City Campus
9:00amC126 Adobe Photoshop Elements - Advanced⊗C126 Adobe Photoshop Elements - Advanced
Tutor: Ben Lindeboom
This course carries on from Adobe Photoshop Elements Beginners to more advanced features in Photoshop Elements. Students must have completed the Beginners course in Photoshop Elements or have a good understanding of the basic Photoshop principles of layers, adjustment layers and masking panels, before enrolling in this course. The topics discussed in the advanced course are varied but are centered around the Photoshop Elements program. Course runs in conjunction with Zoom class C29.
Venue: Creek St, Room 8
Monday 9:00am to 10:30am
Ben Lindeboom (9:00am to 10:30am)
(Creek St, Room 8)N14 The Silver Screen⊗N14 The Silver Screen (class full)
Tutor: Jim Henry
The Silver Screen will continue at U3A in the fourth term of 2024. We will be showing our usual eclectic mix of carefully chosen movies including: a classic French comedy "Amelie in Montmartre"; "Death At A Funeral" from UK; "Juno" from the USA; "Mephisto" a German political drama and masterpiece; Quentin Tarantino's violent but cool "Pulp Fiction" from the USA and "Welcome", a touching award winning drama from UK/France about a refugee swimming the English Channel. This class is now full.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 16
Monday 9:00am to 12:30pm
(full) Jim Henry (9:00am to 12:30pm)
(3+ hours) (Adelaide St, Room 16)E02 Current Events⊗E02 Current Events (class full)
Tutor: Ian Fraser
A group discussion of current events, with a general objective of improving our understanding of them. U3A students bring a wide range of knowledge and life experiences to the discussions, so come and share your knowledge and opinions with others.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 18
Monday 9:00am to 10:30am
(full) Ian Fraser (9:00am to 10:30am)
(Adelaide St, Room 18)9:30amF64 Canasta Card Game Variations⊗F64 Canasta Card Game Variations
Tutor: Alan Don
Canasta and its variations are popular social card games. This is an opportunity to polish up your playing skills in a friendly and supportive environment. Knowledge of Canasta is necessary. New members with Canasta knowledge are welcome. This is a double class so members have plenty of time to enjoy the game.
Venue: Creek St, Room 5
Monday 9:30am to 12:30pm
Alan Don (9:30am to 12:30pm)
(3 hours) (Creek St, Room 5)J150 Russian - Beginners⊗J150 Russian - Beginners
Tutor: Vera Kochnieff
This is a beginners course for people who would like to study Russian: learn to speak with correct grammar and correct pronunciation, and learn to read and translate as the course progresses.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 13
Monday 9:30am to 10:45am
Vera Kochnieff (9:30am to 10:45am)
(Adelaide St, Room 13)B39 Medical and Health⊗B39 Medical and Health
Tutor: David Bartholomeusz
The facilitator is a retired medical practitioner and each week will discuss a general medical topic e.g. cancer in general, some specific cancers, arthritic conditions, blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and common endocrine disorders (hypothyroidism etc). Other topics can be discussed as nominated by class members. This is a general information class and individual medical advice cannot be given.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 14
Monday 9:30am to 10:45am
David Bartholomeusz (9:30am to 10:45am)
(Adelaide St, Room 14)J24 Latin for Beginners⊗J24 Latin for Beginners (class full)
Tutor: Paul York
Latin may well be the most important and influential language ever spoken or written by human beings. It has been in use for some 2800 years. It was first spoken by the ancient Romans around the 8th century BCE and first written by them a few centuries later. It was then in continual use throughout Europe as a lingua franca for scholars, merchants, the clergy, and the upper classes generally, right through to the Middle Ages and beyond. Latin is also notable for having spawned the modern European Romance languages, including French, Italian, Spanish and a number of others.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 15
Monday 9:30am to 10:45am
(full) Paul York (9:30am to 10:45am)
(Adelaide St, Room 15)10:45amC20 Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom.⊗C20 Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom.
Tutor: Ben Lindeboom
This course is aimed at those students who have acquired the full version of the ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CC AND LIGHTROOM subscription program and who would like to learn and understand the basic differences between Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC. Topics discussed during this course are wide-ranging and include features not available in Photoshop Elements, features like Neural Filters, Sky Replacements, Linear and Radial Gradients, HDR, Focus Stacking, Channels, Curves, Masking, etc. Course runs in conjunction with Zoom Class C31.
