Monday, January 24, 2011

FM Communiversity Classes

F/M Communiversity, a university for our community, is offering a variety of interesting courses during its Winter/Spring session, which runs from mid-January to mid-April. For people of all ages, it offers life-long learning in a setting free of tests, grades and papers. From topical issues to pleasurable classics in literature, music or the arts, F/M Communiversity has a class of interest to you. As well as a variety of topics, courses come in a variety of durations, from one to four sessions and are held on Saturdays or Sundays.
A sampling of the courses include
• Jane Austen on Film
• New Perspectives on the Civil War
• Judaism, Christianity and Islam – Three Faiths: One God?
• Legacy of Lake Agassiz: The Geology of the Red River Valley
• Communist China: Chaos and Consensus in 20th Century China
• When Americans Said it With a Song: Music of Tin Pan Alley
• Islam – Truth, Myths and Misinformation
• Great Decisions – A series of foreign policy discussions
• Changing the Face of Fargo-Moorhead: New Diversity
• Rockin the Bakken: That Loud Boom You Hear in Western North Dakota
• Faith and Form: A Brief History of Architecture for Religion
• The Role of Technology in Our Lives
• The Social Value of Work: Depression-Era Buildings
• In Good Company: Living with the Saints

For more information, go to www.fmcommuniversity.org, call 218.299.3438 or email communiversity@cord.edu. F/M Communiversity is a program of Concordia College in cooperation with MSUM and NDSU.