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Course Requests & SurveysThis is a list of new course ideas suggested to us. If you have an interest in taking any of these courses, should they be offered, please let us know and we will add your name to those interested in taking that particular course. Where we see there is enough interest to create an actual course, we will advertise the course in The Villages media and will personally call you to let you know the course has been created. If you have an interest in a course that is not already offered at the college or listed on this survey page, feel free to contact us and we will add it to the list. Updated Thursday, February 4, 2010 Course Title: Adventures in Diving Certification Instructor: Michael Abston Description: Take your diving experience to another level. This course introduces the student to five different specialties while building the student's confidence to the diving environment. The course consists of a classroom setting along with 3 dive trips. Each student shall demonstrate a combination of specialty diving skills and academic knowledge to receive the PADI Advance Open Diver certification. Require PADI Adventures in Diving manual ($55.00) is providing by and payable to the instructor for each dive trip at $40.00. Prerequisite: Have completed the Scuba Diving Certification Course.
Course Title: The American Way of War Instructor: Donald Goldstein Description: The American Way of War has been pragmatic- in many instances; it has been one simply "muddling through." Americans write memoirs about themselves, not about strategy. Only at Mahan of the great strategic writers on non nuclear war is an American the creator. All other American conventional strategy was borrowed. This course traces American military doctrine and its roots through the Revolutionary, Mexican, Civil, Spanish American, World War I and II, Korea, Vietnam, until the present day wars. It emphasizes American military society, which is unique, and the great theorists Sun Tzu, Jomini, Douhet, Lidell, Hart and Moa. It also discusses nuclear strategy and tactics. When the student is finished, he or she has a general idea as how to the military has changed, and how it operates today. There are no text, but many hand-outs, excellent reference, and bibliography. The first hour is usually lecture. The second hour, a documentary unique to the instructor's 57 years experience. In short- it is hoped that the students will be able to relate how US strategy has evolved and why it is like it is today-GOOD OR BAD.
Course Title: An Art Journey thru Your Painting Instructor: Marilyn Davis Description: Come with me and together let's break down the elements that are contained in each painting. You will make a notebook reference of these elements for your future studies. A place for you to return, where you can always review the piece by piece element approach to what you are seeing and how you got there. Together we will travel towards the goal of knowledge, while learning not by just looking, but learning to see. Not just checking it out, but by finding out the "Why" and how you did it that way. Once you know this you will know why, where and how to use this information again and be able to put it all together in your next piece of art. And there you have it, your journey your painted piece.
Course Title: Bonsai Instructor: Bernadette Crotty Description: Learn the Basics of this ancient art form. It covers the four main styles as well as layering, shaping, construction, and care. Bring your own favorite ceramic pot and go home with your first Bonsai (Ceramic container must have drainage holes). You select the tree. Supplies are $40.00. Course Title: California Dreamin' -and Serial Killing Instructor: Darlene Funkhouser Description: Laid back California is the serial killer epicenter of the world, and no one does it better! These killers- especially, in LA- have really ramped up the game. This course investigates these horrific crimes (in particular, the many nasty killing teams). Crime fans will try to figure out what makes California such a hotbed of twisted perversion...
Course Title: Cell Phone Basics and More Instructor: Jim Stueber Description: Do you want to be able to navigate thru the menus on your cell phone, without calling your grandchildren? This class will help. Learn how to speed dial, check your messages, put someone on hold, check your calendar, set the clock, call up your photos, go on the internet, check the weather, use the calculator, change ringtones, voice recognition, how to answer and hang up and assign ring tones.
Course Title: Charcoal Drawing and Pastels Instructor: Diane Oliva Description: This course is suitable for beginners to intermediate student levels. Still life will be used to focus on drawing, values, and composition to starting with charcoal. Pastels will be used to study the dynamics of color. Students will be given individual attention to problem solving. There will be an emphasis on color mixing and shading. This course will provide a basic drawing and color foundation for you to experiment in other art mediums.
Course Title: Combining Watercolor, Collage and Journaling Instructor: Rebecca Schwartz Description: Express yourself with paint and pen. Use experimental watercolor techniques to make extraordinary designs with paper in a new way. Use textured colors to express your feelings, and then inscribe thoughts into your special creation. Release stress, explore watercolor, collage and combine it with your words to create your own distinctive journal. Let out your inner artist and author. No experience needed- just courage. Journal will be about 5x7.
