’ We tend to ignore both and enjoy moving comfortably to encouraging music from Scotland and other countries. | ||
| Class maximum 28 | ||
| M122 | WRITERS WORKSHOP | DAVID TURNER |
| An opportunity for those who enjoy writing (or would like to) to share their efforts in a friendly atmosphere of mutual support and encouragement. | ||
| Class maximum 12 | ||
| M123 | LADIES OF RENOWN | JOHN MILLER |
| Listen to famous ladies singing opera, lieder and songs –
from Sutherland to Houston, plus information on what they are singing. Non-technical, mostly new.
John is a Wagner addict and former owner of Launceston Classics Centre Shop. | ||
| Class maximum 20 | ||
| M124 | KEATS | ROWENA MACKEAN |
| Glorious poetry, hopeless love, early death – Keats seems
to typify the Romantic era. We shall look at Keats’ life and times and read and discuss many of his poems.
Rowena is currently working for a Master of Education on Older People’s Learning. | ||
| Levy $2 | ||
| M125 | THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION Part 1 of 2 | IAN DUFFY |
| How do computers compute? How can we navigate by satellite?
How can sound and pictures be digital? Join this journey of discovery from abacus to iPod. There’s history,
science, technology – even art, music and poetry! No experience needed.
Ian is an electronics engineer with 35 years’ experience in Information Technology R&D. His involvement ranges from pioneering IT development in the 70s to modern microchip physics. | ||
| M126 | THE RAJ | MARGARET ROSE and JOHN HOOPER |
| British India 1880-1947. A look at the Indian Empire and the lives of those who ruled it.
John has been involved in the army, police, local government and now – Blessed Retirement! He is a history buff. | ||
| Levy $2 | ||
MONDAY SESSION 3 - 12.05
| M131 | INTERMEDIATE FRENCH | HILARY FAWCETT |
| A refresher course for those with some background in French – tailored to suit the needs of the class. | ||
| Levy $5 | ||
| M132 | LATIN 5 | SELF-DIRECTED |
| This is a continuing intermediate class. We will be using the Cambridge Latin Course Book 5. | ||
| Class maximum 10 | ||
| M133 | TAI CHI | MARY NEWMAN |
| Tai Chi is a universal medium for the cultivation of body, mind and spirit. It is for everyone, of all ages. | ||
| Class maximum 25 | Levy $2 | |
| M134 | RAMBLES IN RUSSIA 2000-06 | FRED THORNETT |
| A compendium of life and travel in Russia between 2000 and 2006. We will cover most of European Russia from Murmansk, the world’s most northern city, across to Archangelsk on the White Sea, down the Russian railways and by ship on rivers and canals to the Caspian Sea and the Sea of Azov. The places visited include Moscow, St Petersburg, the Slovetski Islands, Vologda, Yaroslavl, Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, the Golden Ring, Samara, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Rostov-on-Don, Azov, Smolensk and sundry other places of fame and infamy. Powerpoint will be used to show dozens of pictures, including sights that are rarely seen (and new angles on some that are well known). | ||
| M135 | LIVING ANTHROPOLOGY | HELEN LAWRENCE |
| Climate change and its effects on the first journey of Homo
Sapiens out of Africa. Migration routes and their effects on population clusters. Early Australian landfall.
DNA confirmation of archaeological and skeletal evidence. Basic historical legacies we share and why we
should know about them.
Helen is a physiotherapist with a post-retirement degree in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology. She is the author of two books that would be useful background material for the course: Making Friends with Fossils and Eve’s Family Tree (either is available from the author for $5 each). | ||
| Class maximum 15. | ||
| O111 | DESKTOP PUBLISHING | MARGARET COLLIS |
|
Using Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Publisher we shall explore useful components in the preparation of a
newsletter. Intending students should have previous (even if slight) experience in using Word.
Class will be held on Mondays from 3.00-4.45 at Warrane Primary School. Margaret was born and bred in Hobart. A former teacher of maths etc in state schools and of computer software at TAFE. A Latin lover who has recently been appointed General in L’Armee contre le dents-de-lion. | ||
| Levy $2 | ||
WEDNESDAY SESSION 1 - 9.30
| W111 | SPANISH | FRED SCHLUTER |
| This is a continuing course so new students should have
a basic knowledge of the language.
