A Sampling of Courses Offered by the University of Cincinnati

Fall 2009: Undergraduate Honors Seminar: 
"The Darwinian Revolution" will be taught by Prof. Robert Richardson. This historically oriented course focuses on the development of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, the emergence of evolutionary theory in the 19th century, the intellectual and social contect crucial to that theory, and the immediate scientific responses to Darwin's theory in the last half of the century. The course will be wide-ranging, covering not only Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (1859), but also original writings from Darwin's contemporaries.

Fall Quarter 2009: "Hearing and Sound Production Through the Ages: Jurassic Acoustics" (35CSD568H) will be taught by Peter Scheifele from Allied Health Sciences on Wednesdays, 1 - 3:50 p.m.

October 2009: Mini-Medical College:
"Your Genes and You: Health, Disease & Drugs"
A four-sesssion program will be offered to the public on Tuesday evenings to keep you up to date with trends in medicine.  This program is open to the community for a small fee (~$70), typically enrolls about 200, and will feature 8 UC College of Medicine faculty speakers. Advance registration is required.

Coordinated by the UC Foundation and the College of Medicine: Maria Gruber and Dr. Andrew Filak.

COMPLETED COURSES

June 15 – July 9, 2008: UC Undergraduate Students Summer British Study Abroad Program, Raymond Walters College

1. "Creative Writing" (28-ENGL-296) taught by Professor Michael Roos
2. "Evolution: History and Processes" (28-BIOL-296) taught by Professor Mark Otten

This program was timed to coincide with the 150-year anniversary of the historic reading of papers by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace before the Linnean Society of London on June 30/July 1, 1858. Both courses used "Evolution: Triumph of an Idea" by Carl Zimmer.

Winter Quarter 2009: "Hearing and Sound Production Through the Ages: Jurassic Acoustics" (35CSD568H) taught by Peter Scheifele from Allied Health Sciences.

Winter Quarter 2009: Prof. Michael Roos will offer a "Topics in Literature: I, II, III" sequence (three sections) at Raymond Walters College. Topics II in winter quarter will look at literary works through the eyes of universal Darwinism.

Bibliography of Darwin and Evolution essays that might be of interest.

For further information, please contact Jana Braziel, Taft Faculty Chair, at 513-558-7367 or jana.braziel@uc.edu

To register online
1. Go to OLLI's Web site.
2. Sign up as a new account, or log in as an existing account.
OR call the OLLI office (513-556-9186)

For further information, please contact Maria Gruber (Coordinator, UC Foundation) or John Kues (Asst. Sr. VP, COM Continuous Professional Development).