Course Title: Cults and Terrorism Instructor: Frank Machovec Description: A 3-session exploring the psychology of cults and terrorism, no and throughout history, leader and follower personalities and behaviors, by a retired psychologist, based on his two books on the subject.
Course Title: Digital Underwater Photography Instructor: Michael Abston Description: Whether you are snorkeler, certified diver, or diver in training, you can begin your journey as a digital underwater photographer with this course. The course is designed to help get good results easily, even if you're never used a digital camera before. Required Digital Underwater Photographer manual ($33.00) is provided by and payable to the instructor on the first day of class. Dive equipment and wetsuit are available for rent from the instructor for $40.00 per dive trip. Digital underwater camera is required for the class and can be rented or purchased from instructor.
Course Title: Discover Scuba Instructor: Michael Abston Description: If you just wondered what it would be like to go underwater and just did not have time or an easy opportunity to try scuba, here is your chance. Discover Scuba is for the person who just simply wants to try scuba diving with no strings attached. It is fun, easy, and just takes a few moments of your time to discover an exciting new lifestyle.
Course Title: Dog/Cat CPR and First Aid Instructor: Tina Andes Description: Basic First Aid and CPR for cats and dogs as recommended by The American Red Cross and utilizing there educational materials. I have all supplies necessary to teach this class including all books and CPR practice dog.
Course Title: The Esoteric History of Playing Cards, Dice, and Dominoes Instructor: Fran Szarnicki Description: In examining three seemingly innocent games of chance students will learn that they were not originally credited for amusement. Rather, they were developed as divination tools and are based on the science of numerology. You will learn the history of these games as well as how to use them as divination tools. Learn which playing card best represents you.
Course Title: Exercise Your Creativity Instructor: Dan Mitchell Description: The course will focus on how to use mild to moderate physical exercise to enhance cognitive skills like creativity, concentration, and interpersonal communication. There is a DVD for the exercises, worksheets to identify unique goals, interests put together in a simple manual form, and a website if the person desires a regular communication and support.
Course Title: Financial Management in Retirement Instructor: Robert Luther, Jr. Description: Throughout the 5 module course, we will look at case studies of hypothetical retiree households. These case studies will be reviewed at each meeting. We will cover the following issues: Defining your Retirement, Creating a Plan, Saving & Investing for Retirement, Rebuilding & Repairing in Financial Crisis, and Keeping Track.
Course Title: Finding Your Inner Joy Instructor: Richard Fabozzi Description: Imagine non-stop fun high interactive, inspirational, musical, and experiential JOYSHOP (workshop on Joy). We all have an IQ and we all have an EQ (Emotional Quotient). In this session you will discover your JQ (Joy Quotient). Discovering your JQ is a fun, insightful and thought-provoking experience. You will leave focused on having more joy, fun, and possibly even more meaning in your life. Your spirit will be lifted and your morale will be boosted.
Course Title: Free and Easy Ways to Stay in Touch over the Internet Instructor: Michael Paquin Description: It's free and easy to use your computer and the internet to stay in touch with family and friends, no matter how far from The Villages They Are! This online class will remove the mystery and answer your questions about what kind of computer you need and items like webcams. We will then look at free alternatives to the telephone such as Skype, instant messengers, and explain the truth behind the most popular website today, face book. This is truly a hands-on class, delivered through your computer at home! Using your PC and telephone you will see each tool up-close and personal. In class you will be given time to try them out for yourself and ask questions. When you leave class you're not only smarter, you're ready to go!
Course Title: (New) Gourmet Cooking Class Instructor: Ernie Glorioso Description: Learn New Skill and Impress Your Friends, Tempt Your Plate, Experience a Cooking Adventure, while Learning about Cooking Healthy Dishes:
2. Will help you Look Great 3. May help you Lose Weight
Course Title: High/Low Impact Aerobics Instructor: Evelyn Starta Description: Come join and get a complete body workout. A lot of cardiovascular jumps, skips, leg lifts, etc. Great uplifting music and great routines. You will need hand weights and a floor mat.
Course Title: How to Live More like Mary in a Martha World Instructor: Phyllis Kuehnl-Walters, PHD Description: This course is for women or men who are busily engaged or over-committed in their daily routines. They find themselves struggling with thoughts and feelings that leave them wondering what this season of their life is all about. They may even doubt whether they are using their God given time to do "enough" and wonder if they are heading in the right direction. At times, they yearn for more quiet, unstructured moments to stop and smell the roses or pray and meditate on God's word.
