Registration for the Winter term is now closed.  The Spring term will begin in April and registration will open in March.  Please write to DL@philosophyworks.org if you wish to be notified when registration is open.

WINTER 2012: ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING
10 WEEK INTRODUCTORY PHILOSOPHY COURSE

Deadline for Registration is January 13

Beginning: The Week of January 16th                                                                             Fee: $100

A course designed for thoughtful men and women who seek an understanding of the nature of humanity and of the world in which we live, this introductory course shows how great philosophic ideas of the past and present may be put to effective practical use in daily life.

The course inquires into the meaning of human existence; the levels of consciousness; natural law; thought, feeling and action; and mankind's functions and possibilities.

The introductory series of 10 lectures is offered three times a year: in January, April, and September. The online course, at one hour a week, covers the first five weeks of the traditional two-hour classroom's syllabus.

The School of Practical Philosophy is offering its Introductory Philosophy Course via an online, interactive distance-learning format. Not a text-based chat-room, this enjoyable format allows the entire class to be heard and seen via the internet. 

INTRODUCTORY CLASSES 

• Introductory Wednesday 3:00pm Eastern – this class will start Wednesday January 18, 2012 beginning at 8:00pm GMT / 9:00pm CET / 10:00pm EET / 3:00pm Eastern / Noon Pacific.

• Introductory Thursday 9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific – this class will start Thursday January 19, 2012 beginning at 9:00pm Eastern / 8:00pm Central / 7:00pm Mountain / 6:00pm Pacific.
   
• En español - Curso de Introducción Online, comenzará el jueves 19 de enero a las 20,30  GMT +1. Las sesiones duran, aproximadamente, una hora cada jueves.

If you have completed the introductory class and are interested in continuing using the online classroom format, click the orange Register Now button to be taken to description of additional classes being offered online.

About the Distance Learning offering:

We have gotten numerous inquiries -- either from former students who moved away from the cities in which the classes are offered in traditional classrooms, or from people who have heard or read about the school and want to attend but again are located far away from where the classes are held today.  At present, students attend the online classes from several continents (North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe) and timezones from Pacific (GMT-8) to Eastern European (GMT+2) to India (GMT+5.5) to Australia (GMT+10).

 Technical requirements
a) You need to have a broadband (i.e., cable or DSL high-speed) internet connection.
b) You will need a decent quality headset (NOT a separate microphone and speakers, nor a built-in webcam microphone), or a good quality speaker phone with echo-canceling capability.
c) Your PC must be relatively new (less than 5 years) and not a MAC (sorry Mac lovers, the service we are using is not directly compatible -- you can use a Mac if you can emulate XP by using Bootcamp or other emulators on your Mac; click here for instructions for Mac users).
d) You will need a webcam.
Here is a link to some recommended equipment.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to DL@philosophyworks.org.