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History, Civics, International Studies

Ancient Greece and Rome
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Ancient Greece and Rome

$20

with Dan Robison

Calendar Apr 14, 2025 at 10:15 am, runs for 8 weeks

Course Description: Western Civilization is the blend of Judeo-Christian morality and Breek science. This is a study of Greece and Rome when tey were beacons of light in a barbarian darkness.

Class Leader Bio(s): Dan Robison received his Ph.D. in history from Auburn University and teaches a wide range of European history classes for CLL.

Dissecting Disasters
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Dissecting Disasters

$20

with Robert Huffman

Calendar Apr 14, 2025 at 10:15 am, runs for 8 weeks

Course Description: This class will look at some disastrous accidents, incidents, and production failures that have happened over the years in the aviation, maritime fields, and also the automotive industry. We will try to understand what went wrong and why the preventive actions did or did not work, we will look at the circumstances of incidents and what was officially done to prevent possible reoccurrence of the problems. I will provide visual aids and summaries for each class.

 

Class Leader Bio(s): Robert Huffman retired as an Air Force NCO after 27 years of service. He was a C-130 Crew Chief and Air Force Instructor. He also worked for Boeing. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science.

Foundations and Principles of the U.S. Constitution
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Foundations and Principles of the U.S. Constitution

$20

with Paul Wendel Brock

Calendar Apr 14, 2025 at 10:15 am, runs for 12 weeks

Course Description: Class will study the "Original Intent" of the Framers using writings of the Founders. A study of The Federalist Papers and other writings by the Framers will be used. Mr. Brock has developed a system for memorizing parts of the Constitution. In addition, a Dramatization of the events at the Constitutional Convention will be shown.

Notes: $3.00 for materials for a pocket size Constitution will be collected in class.

Class Leader Bio(s): Paul Wendel Brock has a B.A. in History and a M.A. in Educational Leadership. He taught Advanced Placement (college level) History at Ft. Walton Beach High School and retired after 30 years.

The Rise and Fall of the Nazis
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The Rise and Fall of the Nazis

$20

with Steven Duke

Calendar Apr 14, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 8 weeks

Course Description: We will discuss the history from 1848 to WWI to Versailles and then to the Nazi’s taking power in 1933. Along the way, there was the Night of Broken Glass and the Night of the Long Knives and other issues such as 34,000 sex slaves that served German soldiers. We will continue on to the Wansee Conference and the Final Solution. We will conclude at the end in 1945, with a suicide in a Berlin bunker. Come with an open mind, I guarantee to give you something you never learned in a public school.

Class Leader Bio(s): Steven Duke has a BA and MA from UWF. After retiring from Allstate Insurance, he began working for the largest law firm in Fort Walton Beach. He enjoys writing, photography and doting on his grandchildren.

The Truth about Crime and Justice
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The Truth about Crime and Justice

$20

with Kathy Johnson

Calendar Apr 14, 2025 at 1 pm, runs for 8 weeks

Course Description: This class explores what we think we know about crime and justice. Where do we get our information? How valid is the information we get? Where can we go to find “the truth”? Is there even such a thing as the truth about crime and justice? I hope you noticed the number of question marks in this course description – there will be more questions as we go through the course.

Class Leader Bio(s): Dr. Kathy Johnson received a BS in 1987 and MS in 1989 in Criminal Justice from Illinois State University. Her PhD in Criminology is from Indiana University in Pennsylvania. She is currently a tenured associate professor of Criminal Justice for UWF.





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