Evening at Emory Online Courses
Designed specifically for busy adult learners, Evening at Emory now offers online courses in collaboration with The New York Times Knowledge Network.
Evening at Emory’s new collaboration with The New York Times Knowledge Network brings our high quality, engaging courses to you online beginning this fall. The New York Times works with prestigious educational institutions like Emory University’s Center for Lifelong Learning to deliver online learning opportunities to the wider community. Courses offered include topics in the arts, humanities, and sciences combining our unique curriculum and instructors with the extensive resources of The New York Times.
Fall 2009 Courses
Appetite Awareness Training for Weight Concerns
in collaboration with The New York Times Knowledge Network
Are you tired of struggling with your weight and want to try a different approach? Appetite Awareness Training teaches you a new way to think about eating and weight. AAT is designed for people who want to lose weight, for people who have lost weight but could not keep it off, and for people who are in the normal weight range but feel like it takes way too much effort to maintain that weight. You can also use AAT to teach your children a healthy way to eat. Appetite awareness training is not a diet; it is a different way to make decisions about when to eat and when to stop eating. You don't have to follow a diet plan at all, but the approach is compatible with reasonably balanced diet plans so you can use a "diet" (a specific food plan) if you want to do so. AAT teaches you to "Eat with your stomach, not with your head." Using stomach cues helps protect you from the tempting, tasty food that is so easily available. Participants will learn to understand the biology of appetite and weight regulation so they can work with their body instead of fighting with it. The class will also involve active participation through appetite self-monitoring done outside of class. Dr. Craighead will conduct a weekly discussion online during the times indicated. Textbook is not included.
Instructor: Linda Craighead, PhD Professor of Psychology
8 sessions: Wednesday, September 30 – November 18
Additional Info: Please note that this is an online course.
Textbook: The Appetite Awareness Workbook: How to Listen to Your Body And Overcome Bingeing, Overeating, & Obsession With Food
The Sleep Class
in collaboration with The New York Times Knowledge Network
According to the National Sleep Foundation, up to 72 percent of us experience disrupted sleep at least a few nights a week. Designed to help people who have sleep difficulties, you will learn about sleep and ways to improve your sleep. The online workshop teaches poor sleepers how to modify stressful, inaccurate thoughts about sleep, change disruptive sleep behaviors, and improve the skills you’ll need in order to get a good night’s sleep. Dr. Carter will conduct a weekly discussion online during the times indicated. Textbook is not included.
Instructor: Ken Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
5 sessions: Thursdays, October 8 – November 5
Additional Info: Please note that this is an online course.
Textbook: Say Goodnight to Insomnia
Introduction to the Qur'an
in collaboration with The New York Times Knowledge Network
As the sacred text of Islam, the Qur’an is among the most influential books in world history. It is recited by millions of Muslims in daily prayer; inscribed on monuments, decorative plaques, and jewelry; quoted in literary works and popular speech in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay, and Swahili -- it permeates Islamic culture. Yet many are surprised to discover that the text relates the stories of Adam, Jesus, Abraham and other Biblical figures rather than the Prophet Muhammad and that the hero of the Qur’an is not Muhammad, but rather, Moses. In this course we will investigate the form and content of this fascinating text in English translation, exploring the text’s profound connections with the Bible and focusing on the Qur’anic theory of prophecy, the portrayal of figures from Jewish and Christian traditions, and the pre-Islamic Arabian material in the Qur’an.
Instructor: Devin Stewart, PhD, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Emory
5 sessions: October 12 – November 13
Additional Info: Please note that this is an online course.
Textbook: The Glorious Qur'an