Course Title: "How to Remain Fully Alive with a Life Limiting Illness" Instructor: Judy Flickinger Description: The course will offer a seldom-considered but all-important perspective on what really matters at the end-of-life. It focuses on the importance of keeping the spirit- the person inside the dying body-alive and well during the course of a Life-Limiting illness. It exposes the motives, misconceptions, and Lack of knowledge that often prevent dying people from receiving the type of care that can create and maintain a healthy spirit. This knowledge can often prolong a person life. It will bring hope and assurance that the end-of-life does not have to be a physically painful, frightening, and isolated experiences most important will educate and empower, those attendance, about decision that they will all need to make towards the end of life.
Course Title: Human Relations in our Daily Lives Instructor: Frank Hoffman Description: This course will focus on the ability to strengthen our rapport with our spouses, our family, our colleagues and others. The emphasis will be on people skills nurtured through effective communication techniques. Through group experiences, individuals will have an opportunity to practice the human relations and speaking skills presented by the instructor.
Course Title: Introduction to Scuba Diving Instructor: Michael Abston Description: Discover and explore a world that most people will never experience. This course is an introduction to scuba diving consisting of classroom and pool training. It will provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to safely gain experience in a diving environment. The course is designed to prepare you a student to complete necessary training for certification as an Open Water Diver. The course follows the training methods of the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI). The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world's most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. Required PADI books ($50.00) and dive equipment rental ($60.00) are provided by and payable to instructor on the first day of class. Prerequisite: basic swimming skill.
Course Title: Introduction to Trading the Foreign Exchange Instructor: Timothy Shelton Description: Stock Market got you Down! Learn to trade the Forex Market! With a daily turnover of #4 Trillion, The Forex Market is the Largest Market in the World! Alpine Trading Institute's "Introduction to trading the Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market" is your first step to successfully learning to trade the recession proof and commission free Forex Market. In this 4 hour class, you will learn multiply easy to learn techniques that will put you on the path to successful trading. Learn the basics of reading charts and how to use indicators to enhance your investments. Learn "secrets" that Your Broker doesn't want you to know. Get your investments back on the right track and don't miss this class!
Course Title: Learn to Release Stress and Relax Instructor: Pearl Seavitte Description: In our busy lives and with all the world's pressures, most of us need to release stress and learn to relax with visualization (hypnosis) your can live a happier and calmer life.
Course Title: Memory Dolls Instructor: Diane Kish Description: Create a family heirloom by making a polymer clay doll. You can construct, design, and create a doll to look like a family member, even a grandchild. This class is fun, stressless, and invigorating. Come learn a new hobby!
Course Title: Monet Style Instructor: Bernadette Crotty Description: Use "Monte Style" splashes of color in containers about your home, patio, or lanai. Learn to select nursery stock and plant an eye catching arrangement to take home.
Course Title: Mountain Dulcimer 2 Novice Instructor: Ruth Harnden Description: We will review some beginning techniques, know basic strumming and can play several songs with ease. We will be strumming, flat-picking, and finger picking. The music is made up of chords and being able to recognize the chords by shapes, notes and letter names will make your playing smoother. One of our goals will be to memorize some tunes. We will look at music from other sources such as hymnals and piano books. We will look at harmony and writing your own tablature for songs.
Course Title: Oil Painting with Sidney Pitchford- Beginners to Intermediate Instructor: Sidney Pitchford Description: Procrastination doesn't get you anywhere (Let's get to it). Whether you are just getting started painting in oil or you have been painting for sometime Sidney can help you. The beginners will learn more than just basics. The Intermediate student will learn new technique; critic will be available and help move forward. One on one instruction warm and personable informative classes. Learn to mix a palette with true clean vibrant colors. How to achieve balance, flow, and movement in your composition? Choosing and selecting creative ideas from your chosen subject matter. Help mastering the art of blending. Students will be responsible for all art supplies.
Course Title: Planning for Long Term Care Needs Instructor: Robert Luther, Jr. Description: According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, about 70% of individuals over the age of 65 will require at least some long-term care services during their lifetime. A 2006 study by the AARP found that most American were unaware of the costs and overestimated the amount government programs such as Medicare pay. We will discuss the issues of understanding, planning, and funding LTC. What does Medicare/Medicaid provide related to LTC? What are the different types of facilities and service providers? What are the recent trends and improvements in the delivery of TVC? How can one best plan for LTC needs should they arrive? There are so many terms: skilled care, assisted living, continuing care, what do all of these mean?
