Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: College Courses

Meeting: 8:00PM - 8:50PM W (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025) 

Part of Term: Full Term - No WL Purge

Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Course Type: Seminar

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Method of Instruction: Face to Face

Credit Hours: 1

 

Section Max Enrollment: 19

Section Enrolled: 18

Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99) 

Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.

Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 8:40AM

 

 

Final Exam: No Final Exam

 

Description: As technology has exponentially advanced over recent history, science fiction writers have tried to answer questions about the future of us. From alien contact to cyberpunk dystopias to galactic colonization, they have given us worlds upon worlds of futuristic possibilities to look upon and ask: will that be us and, more importantly, how would that change us? In this class, we will examine ideas like cloning and sentient AI within the context of the technology inspiring the art and the scientific knowledge that exists today. We will go hands on with demos of hover cars, genetic engineering, and more. We will put science fiction works from Frankenstein to Dune to the test to see how fictitious they really are and will be. And, you will create your own story about any of the many ethical issues in modern science to try and act as a check and balance, or an advocate if you so choose, for the relentless progress of scientific discovery. No background in STEM, creative writing, or any field, is required.