Course details

Name: ENLT - 378

Title: SCIENCE FICTION

Section: 01

Semester: Spring - 2017

Credits: 3

Description:
Science fiction is a “what if—?” genre, an exciting literature of ideas most broadly defined as “the impact of science and technology on society.” This course is a survey of mainly twentieth-century science fiction, investigating topics ranging from alien encounters and artificial life to utopias and dystopias, time and space travel, disasters and apocalypses, and evolution. We’ll be reading stories from an anthology, as well as a novel and some background material. Requirements: two short papers, a midterm, and a final exam.

Schedule: Monday,Wednesday From 8:15 pm To 9:30 pm

Graduation requirements:

• Any Literature (1e)
• Genre Study (Fiction)
• Post-1900 (1d)
• Women and Gender Studies (3c)
• Class Issues (3d)

Teaching Faculty: Galef David (galefd)

Is course canceled: No