Venue: Creek St, Room 8
Monday 10:45am to 12:15pm
Ben Lindeboom (10:45am to 12:15pm)
(Creek St, Room 8)11:00amL55 Literature in Context⊗L55 Literature in Context (class full)
Tutor: Margaret Hill
We began 2024 with Simon Winchester's "The Surgeon of Crowthorne", and will move on to Pip Williams's "The Bookbinder of Jericho". Both these books are the result of extensive and fascinating research. Simon Winchester structures his material in a way that gives the factual story of the making of The Oxford English Dictionary the guise of a gripping narrative of "Murder and Madness". Pip Williams on the other hand creates a fictional narrative within the shell of extraordinary facts. We end the year with "Offshore" by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 11
Monday 11:00am to 12:30pm
(full) Margaret Hill (11:00am to 12:30pm)
(Adelaide St, Room 11)Y03 Early Buddha Dhamma⊗Y03 Early Buddha Dhamma
Tutor: Doug Phillips
What the Buddha taught: the original teachings of Gotama before they were changed into religions. N.B. Please call tutor before enrolling and leave a message with a contact phone number.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 12
Monday 11:00am to 12:15pm
Doug Phillips (11:00am to 12:15pm)
(Adelaide St, Room 12)11:15amJ106 French - Read a Novel (Group 1)⊗J106 French - Read a Novel (Group 1) (class full)
Tutor: Robert Ward
The class is reading Richesse Oblige by Hannelore Cayre. Spanning two centuries, from Paris on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War to the modern day, this unforgettable family saga lays bare the persistent and poisonous injustice of inequality.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 15
Monday 11:15am to 12:30pm
(full) Robert Ward (11:15am to 12:30pm)
(Adelaide St, Room 15)J35 Russian - Advanced⊗J35 Russian - Advanced
Tutor: Vera Kochnieff
For those with a grounding in Russian grammar, featuring pronunciation, conversation, reading and translation.
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 17
Monday 11:15am to 12:30pm
Vera Kochnieff (11:15am to 12:30pm)
(Adelaide St, Room 17)H20 The History of Rome from 753BC to 1453AD⊗H20 The History of Rome from 753BC to 1453AD
Tutor: Patrick Johnson
The history of Ancient Egypt from Dynasty Zero until Cleopatra VII. This course will range wherever the mood takes us!
Venue: Adelaide St, Room 18
Monday 11:15am to 12:45pm
Patrick Johnson (11:15am to 12:45pm)
(Adelaide St, Room 18)11:30amJ64 Italian Conversation⊗J64 Italian Conversation (class full)
Tutor: Olga Colavitti
This is not an Italian lesson. There are no books, no formal grammar, but a class structured to give all participants an opportunity to practise the Italian they've already learnt.
Venue: Creek St, Room 4
Monday 11:30am to 12:45pm
(full) Olga Colavitti (11:30am to 12:45pm)
(Creek St, Room 4)12:30pmC120 Adobe Photoshop Elements - Beginners⊗C120 Adobe Photoshop Elements - Beginners
Tutor: Ben Lindeboom
Photoshop Elements allows you to edit and enhance your favourite photos. It can turn your electronic memories into visually captivating statements. It makes it easy to organise, enhance, copy, merge, enlarge and print your digital snapshots. You can create animated slideshows, compile inspiring photo books, merge multiple shots into captivating panoramas and learn much, much more. This "Beginners" course introduces the student to the basic concepts of Photoshop, teaches students how to use the many tools available and how to apply various corrections to digital memories.
Venue: Creek St, Room 8
Monday 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Ben Lindeboom (12:30pm to 2:00pm)
(Creek St, Room 8)1:00pmF70 Cards - 500 for Beginners⊗F70 Cards - 500 for Beginners
Tutor: Alan Don
Card game 500 for beginners and intermediate players, all welcome to learn. Friendly and helpful class. Please contact tutor to enrol.
Venue: Creek St, Room 5
Monday 1:00pm to 2:45pm
Alan Don (1:00pm to 2:45pm)
(2 hours) (Creek St, Room 5)Zoom Classes (Online)
9:00amA78 Art History C18th - Rococo to Revolution⊗A78 Art History C18th - Rococo to Revolution
Tutor: Sheila Mackay
The European eighteenth century was a dynamic period in art history starting with the aristocratic Rococo style epitomized by lightness, elegance, and playful themes and ending with Neoclassicim, a movement that sought to return to the simplicity and grandeur of classical antiquity. The eighteenth century also saw the beginnings of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion, nature, and individualism.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 9:00am to 10:15am
Sheila Mackay (9:00am to 10:15am)
10:00amJ166 Mandarin - Advanced⊗J166 Mandarin - Advanced
Tutor: Fay Lee
This course is for students who have some knowledge of reading and writing in Chinese.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 10:00am to 11:15am
Fay Lee (10:00am to 11:15am)
10:30amJ91 Chinese - Mandarin for Beginners Level 3⊗J91 Chinese - Mandarin for Beginners Level 3
Tutor: Joe Smith
This is a year-long course by Zoom for those continuing from last year, or who have studied some Chinese before. Level 1 has a vocabulary of only around 200 words so you can see that Level 3 won't be too difficult. There is only one Zoom login for the whole year. Each class is recorded, so you don't have to worry about missing any.We will revise all previous dialogue at the start of each term.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 10:30am to 11:30am
Joe Smith (10:30am to 11:30am)
10:45amA79 Art History C18th - Rococo to Revolution⊗A79 Art History C18th - Rococo to Revolution
Tutor: Sheila Mackay
