Course Offerings & Registration
You MUST be a current member of Osher to enroll in a class or event. No exceptions.
- Membership is nonrefundable, regardless of whether you are able to enroll in your desired course.
- We no longer process refunds for courses, except for the classes that are cancelled by the OLLI office, hospitalization, death or a significant life event, which prevents you from participating.
- You will no longer need a login (username and password) to register for classes and events.
- All class enrollments are online with a credit card on our secure server.
- We no longer process phone orders.
Fall 2018 Courses:
- Course Registration begins, Tuesday, August 21 at 10 a.m.
- Courses Start Monday, September 17 - Monday, December 10
Long Courses:
- Exploring American Music - starts September 17th
- Stalin and Stalinism - starts September 18th (Room Change)
- Film Odyssey: Spy Vs. Spy! International Intrigue on the Silver Screen! (Session 1) - starts September 19th Sold Out
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Great Questions of Existence (Part 2): An Interfaith Dialogue with Emphasis on Eastern Religions - starts September 27th Sold Out
- Electronics and Gadgets: How the Modern World Works - starts September 28th
- Film Odyssey: Spy Vs. Spy! International Intrigue on the Silver Screen! (Session 2) - starts October 22nd Sold Out
- Homer's Odyssey - starts October 23rd
- The Black Death: Transformative Events in European History - starts October 24th Sold Out
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Oedipus to King Lear to Willy Loman to Walter White: Classical Tragedy throughout the Ages - starts October 24th (Room Change)
- Five Centuries: Nine Trials- starts November 1st Sold Out (Room Change)
- Cartoon Physics - starts November 1st
- Languages of the World - starts November 2nd Sold Out
- The Storyteller's Art - starts November 3rd
Short Courses:
- Famous Photographers of the 20th Century - starts September 17th Sold Out
- The U.S. Supreme Court: Contemporary Developments and Noteworthy Cases (Session 1) - starts September 18th Sold Out
- Can Journalism Be Literary? - starts September 19th
- Flamenco Music, Dance, and Culture - starts October 3rd
- Impacting Climate Change: Focus on Transportation and Housing - starts October 12th
- The Flavors of Northern Italy - starts October 20th
- Mammoth Hunters to Pueblo Dwellers: Archaeology of the Southwestern United States - starts October 22nd Sold Out
- The U.S. Supreme Court: Contemporary Developments and Noteworthy Cases (Session 2) - starts October 23rd Sold Out
- Love and/or Marriage in Contemporary American Short Fiction- starts November 2nd Sold Out
- From New France to the Present: The History of Québec - starts November 9th
- The Rise and Fall of Real News: Storytelling about Storytelling - starts November 12th Sold Out
- Opera in Your Neighborhood: Moby-Dick and Madama Butterfly - starts November 27th
- Handel's Magnificent Messiah: Course and Mission Concert - December 6th Sold Out
Distinguished Speaker Series:
- Distinguished Speaker: Leslie Berlin - The History of Silicon Valley and Why It Matters Today - September 21st Sold Out
Maker Lab
- Maker Lab for Beginners - starts September 24th
Special Event
- John Lescroart: How I Write - October 6th (Room Change)
Holiday Dinner
- Annual Holiday Dinner - December 6th
at the Villages:
- The Salem Witch Trials - starts October 10th
- "The 20th Century - From the Spanish-American War to World War II" - starts November 6th