Welcome to the Clemente Course!

The  Jefferson Clemente Course is an affiliate of the Clemente Course in the Humanities®, a nationally acclaimed, free, college-level course in the humanities for low income adults.

The course is based on the belief that anyone, if given the opportunity and support, can acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to enrich and transform his or her life.

The Clemente Course provides a college-level humanities course — literature, history, history of art, philosophy and writing — taught by top-level college instructors, free of charge to qualified students.

Watch a short film about our course. 

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We are now accepting applications for our 2012 course.

Please go to “Application Process” and download the  application file.

The Jefferson County Clemente Course is part of a world-wide organization serving  low income people on five continents.  For more information on the Clemente Course in the Humanities, please visit the web site:

The Clemente Course in the Humanities

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