Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2008
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FSEM 127 001 (CRN: 13356)
IN THE MATRIX
Long Title: IN THE MATRIX: ON HUMAN BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
Department: Humanities Division
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 10:50AM - 12:05PM TR (25-AUG-2008 - 5-DEC-2008)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Sophomore
Freshman
Section Max Enrollment: 8
Section Enrolled: 8
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 13
Enrollment data as of: 18-MAY-2024 5:37AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Using the film "The Matrix" as a point of reference, this course presents celebrated explorations of servitude and emancipation -- from religious mysticism to Marxism and artistic modernism. Texts by Lao Tzu, Farid ud-Din Attar, Plato, Freud, Marx, Beaudelaire, J.S. Mill, Proust, de Beauvoir, Malcolm, Baudrillard. Course taught in English. This course is limited to first-year students only, any others will be removed from this course. Cross-list: FREN 127.