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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2024
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FWIS 107 001 (CRN: 15222)
IN THE MATRIX
Long Title: IN THE MATRIX: ON HUMAN BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Wood, Philip
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR (26-AUG-2024 - 6-DEC-2024)
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: 16
Section Enrolled: 12
Enrollment data as of: 17-JUL-2025 6:54AM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
12-DEC-2024
7:00PM - 10:00PM R
Description: Using the film "The Matrix" as the 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 Beauvior, Malcolm X, Marcuse, Baudrillard.