SCHEDULE UPDATE (as of 4/22/15):

4/29: Movie Night!

5/6: Discuss the movie. Begin discussion of Module 7 readings + “The Women Men Don’t See” and the Imaginary Worlds podcast, “The Mysterious James Tiptree”. Optional: “On Venus, Have we Got a Rabbi” by William Tenn (read by the author—a little more than hour long)

5/13: Module 7 paper due, finish discussing Module 7 readings

5/20: Final Projects Due

Your final project will essentially be your story of what this class has done for your understanding of Science Fiction. Here are some options:

1) A straight review of the course: a chronological review of the course readings and your responses to them.

2) Write it as a story/narrative: for instance, you can make yourself a character as an explorer of science fiction, or you can write an origin story/epilogue/alternative chapter of one of our stories, or you can write a short screenplay where you imagine a dinner party attended by characters from various stories…

3) An annotated bibliography–a list of everything we read (and even stuff we didn’t read) with your comments

4) Make a video–can be animated, a narrative, a documentary-style video…

5) Have another idea? Let Joe or Jenny know what it is, but it must illustrate some of the themes developed during the course, and it must be approved by Joe (so make your proposals early).

***NOTE***: If you decide to do something creative/unconventional, you must include a cover letter (less than a page) explaining how your project illustrates some of the themes from the course.

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March 4: start module 3, module 2 papers due

March 18: Start module 4, module 3 papers due

April 1: start module 5, module 4 papers due

April 15: start module 6, module 5 papers due

April 29: start module 7, module 6 papers due

May 13: start module 8, module 7 papers due

May 20: final projects due

	Module One”What if?”Welcome and Introductions	Where do we stand and where will we go?	Weeks 1-2
	Module Two”To Boldly Go”Space Exploration and Space Colonies	“The Cold Equations,” Tom Godwin “It’s Great to be Back” Robert Heinlein “Down and Out On Ellfive Prime” Dean Ing The Martian Andy Weir	Weeks 3-4
	Module Three”The Star Beast”Animals and Aliens…What is Human?	“Send Me a Kiss by Wire” Hilbert Schenk “Dolphin’s Way” Gordon Dickson “Davey Jones’ Ambassador” Raymond Gallun Hominids Robert J. Sawyer	Weeks 5-6
	Module Four”I, Robot”Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life	“The Last Question” Isaac Asimov “The Life and Times of Multivac” Isaac Asimov “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (film) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Phillip K. Dick	Weeks 7-8
	Module Five”Childhood’s End”Coming to Faith and Coming of Age	“I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” Harlan Ellison “The Star” Arthur C. Clarke “Weyr Search” Anne McCaffrey Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card	Weeks 9-10
	Module Six”The Past Through Tomorrow”Time Travel	“Light of Other Days” Bob Shaw “The Very Slow Time Machine” Ian Watson Terminator 2 (film) Kindred Octavia Butler	Weeks 11-12
	Module Seven”The New Romancers”The New Wave, Cyberpunk, Gender and Race	“Johnny Mnemonic” William Gibson “Nine Lives” Ursula LeGuin The Female Man Joanna Russ	Weeks 13-14
	Module Eight”Five-Year Mission”Overview and Envoi	Final Projects	Week 15