Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
FWIS 134 - RELIGION, TECHNOLOGY, MAGIC
Long Title: RELIGION, TECHNOLOGY, AND MAGIC
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: The course explores how new technologies transform religion and lead to emergence of new forms of spirituality, as well as how religion inspires imagination in ways that lead to technological innovation. Students will discuss the history of contested categories, such as magic, and their relation to the history of technology.