If you miss being a student on the Hill, there鈥檚 a way to revisit those days鈥攊ncluding dorm life, but minus the grades. Each summer, Cornell鈥檚 Adult University鈥攚hich also runs faculty-led worldwide鈥攎arries education and vacation, with a variety of weeklong classes held on and around the Ithaca campus.
Taught by Cornell faculty and other experts, the noncredit courses are open to all; they cover topics from cinema to cycling, humor to art history, watching birds to writing memoirs. While some classes repeat from year to year, others offer a novel twist on a favorite subject鈥攐r they explore a topic that鈥檚 new to CAU, including...
Each summer, and Big Red history expert Corey Ryan Earle 鈥07 teaches a CAU course with his brother, University Archivist Evan Earle 鈥02, MS 鈥14. This year, they team up with Ben Sandberg, MPA 鈥17, executive director of the History Center in Tompkins County, to delve into Cornell鈥檚 relationship to its hometown鈥攁nd notable local history from the silent film industry to the invention of the ice cream sundae.
Taught by a professor from Africana studies, this class examines how religion and spirituality are depicted in visual art, film, music, and TV. Topics range from the hit horror film Sinners to Hindu-inspired spiritual jazz to the play Angels in America, and outings include a visit to the Johnson Museum.
The beloved author and her world are the subject of this course, which includes a close reading of her Pride and Prejudice. Students will also read excerpts from Austen鈥檚 other works as well contemporary political texts, critical commentary, and more; they鈥檒l also view scenes from film versions of her novels and experiment with their own Austen adaptations.
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