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The Venture Course in the Humanities provides adults facing economic barriers with a chance to start college. Modeled on the Clemente Course in the HumanitiesSM, created by educator and journalist Earl Shorris in 1995 and now an international movement, Venture is a year-long, introductory humanities course taught by university and college faculty in Salt Lake City and Ogden. Venture includes sections in literature, American history, art history, philosophy, and writing/critical thinking. Successful students of Venture in Salt Lake City will receive credit from Westminster College in Salt Lake City. In Ogden, Weber State University provides credit for Venture. Venture will be held Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Horizonte Instruction and Training Center (1234 S Main St), beginning in September. In Ogden, the Venture Course meets 6:00-8:00 p.m. from September through April at Ogden-Weber Community Action Partnership (3159 Grant Ave). Residents of Ogden wishing to apply for Venture should contact Shannon Butler, 801-626-6424 or sbutler@weber.edu or apply online by clicking the following link: Residents of Salt Lake City should contact Jean Cheney, 801-359-9670 or cheney@utahhumanities.org or apply online or through the mail at the links below
Curious about Venture?
Click an icon below to watch an 11 minute streaming video featuring interviews with graduates of the first Venture Course in the Humanities. |
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Major funding for Venture is provided by:
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Or read a Deseret News feature article about Venture by Elaine Jarvik
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Or, to hear Jeff Metcalf, English professor at the University of Utah and on the Venture faculty, talk about his experience teaching Venture students, click on your prefered streaming audio format below. For Students: |
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"Read an essay from a Venture alumnus about the profound effect the course has had on his life”: 
