Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2019
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FWIS 198 001 (CRN: 14069)
ASTRONOMICAL AMBITION
Long Title: ASTRONOMICAL AMBITION: EXPLORING SCIENCE, SPACE, AND THE STARS THROUGH LITERATURE
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: McAdams, Alexander L.
Meeting: 10:00AM - 10:50AM MWF (26-AUG-2019 - 6-DEC-2019)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
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: 15
Section Enrolled: 14
Enrollment data as of: 19-APR-2024 9:15AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
16-DEC-2019
9:00AM - 12:00PM M
Description: This course asks students to consider how the humanities and scientific disciplines approach truth, knowledge, and new dimensions of space, time, and thought. Students can expect to read material spanning from the J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek, to Isaac Asimov’s short stories, to works of scientific fiction that span millennia.