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ESL Students: In-person registration is REQUIRED for all ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. Mail registration is not accepted for any ESL class. We will have one more in-person registration on Tuesday, February 14 from 6:30-7:30 pm, at Princeton High School—use the main entrance. You must pay by cash or check at the time of registration. No credit cards can be accepted. ****Please note the Monday night Pronunciation class is full****
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Here are a few NEW! classes for the spring!
004 SLEEP
Barry Jacobs
Wed., 7:30–9:00 pm, Feb. 15, 5 sessions
All our behavior, cognitions, and physiology are played out against the background of our sleep and wake states. During sleep, we are unconscious to the world around us. We sometimes drop off to sleep without a moment’s notice. Newborns seem to do little else. Why do we “have to” sleep? Is it a special time for particular brain and bodily processes to occur? What happens if we don’t get enough sleep? Are dreams just random events stitched together, or do they contain hidden messages and provide keys to understanding our unconscious lives? These and many related issues have fascinated scientists, philosophers and writers since time immemorial. In this course we’ll answer some of these questions.
BARRY JACOBS, a long time faculty member at Princeton University, served as Director of the Program in Neuroscience for 10 years. His own research examines the neurochemical basis of physiology and behavior.
NOTE: This course will be held in Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall on the Princeton University campus.
012 FROM GIOTTO TO RAPHAEL: A RENAISSANCE ADVENTURE
Elena Livingstone-Ross
Tues., 7:00–8:30 pm, Feb. 14, 10 sessions
Have you made a noble effort to visit an art museum because “you should,” and walked out not having understood or appreciated what you just saw? Or worse, felt you should admire things you didn’t care about because you were told they were “great.” In this course we will attempt to change this. Learning about art enables one to see, just as learning letters enables one to read. Together with the great masters, we will go on a discovery adventure—following Renaissance man’s ceaseless search for the universality of creation and the meaning of the world around him. And we will do this by studying the truly astounding art which he created.
ELENA LIVINGSTONE-ROSS (formerly Elena Welm), Russian born and Princeton educated, has taught Art History and European History at Westminster Choir College for over 15 years. She returns to the Princeton Adult School where she taught a popular series of art history classes several years ago.
