After Hours Course Descriptors

Most of the courses listed here are available starting in October each year, although some start in January and also in April. Not all of the courses are offered every year and new courses may be added that are not shown here.

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Languages

• Arabic 1 (Beginners)
• Arabic 2
• Arabic 3
• French 1 (Beginners)
• French 2
• French 3
• French 4
• French 5
• German 1 (Beginners)
• German 2
• German 3
• German 4
• German 5
• Greek: Beginners Greek (Greek 1) - NB: This course is not currently available.
• Italian 1 (Beginners)
• Italian 2
• Italian 3
• Japanese 1 (Beginners)
• Japanese 2
• Japanese 3
• Japanese 4
• Japanese 5
• Korean 1 (Beginners)
• Korean 2
• Korean 3
• Korean 4
• Korean 5
• Korean 6
• Korean 7
• Korean 8
• Mandarin Chinese 1 (Beginners)
• Mandarin Chinese 2
• Mandarin Chinese 3
• Mandarin Chinese 4
• Portuguese 1 (Beginners)
• Portuguese 2
• Russian 1 (Beginners)
• Spanish 1 (Beginners)
• Spanish 2
• Spanish 3
• Spanish 4
• Spanish 5

Other Imperial after:hours Courses

• Abstract Strategy Games
• African Art Now
• AI-enhanced Storytelling Techniques in the Digital Age
• An Introduction to Science (short course)
• An Introduction to Western Philosophy
• The History of Botanic Gardens
• Discovering Classical Music: Late Beethoven
• Showtime
• Classical Music in Focus: The Twentieth Century
• Collecting Photographs
• Creative Writing - Short Stories and First Chapters
• Discovering Classical Music
• Discovering Opera
• Opera in Focus: Verdi and Wagner
• Discovering the Fine and Decorative Arts in the V&A Museum
• History of the Fine and Decorative Arts (Ranger’s House)
• Drawing and Painting from Nature
• Drawing for Beginners
• Watercolour Painting for Beginners
• Oil Colour Painting for Beginners
• Acrylic Painting for Beginners
• Manuscript Illumination for Beginners
• Printmaking for Beginners
• English Cathedrals: Art , Architecture and Legends
• Armed Conflics and Politics of the 21st Century
• Espionage, Terrorism and International Security in the Cyber Age
• Propaganda, Resistance and Underground Operations in the Second World War
• How to Make a Great Website
• Images, Visions and Dreams: Mediaeval Manuscripts and Visual Culture
• Inside Dante's Inferno
• Italian Renaissance Gardens
• Mediaeval Wonders: art, architecture, and tales of pilgrimage
• Music technology for beginners
• Learn to play the acoustic guitar
• Our changing planet: understanding climate change and its impact on the world
• Philosophical well-being through the philosophy of Buddha and Aristotle
• Machines, computers and art
•  Themes in Western Philosophy
• Philosophy for Psychotherapists
• Photography: Practical Photography
• Practical Business English
• Gardening Fundamentals for Beginners
• Spellbound A History of Magic and the Occult
• Strategic Thinking and Communication
• Study Skills in Art History
• Ten Great Western Philosophers
• The Art World: From Studio to Art Market
• Film and Cinema
• The Story of Modern Architecture
• The Story of Modern Art
• Western Art from Classicism to Impressionism
• Women and Art
• DNA and the Genetic Revolution
• The Brain - Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology
• The Body - In Sickness and in Health
• Images, Visions and Dreams
• Life in the Victorian Home