Course Library
All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are available FREE OF CHARGE. After clicking the “Course Details” button to open a course, you will find the YouTube links for the course session(s), and in newer courses, links to any handouts that might have been provided, at the bottom of the course description. Simply click the link(s) to get to the YouTube Video recording.
ENJOY!
- with Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2023
- with Doug Levin
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Recording Now Available!) Join Doug’s class and learn why beaches erode and how rip currents work. You will examine globally collected sand samples, or your own, and learn how to analyze their differences.
- with Bettye Maki
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: 2026Winter
What is it like to camp in the African bush for 12 days? Do animals come into your camp? Join one of our most frequent adventurers to find out!
- with Suzanne Sanders
- & John Miller, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2025
- with Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2025
- with John H. Miller, Ph.D.
- & Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2024
- with Sharika Crawford, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER. RECORDING IS AVAILABLE. Learn what ended the worldwide Caribbean turtle fishery of a century ago and why this is a cautionary note for the sustainability of fishing the Chesapeake.
- with Joseph Prud’homme, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2026
NEW DATE! Discover the competing visions of America and the consequential thinkers who shaped the writing of our Constitution.
- with Dr. Raymond Vergne
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2025
- with John Miller Ph.D.
- & Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
See how the fast-paced comedy with interwoven plots of romance, mistaken identities and practical jokes make Twelfth Night one of the most popular and admired of all Shakespeare’s plays.
- with Mark Mulligan
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023
- with Stephen A. Goldman, DDS
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2024
- with Sam VanNest
- & Suzanne Sanders
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2025
- with Bruce Purdy
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
(Recording Now Available!) Learn how Smart Growth can create a Resilient City, ready to survive crises and face future shocks and stresses from climate change, growing populations, and depleted energy sources.
- with Jody Rennie
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Agatha Christie is known for her clever and intelligently written novels. Join us as we explore three of the Queen of Crime’s detective mysteries in the style of a classic book club.
- with Paige Davis-Perez
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2026
Learn the craft of needle felting while creating fun, whimsical pieces of spring‑themed art!
- with Thomas Broussard, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Join acclaimed author and public speaker, Thomas Broussard, Ph.D., as he shares his own stroke experience from the perspective of a stroke survivor. This two session course will cover neuroplasticity and how to help the brain repair itself. OFFERED AT NO CHARGE.
- with Thomas G. Broussard, Jr., Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2022
- with Kathy Marconi
- & Jerry Marconi
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: 2026Winter
Join Kathy and Jerry for an immersive journey through the breathtaking Swiss Alps—from the serene shores of Lake Geneva to the towering peaks of the Matterhorn and Jungfrau.