Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2011

     

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FSEM 127 001 (CRN: 16612)

IN THE MATRIX

Long Title: IN THE MATRIX: ON HUMAN BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
Department: Humanities Division
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 1:00PM - 3:59PM M (22-AUG-2011 - 2-DEC-2011) 
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 have matriculated during one of the following Academic Year(s):
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 6
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 15
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 7
Enrollment data as of: 16-MAY-2024 10:40PM
 
Additional Fees: None
 
Final Exam: Scheduled Final Exam-OTR Room
 
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, Baudelaire, 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.