Courses for Adults: Spring Term 2010

Please click on a course title to view specific course details or click here to enrol on a course. All courses are held at the Guildford Institute, although some courses will have visits off site.

Archaeology & History

Date Title
11/01 to 22/03 Alexander the Great and the Arts of the Hellenistic Age Part II
12/01 to 23/03 Private Lives of Families 1500 - 1900
14/01 to 25/03 Tudor and Stuart Surrey
20/01 The London of Samuel Pepys
27/01 The Great Fire of London
03/02 Hogarth's London
12/02 to 26/03 Down the Nile with Amelia - A Victorian Journey in Egypt

Celebrating International Women's Day

08/03 Women Gardeners of the 20th Century
09/03 Women and World War One

Art History

Date Title
12/01 to 09/02 An Introduction to Modern Art
13/01 to 20/01 The Art of the Brontė Family
15/01 to 12/02

Politics, Spectacle & Pageant: Royal Palaces of London

22/02 to 26/03 Surrey's Historic and Stately Homes
27/01 to 10/02 J W Waterhouse: The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
05/02 Two Great 20th Century Paintings on War
03/03 to 17/03 Approaching Modern Art
23/02 to 23/03 London Sculpture: Art in the Street
27/03 London Sculpture Walk

Bridge & Mahjong

Date Title
12/01 to 23/03 Begin Bridge (Term 2 of 3)
15/01 to 19/03 Bridge Intermediates
11/01 to 22/03 Preparation for Duplicate
07/01 to 04/03 Master Classes for More Advanced Players
18/01 to 08/02
& 22/02 to 15/03
Introduction to Mahjong

Climate

Date Title
14/01 Taster - The What and Why of Weather
28/01 to 11/03 What Weather We're Having

Creative Writing

Date Title
12/01 to 16/03 Creative Writing Workshop
19/01 to 16/03 Writing from Experience
06/02 Writing the Short Story

Drawing and Painting

Date Title
13/01 to 24/03 Art for All

Geology

Date Title
12/01 to 23/03 Life and Death on Earth - The Evolution of Living Things

Historical Geography

Date Title
03/01 to 20/01 Iron to Iron and Steel - The Development of the British Industry over four Centuries
03/02 to 17/02 Brigs, Barges, Coaches and Turnpikes - British Transport Developments in the Pre Railway Period
24/02 to 03/03 Agriculture and the Agricultural Community in England and Wales Between C.1000 and C.1500
17/03 to 24/03 Enclosure and Evolution - Changes to the Agricultural System and its Associated Society from C.1500 to C.1850

Languages

Date Title
13/01 to 10/03 French Conversation and Culture - Le Club Français
13/01 to 24/03 Italian for Beginners Term 2

Literature

Date Title
14/01 to 25/03 English Novels Between the Wars

Philosophy

Date Title
13/01 to 24/03 Happiness and Purpose through Philosophy
21/01 to 11/02 A Further Look at Moral Rights and Moral Wrongs

Politics & International Affairs

Date Title
06/02 Back to Big Power Rivalry
12/02 Understanding Ireland Today
06/03 The Commonwealth

Printmaking

Date Title
06/02 to 06/03 Printmaking Workshops