Lifelong Learning offers non-credit courses to the local community, in Lamorinda and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.  Courses are held on weeknights on the main campus and taught by SMC faculty and alumni. CEUs are available for most courses.  Please inquire at the time of registration.

Fall 2011 Course Listing

Alumni and Friends Great Books Seminars

Instructors: Led by various faculty
Time: 6:30 to 8:00pm
Dates: Tuesdays, Sept. 20, Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Jan. 17, Feb. 21, March 20, April 17 and May 15
Fee: $95.00 for all eight sessions, or $16.00 per session.
Registration deadline: Seven days before the session
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Four Seasons Natural Gardening

Instructors: Kristin Sbrogna
Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dates: Tuesdays, September 20 and 27, October 4, 11, 18 and 25
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader/books not included)
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2011
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Cosmology - A Cosmic Voyage: A Sophisticate's Primer for the History of the World

Instructors: Ron Olowin
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Tuesdays, September 20 and 27, October 4, 11, 18 and 25
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader/books not included)
Registration Feadline: September 12, 2011
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Personal Finance: Planning for Retirement

Instructors: Jon Elfin
Time: 6:30 to 9:00pm
Dates: Wednesdays, September 21 and 28, October 5 and 12
Fee: $160.00 (cost of workbook included)
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2011
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Computers: How Can I Be In Two Places at Once When I'm Nowhere At All?

Instructors: Ed Tywoniak
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Wednesdays, September 21 and 28, October 5, 12, 19 and 26
Fee: $205. 00 (cost of text/reader not included)
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2011
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Telling Our Stories: A Memoir Writing Class

Instructors: Erich Miller
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Wednesdays, September 21 and 28, October 5, 12, 19 and 26
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader not included)
Registration Deadline: September 12, 2011
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Prayer and Meditation: Entering Inner Consciousness to Open to the Divine Within

Instructors: Brother Camillus Chavez
Time: 7:00 to 8:30pm
Dates: Mondays, September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31
Fee: $205.00
Registration Deadline: September 14, 2011
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Math for Us Everyday Folks: the Possibilities of Math and Rediscovering Patterns and Skills

Instructors: Lewis Jordan
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Thursdays, September 29, October 6, 13, 20 and 27, and November 3
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader/books not included)
Registration Deadline: September 20, 2011
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An Introduction to Improvisation

Instructors: Lewis Jordan
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Tuesdays, October 4, 11, 18 and 25, November 1 and 8
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader/books not included)
Registration Deadline: September 26, 2011
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Handling Life's Ups and Downs

Instructors: Linda Ray
Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dates: Wednesdays, October 5, 12, 19 and 26, November 2 and 9
Fee: $205.00 (cost of text not included)
Registration Deadline: September 26, 2011
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Classical Music: An Introduction

Instructors: Ronald Dotson
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Thursdays, October 13, 20 and 27, November 3, 10 and 17
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader/books not included)
Registration Deadline: October 3, 2011
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Poetry by Nature

Instructors: Kristen Sbrogna
Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm
Dates: Tuesdays, November 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, and December 6
Fee: $205.00 (cost of books not included)
Registration Deadline: October 25, 2011
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Telling Our Stories II: A Memoir Writing Class

Instructors: Erich Miller
Time: 6:00 to 8:00pm
Dates: Wednesdays, November 2, 9, 16 and 30, December 7 and 14
Fee: $205.00 (cost of reader not included)
Registration Deadline: October 25, 2011
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To register, contact:
Grete Stenersen, Lifelong Learning Director
925/631-4162
gsteners@stmarys-ca.edu