Fall classes run 8 weeks. Spring study groups start roughly mid March, again for 8 weeks. Summer sessions are 4 weeks. Between sessions, special events might include a lecture series, music presentations, day trips to such places as the Art Institute in Chicago, the Chicago Botanic Gardens, or a Shakespeare play. Top of Page 4 .
Study groups meet once a week and generally run two hours, with breaks as needed.
There are no exams, tests and no college credit is earned from these classes. Top of Page 5 . Humor, Science, Literature, Genealogy, Family History, Read short stories, using the Internet, Religions of the World, to name a few, along with other topics enough members are interested in studying together. Top of Page 6 . Generally fellow members of the ICL volunteer to coordinate study groups.