Winter series of courses for lifelong learners
Coastal Senior College (CSC) is pleased to announce its series of winter 2026 courses in Knox and Lincoln counties. CSC offers lifelong learners the opportunity to expand their knowledge or to explore a wide range of topics from “The Loyalists in the American Revolution” to “Mid-Century Writers of the British Isles to “Our Wits, Their Genes – Epidemics and Infectious Diseases” and many more.
CSC will offer four- to eight-week courses, beginning the week of Jan. 13. Four courses will be in person at various locations throughout Lincoln and Knox counties and seven courses will be taught on Zoom.
Spring courses on Tuesdays include “Form in Nature and Design” (Zoom), “Let’s Repeat Ourselves — Poems” (Zoom), and “Piero Della Francesca: Painter, Mathematician, Philosopher” (Newcastle).
The Wednesday schedule lists “The Loyalists and the American Revolution” (Zoom), “The Dozen Years that Yanked Maine into the Modernity We Know” (Zoom), “Painting Backyard Wildlife in Watercolor Pencil” (Zoom), and “Troubled by the Troubles — Heaney’s Dilemma” (Damariscotta).
On Thursdays five courses are on offer: “Our Wits, Their Genes (II), Epidemics and Infectious Diseases” (Zoom), “Contemplating Infinity” (Zoom), “Mid-Century Women Writers of the British Isles” (Zoom), and “‘Paper Moon’ — The Story of Aviation and Spaceflight via Manuscripts” (Damariscotta).
The full catalogue of courses with detailed descriptions is now available on the College website under the heading of Winter Courses. Registration for the Winter semester will start on Tuesday, December 16. For information on membership, course registration, or teaching for CSC, and for detailed descriptions of all the courses and activities, visit the Coastal Senior College website at: www.coastalseniorcollege.org.
CSC members may also register for live or Zoom courses at any of the other 16 senior colleges throughout the state. CSC membership is honored at all colleges, with registration requiring only the course fee. Explore the Maine Senior College Network: https://www.maineseniorcollege.org