Course Title: Scuba Diving Certification Instructor: Michael Abston Description: Go on your first dive trip! This course is the key to open the doors to your underwater lifestyle. The course consists of a classroom setting along with 2 dive trips. Each dive trip shall include 2 dives at a local spring where the students will perform fundamental skills and experience the underwater world. Each student shall demonstrate a combination of the open water diving skills and academic knowledge to receive the PADI Open Water Diver Certification. Dive equipment and wetsuit rental ($80.00) is provided by and payable to instructor on the first day of class. Prerequisite: Have completed the Introduction to Scuba Diving Course.
Course Title: Snorkeling Instructor: Michael Abston Description: Explore the underwater world by snorkeling your way across the water. The fun begins as soon as you enter the water. See and experience new and wonderful places that you never thought possible other than your TV. Snorkeling equipment is required and it will be available for rent from the instructor for the entire course.
Course Title: Beginning Conversational Spanish 1 or 2 Instructor: Carol Bart Description: These classes are designed to give the students practice in speaking Spanish in a variety of real life situations. The goals are to meet the interests and needs of the students. No previous experience with Spanish is required. These courses will allow the students to learn in a relaxed enjoyable environment. The text "Learn Spanish the fast Way" (3rd edition) by Gary Hammitt will be used in Conversational Spanish 1 and Conversational Spanish 2. ISBN # 0-7641-2550-8 this text may be purchased at Barnes and Noble before the first class.
Course Title: Texas Hold'em for Beginners Instructor: Dan Jacobs Description: Learn How to play Texas Hold 'Em poker. The game sweeping the country and shown on TV. This class will cover rules, strategy, cash game style played at the hard rock and local cruises, and also tournament style. You will also learn the difference and basics of limit hold 'em but the class will focus primarily on the more popular game of no-limit Texas Hold 'Em.
Course Title: Vietnam War Instructor: Donald Goldstein Description: The Vietnam War was arguably the traumatic experience for the US in the 20th Century. This is indeed a grim distinction for a span that included two world wars, the assassination of two presidents, and the resignation of another; the great depression; the cold war; and the drug and crime waves in those disasters. There was a shared national reaction, especially on the two world wars. Americans generally believed that their cause was just their presence necessary to save humanity. There was none of this sentiment in Vietnam, and the public support soon eroded over the US commitments. With no end in sight, many today believe that there is a general correlation between the war in Afghanistan and Vietnam. This course will examine the background to the war- the land and its antagonists, the American commitment to fight, the tools of war, the escalation of the war, the failure of Vietnamization ,the wind down withdrawal, and the end. For this course several books will be abstracted. A bibliography will be furnished and students will view the war through documentaries.
Course Title: Violin/ Viola Lessons Instructor: Mauricio Cespedes Rivero Description: Violin or Viola Lessons will meet for about a hour once a week. Each student will develop skills to be able to advance every week. For instance, development of technique with scales, arpeggios, the right posture, and right position of the left or right hands. Musicality, sound production, intonation and sight reading are other skills to be developed.
Course Title: Weave a Triangle Scarf Instructor: Alice Cappa Description: Triangle Weaving is a unique process that builds the weave from two opposite corners at the same time. For Beginners or experienced "yarn people", it's a good technique to use with those colorful, glitzy, textured novelty yarns, or recycled yarns from another project. Multiple triangles can be combined into multiple projects: throws, wraps, even curtains, totes or pillows. We will build a small frame, and then learn 3 weaving patterns. Wood, hardware and tools provided. * Pre-handout available for yarns & materials needed. Scarves to be finished at home at own pace.
Course Title: Worry, Fret, and Fear…..No More Instructor: Phyllis Kuehnl-Walters, PHD Description: We are a nation of worriers. It is of epidemic proportions. Whether you worry about relationships, finances, life-threatening illness, or the current crisis facing someone near and dear to you, this course will help you to STOP. Worry doesn't change the situation you are facing. It creates anxiety that causes or exacerbates physical and mental illness. Anxiety is always related to the future. It is known that 50% of what we worry about never comes to pass and 25% occurs at a lower level of severity.
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