History, Language & Global Affairs   

Explore the world of speaking with your hands. Course includes receptive and expressive fingerspelling, sign vocabulary, ASL structure, conversational behavior and various aspects of the Deaf culture.

A textbook is required (by the second class): Talking With Your Hands, Listening With Your Eyes by Gabriel Grayson. OPI Renewal Units available.

Learn about the unique art of poetry of Ireland and Scotland. Who was Pangur Bán? What influenced the poetry of these amazing places? What is a waulking song? Do you sit up for a wake? Discover the answers to these questions and many more and learn to write poems of your own.

Become more fluent with Japanese vocabulary and expressions through writing, reading, listening and speaking exercises. Explore Japanese culture and customs, and sample some Japanese food. Last class includes a cultural activity to create traditional art and cuisine. Recommended book, Nihongo Fun & Easy, is available through Amazon. Prerequisite: some previous studies or the ability to read the Japanese Alphabet Hiragana. The final class is from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.

“Shodo” is the ancient Japanese art of handwriting often translated as “the way of artistic handwriting.” Learn how to write your name in Japanese and Kanji (Chinese characters representing meanings) with brush and ink on a decorative scroll.