Schedule/Topics

 

m1ufp  Module One
“What if?”
Welcome and Introductions		 Where do we stand and where will we go?  Weeks 1-2
 m2ds9 Module Two
“To Boldly Go”
Space Exploration and Space Colonies
  • “The Cold Equations,” Tom Godwin
  • “Night’s Slow Poison” Ann Leckie
  • “Down and Out On Ellfive Prime” Dean Ing
  • The Martian Andy Weir (buy it!)
 Weeks 3-4
 m3an Module Three
“The Star Beast”
Animals and Aliens…What is Human?
  • “Jerry Was a Man” Robert Heinlein
  • “Dolphin’s Way” Gordon Dickson
  • “Davey Jones’ Ambassador” Raymond Gallun
  • Hominids Robert J. Sawyer (buy it!)
 Weeks 5-6
 m4robot Module Four
“I, Robot”
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Life
  • “Fondly Fahrenheit” Alfred Bester (radio play)
  • “The Life and Times of Multivac” Isaac Asimov
  • “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” (film) (in class!)
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Phillip K. Dick (buy it!)
  Weeks 7-8
 m5peewee 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 (buy it!)
 Weeks 9-10
 m6time Module Six
“The Past Through Tomorrow
“Time Travel
  • “Light of Other Days” Bob Shaw
  • “A Sound of Thunder” Ray Bradbury
  • Terminator 2 (film) (in class!)
  • Kindred Octavia Butler (buy it!)
 Weeks 11-12
 m7nwave  Module Seven
“The New Romancers”
The New Wave, Gender and Race
  • Underground Airline Ben Winters (buy it!)
  • “Nine Lives” Ursula LeGuin
  • The Female Man Joanna Russ (buy it!)
  • “The Women Men Don’t See” James Tiptree
 Weeks 13-14
 m8bgo  Module Eight
“Five-Year Mission”
Overview and Envoi		 Final Projects Week 15