CT E00, The Fix-It Class – Repair Almost Anything
This course teaches older adults about household tools, how to make minor or more complex home repairs or maintenance, and how to evaluate proposed repair processes when hiring and paying a repair person. Older adults learn to repair leaky faucets, fix minor electrical problems, hang almost everything, caulk a bathtub, and so forth. The course is intended to help older adults be knowledgeable, confident, and prudent about home repairs and maintenance.
Course Number: 9516 Time: 1-3:15 p.m. ThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Ross M A
HME EC E52, Restaurant Critic – Dining Wisely: Healthy Eating Choices for Older Adults
This course helps older adults learn how to prepare healthy foods for a small household and how to make cost-effective choices in planning a menu. Older adults work together to create a cookbook or recipe book, share food and recipes with their peers, learn restaurant terms, learn to write a standard recipe, and discuss and write about memories involving food. The course also engages older adults in discussions about food fads and provides factual information on food additives, vitamins, safe food storage, health precautions, and basic nutritional information.
Course Number: 9557 Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:50 p.m. MLocation: ITINERARYInstructor: Ryza S VStudents will eat at a different area restaurant each week, chosen based on student votes. Be prepared to buy your own meal each week.
HME EC E60, American History Through Cooking
This course explores American history through different cultural lenses using food and cooking. We will examine the cultural and culinary contributions of different ethnic groups to American cuisine and how they have influenced and shaped American History and the food we eat today. Recipes that relate to different historical periods will be put in context for a deeper understanding of the human experience though food.
Course Number: 9597 Time: 11 a.m.-1:20 p.m. WLocation: EC 1227 407Instructor: Dinka B C