OLLI SF State Courses

June Mini Courses | June 9 - June 20

OLLI SF State's "Mini" courses are open to ALL — members and non-members.

Monday, June 9 or 16 

IN-PERSON: San Francisco's Tumultuous Sixties (June 9 class)
with Robert Cherny, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  In-Person

ZOOM: iPhoneography- Take Your iPhone Photography to The Next Level (June 9 class)
with Laura (Yoni) Mayeri, 1:30 - 4:00 PM   Zoom

IN-PERSON: Thinking About Democracy (June 16 class)
with Steve Harris, 1:30 - 4:00 PM   In-Person

Tuesday, June 10-17 (2 Week Classes)

IN-PERSON: Getting Your Hands on and Your Head Around ChatGPT 
with Bebo White, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM  In-Person

ZOOM: Forgotten Women in Nineteenth Century California
with Robert Senkewicz & Rose Marie Beebe, 1:30 - 3:30 PM  Zoom

Wednesdays, June 11 or 18

ZOOM: California: The Bear Flag Revolt to Statehood (1846-1850) (June 11 class)
with Terence McAteer, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM   Zoom 

IN-PERSON: How Has Hollywood (Mis)Represented Homosexuality (June 18 class)
with Jim Van Buskirk, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   In-Person

Thursday, June 12 

IN-PERSON: Appreciating and Evaluating Wine
with Colin Johnson, 2:00 - 4:30 PM  In-Person

Friday, June 13-27 (3 Week Classes)

ZOOM: Iranian Cinema: Gateway to an Isolated Nation
with Ava Homa, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Zoom 

IN-PERSON: Art Across Time: Sacred Traditions and Revolutionary Ideas
with Hugh Leeman, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM   In-Person

Notes for OLLI Courses:

IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.

ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu

HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.

Summer Courses | July 7 - August 15

Mondays

IN-PERSON: An Introduction to Taoist Tai Chi™
with Jennifer Spencer, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM   In-Person

IN-PERSON: Transformations in Six 20th-century Short Stories
with Sarita Cannon, 12:30 - 2:30 PM   In-Person

IN-PERSON: Graphic Storytelling—Using Comics to Tell a Story
with Tyler Cohen, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   In-Person

Tuesdays

IN-PERSON: Crafting Poems of Resilience and Resistance
with Kathleen McClung, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   In-Person

 

ZOOM: Women Psychoanalysts: Stories and Theories (Class skips July 22, ends August 19)
with Oliva Espin, 12:30 - 2:30 PM   Zoom 

IN-PERSON: Early Modern Europe
with Steve Harris, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   In-Person

Wednesdays

IN-PERSON: Women Artists in Renaissance Italy
with Maureen O'Brien De Geller, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   In-Person 

ZOOM: Last of the Romanovs and the Russian Revolution
with Asya Pereltsvaig, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   Zoom

Thursdays

ZOOM: Your Write to Resilience
with Kathryn Goldman, 10:00 - 11:30 AM   Zoom

IN-PERSON: Cultivating Joy
with Sara Orem, 12:30 - 2:30 PM   In-Person

ZOOM: The Dead Sea Scrolls: Past Present and Future
with Jehon Grist, 3:00 - 5:00 PM   Zoom

Fridays

HYBRID (IN-PERSON): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   In-Person (Hybrid)

HYBRID (ZOOM): Sound and Vision: The Visuals of Popular Music
with Richie Unterberger, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   Zoom (Hybrid)

IN-PERSON: Musicology: Music and Culture
with Steven Savage, 12:30 - 2:30 PM   In-Person 

Notes for OLLI Courses:

IN-PERSON classes: will NOT be recorded; masks are optional in the classroom. Classes meet at 160 Spear Street, 5th Floor.

ZOOM classes: will be recorded unless noted; recordings are available upon request to those who are enrolled in the class. olli@sfsu.edu

HYBRID classes: are subject to both of the above depending on whether you register for the In-person or the Zoom section. If you plan to attend some in person and some on Zoom, please register for the In-Person class. All Hybrids will be recorded. The Zoom link will be provided to students of both in-person and Zoom sections.

Purchase multi-course packages and save!

Course packages are good for one year and can be used in the 4 sessions available during the year. When the package is purchased will determine which session comes first as a package can be purchased any time during the year.

Any left over classes cannot be carried forward after 12 months.

Find options in the Multi-Week Course Catalog. Available to current members of OLLI at San Francisco State University.

3 Course Package - $360

6 Course Package - $660

10 Course Package - $1000