The European eighteenth century was a dynamic period in art history starting with the aristocratic Rococo style epitomized by lightness, elegance, and playful themes and ending with Neoclassicim, a movement that sought to return to the simplicity and grandeur of classical antiquity. The eighteenth century also saw the beginnings of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion, nature, and individualism.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 10:45am to 12:00pm
Sheila Mackay (10:45am to 12:00pm)
C31 Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom⊗C31 Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom
Tutor: Ben Lindeboom
This course is aimed at those students who have acquired the full version of the ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CC AND LIGHTROOM subscription program and who would like to learn and understand the basic differences between Adobe Photoshop Elements, Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC. Topics discussed during this course are wide-ranging and include features not available in Photoshop Elements, features like Neural Filters, Sky Replacements, Linear and Radial Gradients, HDR, Focus Stacking, Channels, Curves, Masking, etc. The Course runs in conjunction with face-to-face class C20.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 10:45am to 12:15pm
Ben Lindeboom (10:45am to 12:15pm)
11:00amF28 Cryptic Crosswords - Advanced⊗F28 Cryptic Crosswords - Advanced
Tutor: Sarah Davies
For people who enjoy words, lateral thinking and activating those little grey cells. This is a class for those who already have experience in completing cryptic crosswords, including SMH and "The Times" among others. Any potential students should contact the convenor to discuss level attained. In the class, we share, discuss and analyse the answers to clues and complete crosswords. It is essential to have an email address for clues, crosswords and answers to be sent out.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 11:00am to 12:00pm
Sarah Davies (11:00am to 12:00pm)
2:00pmJ51 Latin - Level 5⊗J51 Latin - Level 5
Tutor: Yvonne McGann
In Term 4 we will be continuing with Book IVB of the Cambridge Latin Course. We also do other readings and grammar exercises.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 2:00pm to 3:15pm
Yvonne McGann (2:00pm to 3:15pm)
2:30pmT08 Travel Discussion Group⊗T08 Travel Discussion Group
Tutor: Graham Fuller
This friendly, relaxed class on Zoom thrives on members' discussions of their travel experiences and knowledge of independent travel and organised tours, both international and domestic. The knowledge shared assists experienced and inexperienced travellers. Volunteer class members present up to 30 minutes on a travel experience of their choice. This allows us to see places we may not have been before, or new perspectives on places we have. We also have occasional fun quizzes for light relief. This class is ideal for armchair travellers and experienced travellers alike.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 2:30pm to 3:45pm
Graham Fuller (2:30pm to 3:45pm)
3:30pmJ13 Mandarin - Intermediate 1⊗J13 Mandarin - Intermediate 1
Tutor: Fay Lee
This course is for the students who have finished the beginners class or those who have studied Chinese for a year or more.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 3:30pm to 4:45pm
Fay Lee (3:30pm to 4:45pm)
7:00pmG01 Making a Family Tree free-ish⊗G01 Making a Family Tree free-ish (class full)
Tutor: Joe Smith
A year-long course, accepting students any time, if there is a vacancy. We will investigate techniques to build your family tree using your computer from your own home. Some face-to-face tutoring could be arranged to get set up. We will use the biggest free family tree building website: familysearch.org, but we can also look at the paid sites if necessary. You will only need your parents' birth details, name, date and place and death details if they have passed. Having your grandparents' details will make it easier.
Venue: Online via Zoom
Monday 7:00pm to 8:00pm
(full) Joe Smith (7:00pm to 8:00pm)
Logan District
9:00amH36 History⊗H36 History
Tutor: Jim Ancliffe
Talks cover the broad spectrum of history.
Venue: Elements Living
Monday 9:00am to 11:00am
Jim Ancliffe (9:00am to 11:00am)
(2 hours) (Elements Living)B112 Tai Chi for Seniors - Intermediate⊗B112 Tai Chi for Seniors - Intermediate (class full)
Tutor: Mary Langler
Explore the health benefits of this ancient art in a gentle form of exercise which combines relaxation, strength, and meditation. We will continue our journey with warm-up exercises and QiGong (Chee Koong), building energy and preparing you for Tai Chi form. This class has been running for several years and is suitable for people who have already done some Tai Chi. From 9-10am, we do Shibashi Sets 1-3, 8 Brocades, Lohan, Lotus, Tai Chi 10 as well as some other breathing and stretching exercises. More advanced students continue after 10am to practise the full Tai Chi Form and Fan. This option is not available to new members.
Venue: Riverdale Park
Monday 9:00am to 11:00am
(full) Mary Langler (9:00am to 11:00am)
(2 hours) (Riverdale Park)1:00pmJ49 Spring into French⊗J49 Spring into French (class full)
Tutor: Peter Mason
This French class uses modern day-to-day French with interaction. Content will provide fundamentals of the language plus methods of self-improvement, using free resources readily available. Whether it's resuscitating French from younger days, or just some knowledge of this language, come join in. Our meetings include current French culture, music, anime and we enjoy listening to Francophile adventures of our class members. Sometimes we meet for outside events socially, near Daisy Hill or occasionally around Springwood in parks or coffee shops.
Venue: Contact tutor for details
Monday 1:00pm to 2:30pm
(full) Peter Mason (1:00pm to 2:30pm)
(Contact tutor for details)