Fred has had many years of experience as an interpreter. Teaching helps him to maintain his own knowledge of languages. | ||
| Class maximum 12 | Levy $5 | |
| W112 | MORE MUSIC FROM OUR YOUTH | ROD DOWNIE |
| More music from our youth - dance and sing along if you wish – for committed listeners only, persistent chatterers will be excommunicated. | ||
| W113 | BRUSH UP YOUR MATHS | NOELA FOXCROFT |
| This term we will cover Co-ordinate geometry and an
introduction to Trigonometry – all made easy and enjoyable. New members would be most welcome.
Noela spent many happy years teaching Maths and Science and now enjoys keeping her hand in at U3A. | ||
| Class maximum 20 | Levy $1 | |
| W114 | JANE AUSTEN’S LIFE AND WORKS | JOAN CARR |
| Jane Austen is understandably one of the most popular authors the English language has ever produced with her splendid mix of wit and irony. We will look at her life, the historical period she inhabited, her juvenilia and her six novels. | ||
| Levy $2 | ||
| W115 | THE FIRE WITHIN THE EYE – THE NATURE AND MEANING OF LIGHT | VIN COCKBURN |
| The course will include the following: ancient ideas about
light, the senses and why light is different, the scientific revolution’s ideas about light, obvious
phenomena including rainbows/auroras, light’s place in the electro-magnetic spectrum, speed of light,
colour and how we perceive colour, the solar spectrum.
Vince has a BSc (Hons) from London, 1956. He has taught in the UK, Canada, Arabia and Tasmania. | ||
| W116 | THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR WILLIAM AND LADY CAROLINE DENISON | RICHARD DAVIS and STEFAN PETROW |
| Sir William Denison was a remarkably able governor of
Tasmania, New South Wales and Madras. He stimulated passionate loyalty in some and almost hysterical
hatred in others. The course emphasises his memoirs, which consist of the contemporary letters written
by himself and his wife Caroline. The latter was a keen and humorous observer of life in the colonies.
She was widely praised for her interest in education and work for the poor. We show Denison battling to
preserve the convict system in Van Diemen’s Land, presiding over the introduction of self-government in
New South Wales and maintaining the British Raj in Madras.
Richard Davis is a retired Professor of History at the University of Tasmania; Stefan Petrow is currently a Senior Lecturer in History at the same University. Together they are working on a biography and new edition of the works of Governor Sir William and Lady Caroline Denison. The first volume has appeared as Varieties of Viceregal Life (Tasmanian Section), with a foreword by Sir Guy Green. Useful pre-reading: Sir William & Lady Caroline Denison, Varieties of Vice-Regal Life (Van Diemen’s Land Section) edited R. Davis and S. Petrow, should be available in shops like Fullers, The Hobart Bookshop, Astrolabe, etc. Copies will be available during the course for $25. | ||
WEDNESDAY SESSION 2 - 10.55
| W121 | ADVANCED GERMAN AND CONVERSATION | FRED SCHLUTER |
| This is a continuing course. New students should be reasonably fluent in the language. | ||
| Levy $5 | ||
| W122 | TAI CHI | MARY NEWMAN |
| Tai Chi is a universal medium for the cultivation of body, mind and spirit. It is for everyone, of all ages. | ||
| Class maximum 25 | ||
| W123 | CHESS | DON FARNELL |
| This is an opportunity for new players to learn chess and for those who haven't played for a while to refresh and improve their game. | ||
| Class maximum 12 | ||
| W124 | HAPPINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY | JOHN BURGESS |
| `The fact that rising incomes have not increased the level
of happiness should cause each Government to reappraise its objectives and everyone to rethink our goals.’
This proposition, advanced by a leading economist Richard Layard, will be examined by speakers from a
relevant range of disciplines.
