The mission of the SPACE program is to provide numerous and varied opportunities for personal enrichment through learning. SPACE modules are designed to be academically serious but fun, focused purely on the love of learning and the joy of studying the material. SPACE provides fully online access to a serious but low-impact arena for learning, whether you are interested in building a systematic course of study or just pursuing eclectic interests.
Signum University believes in connecting learners with teachers, and with each other! SPACE modules, like all Signum classes, are based on real-time, online small-group discussion sessions. Our modules each last for one month and typically meet twice a week for an hour-long interaction under the direction of the module’s preceptor. Each module provides eight hours of class time.
If you have any questions about the SPACE program, please reach out to [email protected]
Learn more here or consult our Frequently Asked Questions document.
Embark today on your next learning adventure in SPACE!
• What is the Round Trip Special all about? In celebration of our first year in SPACE, we are offering a new promotion to help you take a Round Trip with us through December and into the New Year.
• Who is the promotion for? Our promotion aims to reward our SPACERS who regularly participate in our classes and to provide an opportunity to invite new friends to SPACE.
• How does the Round Trip Special work?
•• Round Trip Special for Regulars: If you enroll in a December module and Vote for a January module, we will give you a Bonus Token. (It’s a 3-for-2! Fly in December and January and get a Token on us!)
•• Round Trip for Newcomers: To help newcomers to SPACE get their “feet wet,” anyone who enrolls for their first class in December will get to cast a free vote for January! (It’s a 2-for-1! Fly in December and get January on us!)
• When is the Deadline? When will Rewards be issued? Since the voting period for January occurs now through November with the vote deadline on December 1, all Bonus Tokens and Free Votes will be manually added to your Blackberry Accounts during the first week of December, after voting closes. So, enroll in December (and vote for January!) and encourage new friends and family to do the same! If you have any questions about the SPACE program, please reach out to [email protected].
Blackberry is our enrollment and tracking system for SPACE. All token purchases, course registration, and candidate voting now occurs through Blackberry, so please remember to sign up.
In Blackberry, you can:
- Purchase Tokens
- Check how many tokens you have
- Enroll in Confirmed Modules using your Tokens
- Vote for Candidate modules
- Add courses from the Module Directory to your Wishlist to let us know which courses you’re hoping to take in the future
- View the modules for December, January, and February
- See your past enrollment history
- Indicate your availability to help with our scheduling
Step 1: Purchase Your Tokens
SPACE Tokens are each redeemable for participation in one SPACE module. Simply open the Blackberry registration system to purchase. SPACE Tokens never expire; you can use them whenever you like, and you can even give them away to friends!
If you would like to make a gift of one or more SPACE Tokens, first make your token purchase through Blackberry and then complete our Gift Form to let us know to whom you would like to gift the tokens.
Tokens
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Total Price
$150
$280
$390
$480
$550
$600
Price Per Token
$150
$140
$130
$120
$110
$100
Step 2: Choose Your Modules
- Enroll in Confirmed Modules: definitely running next month, and you can choose a Confirmed module right up until classes start.
- or Vote for a Candidate: offered for the month after that, will run if at least four students support it. The decision will be shared on about the 7th of the month before it runs.
- or Hang on to your Tokens, check out the Directory. The Communications Center will keep you updated!
Confirmed Modules for December 2022
Note: All listed times are in Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
December Confirmed List:
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CREATIVE WRITING SECTOR:
- Creative Writing: Weekend Intensive with Sparrow F. Alden
- Creative Writing Workshop with Sparrow F. Alden
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FANTASY STUDIES SECTOR:
- Japanese Fairy Tales and Children’s Literature with Pilar Barrera
- J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún with Carl Anderson
- Knewbetta’s Guide to the Silmarillion with Knewbetta and James Tauber
- The History, People, and Culture of Tolkien’s Númenor with Sara Brown
- The Last Airbender: The Comics with Keli Fancher
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LANGUAGE SECTOR:
- Advanced Language Portal
- The Old Saxon Hêliand I
- Continuing Cohorts for Language Learning:
- Beginning Greek 3 with Larry Swain
- Beginning Japanese 6 with Robert Steed
- Latin Readings for Advanced Beginners 3 with Faith Acker
- Old Norse 5 with Carl Edlund Anderson
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GENERAL HUMANITIES SECTOR:
- Gaelic History with Sìne Màiri MacDougall
- Introduction to Ancient Magic 2 with Shawn Gaffney
- Medieval Drama: Staging the English Bible with Liam Daley
- Poetry in Tolkien’s Time with Sørina Higgins
- The Witch-cult Hypothesis and Its Afterlives with Anna Milon
Weekly Schedule at a glance for those confirmed December modules:
Step 3: Wait for Confirmation
- If you chose a Confirmed module, the Communication Center will affirm your registration and put you in touch with your preceptor
- If you chose a Candidate module, you will hear by about the seventh of the month before it runs whether your chosen module received enough registrations and has become Confirmed. If it did not, you can choose one that did become Confirmed or hang on to your Token.
Step 4: Enjoy Your Class!
While you’re waiting for Step 4, we offer enhanced daydreaming as you imagine what you’ll explore next in SPACE!