By David Porreca
The impact of science and technology on everyday life will be the subject
of an eight-week lecture-and-discussion series beginning Oct. 1, one of
the many noncredit offerings open to adults this fall at the UI.
"Creating Important Everyday Applications Out of Extraordinary Discoveries:
The World of Science and Technology" will meet 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays,
Oct. 1 to Nov. 19 at 1005 Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
The series will feature presentations on the nature of multi- disciplinary
research, molecular and electronic nanostructures, imaging and visualization
at the Beckman Institute, human and computer interaction, intelligent behavior
in biological and human- made systems, virtual reality, complex systems
research and the role of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Sponsored by the UI's Office of Continuing Education and Public Service,
noncredit courses are presented in a noncompetitive, informal atmosphere.
There are no exams or grades; instructors are selected from the university
faculty. Students must enroll and pay all necessary fees before the first
meeting of each course. Fees range from $49 to $289. Discounts are available
to retirees 62 or older.
Other fall series and courses include:
* "Learn Illinois," a nine-week series on the state's history,
culture, sociology, economics and landscape, 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays, Sept.
9 to Nov. 11 (no class Sept. 23), 407 Levis Faculty Center.
* "Layers in the Loop: A History of Architecture in Chicago,"
7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 12 to Oct. 24 (one class meeting on Saturday,
Oct. 19), 302 Architecture Building.
* "Presidential Elections: A Journey From Past to Present," an
eight- week course on the major factors that have influenced American presidential
elections, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 18 to Nov. 6, 390 Lincoln Hall.
*"The Plants and Animals of Allerton Park," 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Saturdays, Sept. 21 to Nov. 9, Allerton Park Information Center.
* "Allerton Experience: Retrospective on 'The Allerton Legacy,' "
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 21 to Nov. 9, Allerton Park Information
Center.
* "Brush Up Your Shakespeare!," a look at eight of Shakespeare's
greatest plays, 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 13, 1038 Foreign
Languages Building.
* "Strategies for Retirement," a four-week course about preparing
for a secure retirement, 7 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 3 to 24, 120 Commerce
West Building.
* "Comets, Collisions and Creation," an eight-week course about
comets and their roles as planetary building blocks, 7 to 9 p.m. Mondays,
Oct. 7 to Nov. 25, 144 Bevier Hall.
* " 'You Know My Methods, Watson': The Great Detectives," an eight-
week survey and critique of the visual representation of classic fictional
detectives in film and on television, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays, Oct. 15 to Dec.
3, 59A English Building.
Additional courses will be offered on greenhouse and indoor gardening, traditional
Chinese medicine, creative dance for children, classic Viennese instrumental
music, jazz appreciation, beginning piano for adults, computer imaging,
collage and construction in art, castable materials, creative watercolor
techniques, life drawing, introductory photography, oil painting, industrial
design for high school students, introduction to the Macintosh computer,
publishing on the World Wide Web, and introductions to French, German, Irish
Gaelic and Italian.
Catalogs listing all noncredit courses are available from the UI Extramural
Programs Division. More information about noncredit courses, series and
registration is available from the Office of Statewide Programming, 333-6305.
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