Suggested prereading desirable but not essential: `Happiness: Lessons from a new science’ by Richard Layard (Penguin). John is a parson’s son born in Dorset, England. Forestry degree from Oxford, 6 years with the Overseas Forest Service in Nyasaland, 10 years with the Tasmanian Forestry Commission and 18 years with the National Parks and Wildlife Service – all predominantly as a Planning Officer. | ||
| 7th March | Economics and Happiness | Dr Paul Blacklow |
| 14th March | Happiness: A personal not a Public Responsibility | Dr Harry Stanton |
| 21st March | Representative Government | Paul Smith |
| 28th March | Philosophy | Dr David Coady |
| 4th April | Social / Psychology | Mr Peter Ball |
| 11th April | EASTER BREAK | NO CLASSES |
| 18th April | Misleading Analysis of Happiness and Wealth | Dr Michael Brooks |
| 25th April | ANZAC DAY | NO CLASSES |
| 2nd May | Happiness and the Community | Bob Holdeness-Roddam |
| 9th May | Happiness, a Psychiatric perspective | Dr Paddy Burges-Watson |
| 16th May | Happiness, Adventure and Public Policy | Professor Bruce Davis |
| 23rd May | TBA | TBA |
| W125 | UNIVERSE PLANET AND EARTHLINGS | PATRICIA LOCKE |
| Power presentations of Tibet railway, King Tut, Petroglyphs,
Aviation, Climbing Everest, Port Davey, Lascaux Caves, Dead Sea Scrolls, Mars, Sun, Comets, Conspiracies and UFOs.
Patricia is a fellow U3A student with computer graphics skills. | ||
| W126 | MEDIAEVAL CARMPENTRY AND CRAFTS | TONY ELWELL |
| This course will include many ancient crafts that have all
but died out leaving evidence of their existence and many that have thrived unchanged until today. Life in
earlier days is quite an enticement. Carpentry, weaving, bow and arrow making, wagons, shoeing, wheel
wrighting, thatching, quilting, harness to name but a few.
Tony’s life in rural England with agriculture, making traditional furniture, deep interest in English history and a practical, happy, fortunate and interesting life allows him to share some of the crafts mentioned. | ||
| Class maximum 12 | Levy $5 | |
| W126 | CHESS | MERV KERSHAW and DON FARNELL |
| This is an opportunity for new players to learn chess and for those who haven't played for a while to refresh and improve their game. | ||
| Class maximum 12 | ||
WEDNESDAY SESSION 3 - 12.05
| W131 | PLAY READING | TONY MANLEY/ANN BROWN |
| Plays should be heard. Come and enjoy reading a variety of plays from the U3A library. Ann Brown (ex-teacher, theatre and acting addict) will take the group during Tony’s absence. | ||
| Class maximum 10 | ||
| W132 | FACING THE MUSIC | CHRIS CARSON |
| An introduction to classical music with some knowledge and
appreciation by listening to recordings and non-technical discussion. Covers major composers, history,
trends - from medieval to 20th century.
Chris was a radio broadcaster for 12 years and has sung roles in opera, oratorio and on ABC radio. | ||
| Class maximum 20 | ||
| W133 | THE INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC | PETER STEVENSON |
| A survey of instruments that produce musical sounds with numerous demonstrations and discussions of the physical principles involved. Not for musicians who can distinguish Klemperer from Karajan by sound alone! | ||
| Class maximum 30 | Levy $3 | |
| W134 | POT POURRI | JEAN HOWES |
| Ten one-hour talks by U3A members speaking about subjects in which they have a particular interest or expertise. | ||
| 7th March | Aspects of Landscape | David Leaman |
| 14th March | All about Liliums | Thomas Buckland |
| 21st March | Surgery by Morse Code | Avis Hanson |
| 28th March | Manana, Manana | Rosanne Joyce |
| 4th April | Two Tasmanian Pioneers | Rod Downie |
| 11th April | EASTER BREAK | NO CLASSES |
| 18th April | Thames Barges | Lionel Thompson |
| 25th April | ANZAC DAY | NO CLASSES |
| 2nd May | King James Bible - a brief history | John Terry |
| 9th May | Book of Common prayer - a brief history | John Terry |
| 16th May | Messing about with Business | Mickey Benefiel |
| 23rd May | Ascent of the Matterhorn | Graeme Lindridge |
| W135 | SHARE MARKET GAME | PETER GREEN |
| To help each other better understand the Australian share
market by managing our own fictitious share portfolio.
Peter is an amateur share investor with no legal qualifications. He has managed his own share portfolio for the last few years. | ||
| Class maximum 15 | Levy $2 | |
| W136 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION | NOELA FOXCROFT |
| A look at the French naval expeditions in and around
Australia – why they came and stayed – and why the Dutch came first – but didn’t stay.
Having been a keen sailor all things maritime are of great interest to Noela. | ||
| Class maximum 35 | ||