Our Course Structure

U3A Okeover structures its self-education as a sequence of wide-ranging courses, delivered both by members of the group and by invited experts. There is great variety in the topics offered. (See a sample of past courses). Approximately 50 members attend each course.

Our year has four terms, with sixteen courses altogether

U3A Okeover runs three terms of ten weeks, with two-week “holidays” between terms as school terms used to be. Then there is a final fourth term of only three or four single-theme sessions.

A ‘course’ is presented in five Thursday-morning sessions, normally exploring several aspects of a common theme, such as (say) I Have A Story To Tell. There may be one presenter but more often there is one for each session. The fee for a five-session course is currently $20.00.

To offer members even more choice, alternatives are offered in our two rooms. For example, if Course A on I Have A Story To Tell doesn’t appeal to you then perhaps Course B on There Is No Love Sincerer Than The Love Of Food may. You can select only one of the two. This gives members choice between two concurrent courses throughout the year, a feature that makes U3A Okeover distinct from other U3As.

Prior to each term members choose which of courses A or B they wish to attend in the first five weeks of the term and which of courses C or D they wish to attend in the second five weeks of the term.

The year is rounded off with November courses. On each of three or four Thursdays there are one-session courses from which to choose. These courses cost only $5.00 each.

For example: