V-1 DESTINATION: FREEDOM
A hard-hitting introduction to V-50.
One-day course
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-2 THE NATURE OF THE FREE WORLD
An excellent short course condensing many of the key concepts of V-50 and other longer courses of FEI.
One-day course
(three sessions)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-30 INVESTMENTS & INSURANCE
A practical course packed with workable ideas on how to get the most out of every dollar you earn, regardless of your present earning capacity. This course also provides a totally original investment approach that is the only one compatible with V-50, V-201, and P-100/101 and the other unique courses of this Institute.
21 sessions
(20 lectures, 1 workshop)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-31 CHAOS & PLUNDER vs. INVESTMENTS & INSURANCE
How you can attempt to utilize the durable principles of V-30 in a non-durable and increasingly coercive structure.
6 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-30

V-32 THE PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
Explains the use of the corporation structure for professional men and women.
One-day seminar/workshop No longer offered.
Lecturers: F. G. Marks and L. B. Taft, Jr.

V-50 THE BASIC COURSE OF THE VOLITIONAL SCIENCES
Developed from the original Course 100, upon which the Institute was founded. Now available only on tape.
19 sessions
(16 lectures, 3 workshops)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-50X SURFACE THE GIANT! – EXTENSION TO V-50!
For the first time since V-50 has been “cast in bronze” (the latter quotation (℗) R. C. Thomas, 1976, June), a supplement has been added in 1976. A major concept of V-50 (the Giant) is being elaborated upon (raised to the surface) to increase the comprehension and value of V-50 to each enrollee.
3 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-76 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THOMAS PAINE, AND YOUR FREEDOM
One of FEI’s all-time favorites! A course for the whole family. An excellent historical supplement (as well as introduction) to V-50. This course has been offered between 1962 and 1973 in 3, 4, and, finally, 5-session versions. It is available on tape in 5 sessions.
3, 4, or
5 sessions*
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-76E THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THOMAS PAINE, AND YOUR FREEDOM
This major expansion of V-76 was presented in 1976 as a Bicentennial Year addition to the permanent significance of the American Revolution. It provides a great deal more insight into this historically significant subject than the 3, 4, or 5-session earlier V-76’s.
13 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

P-100/101 PHYSICS – THE BASIS OF ALL KNOWLEDGE (formerly titled: Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Astronautics)
Presented by LIONS Tech.
Elementary physics from an advanced and most fundamental point of view.
45 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

V-100 COURSE 100: CAPITALISM – THE KEY TO SURVIVAL
The acorn from which the great oak has grown. This is the ancestor of V-50
20 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos

Φ-102 SELECTED ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN PHYSICS
Presented by LIONS Tech.
Additional advanced topics in physics beyond those covered in P-100/101.
21 sessions
PREREQUISITE: P-100/101 and V-201

V-111 MARX I vs. MARX II – FRAUD vs. FORCE – THE GREATEST FALSE ALTERNATIVE IN HISTORY – A GUIDE TO FLATLAND AND FLATLANDERS
This course analyzes one of the major problems for which V-201 is the solution. This course will add to the appreciation and value of V-201 and all subsequent Institute courses. You cannot understand the solution unless you understand the problem first.
17 sessions
(16 lectures, 1 workshop)
Lecturer: A.J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-100 or V-50

V-111X₂ (WITCHCRAFT AND SUPERSTITION)² RESULTING IN PERMANENT CRISISMANSHIP AS A RESIDUE SLUDGE DERIVED FROM NON-PROPRIETARY SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES
This special 3-session extension of V-111 was presented live in the fall of 1973. Because of its timely significance (on the energy crisis and the ecology crisis), it is available separately as a sub-course of V-111 to V-50 graduates
Anyone enrolling in the full course V-111 need not enroll separately in this extension since the 17 sessions of V-111 include these
three sessions as the final three sessions of the course.
3 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-113 NATIONAL SOCIALISM’S COERCIVE ECOLOGY AND PROTERITY
This course is an analysis of the nature of totalitarianism, it’s causes, its appeal to the masses, and its destructiveness. Contemporary lessons for our present world will be illustrated in detail. It is an essential part of your education to know the sources of danger to your civilization. You cannot understand the solution unless you understand the problem first.
21 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-120 SEMINAR ON MONEY
One-day seminar
(3 lectures)
Lecturers: A. J. Galambos, J. F. Smith
PREREQUISITE: V-50
NOTE: This course is presented only in conjunction with Course V-121.

V-130 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRIMARY INVESTMENT POTENTIAL OF THE KNOWLEDGE TO BE GAINED FROM THE COURSES OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
An integration of the functional interaction of the diverse courses of the Institute to unify this knowledge.
6 sessions
Lecturers: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-137 FLATLAND ACROSS THE SEA
Andrew and Suzanne Galambos show you Europe and the Middle East against the background of V-50 — something no guidebook or travelogue can ever do. A unique experience. An international ideological experience.
8 sessions
Lecturers: A. J. Galambos & Suzanne Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-140 A REVIEW OF THE PRINCIPLES OF V-50
V-140 will compact and focus for you the valuable intellectual treasure that is within V-50. The more you actually understand V-50, the greater will be your additional value from V-140.
3 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-175 JANUARY 10: BIRTHDAY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
A remarkable course-in-an-afternoon (in original live presentation on 1976, January 10) to commemorate the single most important day in American history.  Commemorates the day the American Revolution began with a tribute to its author.
3 short sessions (totalling 5 hours)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

V-201 THE NATURE AND PROTECTION OF PRIMARY PROPERTY
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COURSE OF THE INSTITUTE. IT IS BASIC TO ALL THAT FOLLOWS TO BUILD A DECENT WORLD! Now available only on tape.
51 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50

F-201 This is the original V-201: THE NATURE AND PROTECTION OF PRIMARY PROPERTY
An ideological “museum piece” first presented live in Fall 1964. This version is presented in all its 12-session brevity plus the 4-session Primary Bookkeeping Seminar. This course stands in relationship to the more recent V-201 presentations in the same manner as the original 1903 Wright Brothers’ “Flyer” does to the modern jetliner. The more recent aeroplanes fly higher, faster,
longer, and more smoothly and produce more market support. But they both fly, and the original design is just as correct, in principle, as its descendants. F-201 may be taken only by graduates of the longer version of V-201.
16 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

VC-203 SPACELAND CHILD-REARING (WHILE STILL LIVING IN FLATLAND)
VC-203 could be the course upon which the future of mankind may depend. This course’s principal purpose is to develop some high-quality and highly qualified individuals in the next generation who will have the motivation, the ambition, and the determination to move as close to the hot end as their talents will bring them.
42 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

V-212 THE INTEGRITY CONCEPTS OF V-201 APPLIED AS PERSONAL ETHICS IN FLATLAND AND SPACELAND
How to apply the ethics and principles of V-201 to your personal life, professional life, relationships with family, friends, and associates. This is a major application of V-201’s contract technology.
22 sessions
(21 lectures, 1 workshop)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

V-215 POSITIVE (PRIMARY) MARRIAGE: THE PRIME PERSONAL CONTRACT
V-201 contract technology applied to this most important and intimate contractual relationship. Techniques that can increase the success potential, quality, and durability of a marriage.
10 sessions
Lecturers: A. J. Galambos & Suzanne Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

V-219 THE NEGATIVE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM A POSITIVE POINT OF VIEW
An historically unique course showing, for the first time, how the rationality and integrity taught in FEI courses can be used to interpret U.S. history and improve future developments.
32 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

PV-224 THE DURABLE COSMOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ALBERT EINSTEIN:
This short course started on and commemorated the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s birth on 1979, March 14. The significance of Einstein’s work upon the historical future of mankind is developed in the course together with the positive and negative alternative applications of his legacy.
4 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

V-225 THE COSMOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TERRESTRIAL AVIATION (A course on Wilbur and Orville Wright)
The theory of primary property in action! A totally unique commemoration of the 75th anniversary of aviation. An expanded understanding of the achievement of Wilbur and Orville Wight. Original live presentation: 1978, December 15-17
7½ sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

PV-226 FELIX EHRENHAFT – A GIANT IN OUR TIME A CONTEMPORARY DISCUSSION OF SUPPRESSION OF GENIUS
This lecture was presented on the 100th anniversary of the birth of this major physicist whose work has been either calumnied or totally ignored. Original live presentation: 1979, April 24
1½ sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

PBVS-230 STABILIZED DURABLE GROWTH
Stabilized durable growth is more easily developed by an individual than freedom — which is a universal concept. To approach stabilized durable growth within the individual not only helps the onset of a stable and durable society with freedom as a by-product, but it achieves a higher quality pursuit of happiness now. A challenging new development in volitional science.
50 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-30 and P-100/101 or P-100/101 and V-201

V-240 A REVIEW OF V-201 TOGETHER WITH ITS RELATIONSHIP TO V-50 AND OTHER TOPICS
This course highlights for V-201 graduates the universality of the powerful principles of V-201.
7 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

V-250 THE V-201 EXPANSION OF V-50X
V-50X adds materially to volitional science. V-250 develops the significance of this material to add to V-201 and its comprehension and practical applications.
3 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-50X and V-201

PVSC-260 EXPLICITNESS: THE TOOL FOR COMPETENT COMMUNICATION
Improper, inadequate, and incomplete communication is the principal source of contractual, personal, and societal blunders apart from short-term behavior and immorality. Explicit communication is absolutely essential to build up the hot-end potential.
40 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

PBVS-273 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SUBVOLITION (PRIMARY PSYCHOLOGY) – PART I
Volitional science and physical science principles extended to the field of subvolition (psychology). A rational approach to an enormous subject. The Institute’s first course which combines physics, biology, and volition.
40 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

PBVS-274 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF SUBVOLITION (PRIMARY PSYCHOLOGY) – PART II
The continuation of the subject begun in PBVS-273. Many major solutions appear in this course.
40 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: PBVS-273

V-282 POSITIVE HISTORY
POSITIVE HISTORY incorporates the applications of the theories of volition and primary property to the new world that is dawning. This is a history-making (not a history-teaching) course.
19 sessions
(18 lectures, 1 workshop)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

VC-283 POSITIVE JOURNALISM (COMMUNICATION)
This course is a major application of V-201 principles to every aspect of communications. The applications in this course are totally necessary to reach the far side of the bridge to freedom. This material must be understood by those who are rational and moral to build such a bridge properly. This course is vastly more important than the title implies.
28 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-20, recommended V-282 before, during, or shortly after.

V-285 POSITIVE PRODUCTION
This course develops in detail the main work to be done by those who actually plan to BUILD the durable civilization! This course is an absolute essential to hot-enders, and even to those who aspire to swim upstream. Basically, this course shows how to bring Step 2 of the Ideological Program into operational harmony with Step 1, the hot end — the top of the line!
43 sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITE: V-201

Φ-QEC THE OPEN-END COURSE
Presented by AJG/Special Lectures.
Monthly Sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITES: V-201 and by individual invitation only.

Φ-OESC THE OPEN-END SPECIAL COURSE
Presented by AJG/Special Lectures.
This series covers even more sensitive topics than does THE OPEN-END COURSE.
Sessions As Announced
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITES : Continuing enrollment Φ-QEC and by individual invitation only.

Φ-BFSC THE BACK-FLOW-STREAM COURSE
Presented by AJG/Special Lectures.
Quarterly Sessions
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITES: Continuing enrollment Φ-QEC and by individual invitation only.

STIP SERIES: SELECTED TOPICS BY INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION
Presented by AJG/Special Lectures.
These are individual (relatively short) high density courses on special topics.
(NOTE: In some instances, you may not be able to discern the topic from the title.)
Lecturer: A. J. Galambos
PREREQUISITES: All STIP SERIES courses (unless otherwise indicated) have V-201 as a prerequisite. Additional
prerequisites are listed with the specific STIP SERIES course if and when they are applicable.

STIP-1 BASKETWEAVING
2 sessions

STIP-2 A LECTURE ON NOTHING
5 sessions

STIP-3 MEMORIAL LECTURE NO. 3 ON JOSEPH B. GALAMBOS
1½  sessions
NOTE: Memorial Lectures No. 1 and No. 2 are Φ-OEC, Sessions 2 and 15 respectively
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: By individual invitation only, after Φ-OEC, Sessions 2 and 15

STIP-4  A LECTURE ON THE IMAGINARY WORLD
3 sessions

STIP-5 THE DEVIL AND GOD
6 sessions

STIP-6 COMPASSION vs. RATIONALITY AND THE QUALITY OF THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
6 sessions

STIP-7 PESSIMISTIC BUDGETING
6 sessions
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: PBVS-230 and V-231.
NOTE: This course, at this time, has the largest prerequisite requirements in the INSTITUTE. Because of the prerequisites of PBVS–230 and V-231 the actual prerequisites are eight courses (two requiring individual invitation): V-30, V-50, P-100/101, V-201, PBVS-230, V-231, and Φ-OEC, the last two being by invitation only.

STIP-8 BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
12 sessions
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITE: STIP-6

GUEST COURSES IN THE VOLITIONAL SCIENCES
(These courses are no longer available and are listed here for historical record only.)
V-1001 – Guest lecturer: Ludwig von Mises (1962)
V-1002 – Guest lecturer: Leonard E. Read (1962)
V-1003 – Guest lecturer: Spencer Heath* (1962)
V-1004 – Guest lecturer: F. A. Harper (1963)
V-1005 – Guest lecturer: Spencer H. MacCallum (1964)

* This course was scheduled for presentation during the Spring 1962 semester. However, because of Mr. Heath’s advanced age, his sudden health failure, and his subsequent death, this course was never actually presented, and all advance tuition payments were refunded. The Institute is preserving this course number as a tribute to and in memory of the late Spencer Heath.

All courses of THE FREE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE carry the basic prerequisites of curiosity and rationality.

Courses preceded by the letter “P” refer to courses in the physical science faculty.
Courses preceded by the letter “B” refer to courses in the biological science faculty.
Courses preceded by the letter “V” refer to courses in the volitional science faculty.
Courses preceded by the letter “S” refer to courses in the subvolitional science faculty.
Courses preceded by the letter “C” refer to courses in the communications faculty.

Courses preceded by more than one letter (such as “PBVS”) refer to courses which encompass more than one science.

For courses which encompass all the faculties: P, B, V, S, and C, the symbol Φ has been substituted for brevity.

Many of the Institute’s advanced courses are preceded by the Greek letter Φ (phi) which refers to the totality of knowledge or total physics as distinct from the P- designation which refers to the classical physics of the non-living part of the universe. For example: the Institute’s basic course in physics is P-100/101. This is classical physics. Because physics is expanded far beyond the classical
domain in Φ-102, the designation Φ is now used. The concept that all knowledge is physics or it is not knowledge at all is unique to the Institute.

The designation P.I. refers to post-integration, the time elapsed since Isaac Newton’s publication of Principia Mathematica in the year 1687 (Christian Era). This positive designation by Professor Galambos is intended to replace the mystical basis and nomenclature of the past history of man and to establish a rational calendar, with each new year beginning on the vernal equinox. It should also be noted that the naming of days, weeks and months, etc., will follow the same rational reasoning.

The Institute’s standard guarantee, which is reprinted below, applies to each course  (except Φ-OEC, Φ-OESC, Φ-BFSC, and V-231 which have separate guarantees disclosed to those enrolled).

IF, AFTER HEARING EVERY SESSION OF THIS COURSE IN ITS ENTIRETY, YOU DO NOT AGREE THAT YOU RECEIVED BOTH YOUR TIME’S WORTH AND YOUR MONEY’S WORTH, YOUR TUITION WILL BE REFUNDED IN FULL. THIS, OUR STANDARD GUARANTEE, REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE FINAL SESSION OF THE COURSE AND SEMESTER IN WHICH YOU ORIGINALLY WERE ENROLLED. REFUNDS, UPON REQUEST, ARE PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THE GUARANTEE IN ALL INSTANCES EXCEPT WHERE AN ENROLLEE HAS NOT PAID HIS OWN TUITION IN FULL.