Study Discussion Groups (SDGs) are the heart of what we offer our members

Member Created & Led,
Small Group, Courses

Each week a different member is responsible for leading the discussion. Our courses, no matter the subject, are discussion, not lecture-based, and depend on the active participation of all.

We Offer
Four Categories

  • Arts & Literature
  • Social Science
  • History
  • Science & Technology

Course Length
& Timing

We have 3 terms: Winter, Spring/Summer and Fall
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Offer 20+ SDGs per term.

Courses vary in length from 7-14 weeks.

Our Current SDGs - Spring 2025

Monday

10 am - 12 pm

The Singularity is Nearer - When We Merge with AI
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Monday

10 am - 12 pm

Fact and Fiction of Espionage
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Monday

1 pm - 3 pm

Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and the Driving Force Behind the New Deal
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Monday

1 pm - 3pm

England from the Battle of the Boyne (1690) to Waterloo (1815)
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Monday

1 pm - 3 pm

A Journey in Art Exploration
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Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Introduction to Complexity Theory
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Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Great American Movie Comedies
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Tuesday

10 am - 12 pm

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
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Tuesday

1 pm - 3 pm

Thomas Hardy’s Finest Novels
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Tuesday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss
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Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Cuban Connection: America's Hidden History
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Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Age of Grievance, Frank Bruni, 2024
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Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

Fall of Civilizations
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Wednesday

10 am - 12 pm

The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence - A Cinematic Perspective
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Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

What's Up with the Current Supreme Court
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Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel: The Meteoric Rise of Thomas Cromwell,
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Wednesday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Genetic Book of the Dead
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Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

Foreign Affairs
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Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

Chinese Writer & Nobel Laureate: Mo Yan
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Thursday

10 am - 12 pm

NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
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Thursday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Age of the Strongman and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy
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Thursday

1 pm - 3 pm

The Struggle for Taiwan Then and Now
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