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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2026
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ENGL 199 001 (CRN: 24290)
OUTER SPACE AND THE HUMANITIES
Long Title: OUTER SPACE AND THE HUMANITIES: LITERATURE, CULTURE, AND THE ARTS FROM GALILEO TO NASA
Department: English and Creative Writing
Instructor: Regier, Alexander
Meeting: 8:30AM - 9:45AM MW (12-JAN-2026 - 24-APR-2026)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 99
Section Enrolled: 4
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 25-NOV-2025 9:00AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Description: Space – including Outer Space– is all around us: we inhabit it, travel through it, explore it, write about it, legislate it, share it, fight over it, and are endlessly fascinated by it. Consider the Political and Corporate Space Races, Black Science Fiction, Space and Race, Space Tourism, Space and Religion, Space and Ecology, Space Trash, Space Law, amongst many other topics. In this course we will discover how these topics of Outer Space connect with the imaginative and creative arts, especially in literature, arts, film and culture.