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SESSION 2 4-WEEK COURSES March 8‒April 2 10 Spring 2021 | OLLI at Temple | olli@temple.edu | (215) 204-1505
SESSION 2: TUESDAY COURSES PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGY Eric Clausen Tuesdays, 9:00 AM‒10:00 AM This class consists of four lectures followed by class discussion providing (1) an overview of Pennsylvania geology; (2) an introduction to some geologists who helped develop Pennsylvania geology interpretations; (3) a look at how Pennsylvania economic resources like coal, oil, natural gas, building stones, and metallic minerals contributed to the state’s development; and (4) a look at some still unsolved research problems facing Pennsylvania geologists today. Class limit: 150 HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE 20TH CENTURY Edward Kaplan Tuesdays, 10:00 AM‒11:30 AM This course will describe the rise of the Republican Party in the 1920s, the importance of durable goods industries (especially the automobile) in the creation of jobs, the rise and fall of the stock market, and the onset of the Great Depression. We will discuss the election of 1932 and the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. The course will end after the 1938 Congressional elections, which was the end of the New Deal. Class limit: 500 AGING AS A TREATABLE DISEASE Jay Pomerantz Tuesdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM Every living thing ages and eventually dies. What causes aging? Can aging be prevented or slowed down? Is it conceivable to reverse aging in animals (or even human beings)? Is biological age necessarily the same as chronological age, and how can we influence it? What can we do currently, and what is on the horizon? It turns out we may be closer to extending life/health than most people realize. The key is that most chronic disease seems amenable to prevention. Class limit: 500 A DIFFERENT LOOK AT U.S. PRESIDENTS AT WAR Michael Baron Tuesdays, 1:00 PM‒2:30 PM A discussion of the evolution of presidential war powers. We will look at presidential war powers as the Founding Fathers described them to various presidencies from Thomas Jefferson through the Bushes. Topics to be discussed include a discussion of presidential wartime decisions and their impact on America’s wars from the War of 1812, the Spanish American War, World War I and II, Korea, Vietnam, and finally 9/11. Class limit: 150 JEWS OF LATIN AMERICA Natan Szapiro Tuesdays, 10:30 AM‒12:00 PM Jewish Latin America is usually relegated to the margins in discussions of both Latin America and the Jewish world. It is true that, with fewer than one million Jews, Latin America’s Jewish communities comprise a small proportion of the world’s Jews, and an even smaller portion of Latin America’s population. But the story of Jews in Latin America helps illuminate broader aspects of Jewish history and of the history of the Latin American countries in which they settled. Class limit: 150 FOUR ORGANS: KIDNEYS, LUNGS, LIVER AND BLOOD Jonathan Roth Tuesdays, 3:00 PM‒4:30 PM This interactive course will provide a basic medical education of four of the major organ systems. Basic anatomy, physiology, and disease states of each organ will be presented. The first week will discuss the kidneys, the second the lungs, the third the liver, and the fourth the blood. Class limit: 300 For more information, please visit noncredit.temple.edu/olli | Spring 2021 11
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