Title: | Imagine the Future |
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Course Section Number: | FRT-101-16 |
Department: | Freshman Tutorial |
Description: | What will the world look like when you're 30 years old? 50? 100? Will the current nation-states still exist? Will you be able to vote in free elections? Own property? What world will the people in 802,701 inhabit? Will there be people on our planet in 1000 years? Writers and filmmakers have been asking and creatively answering such questions for a long time. 正规赌钱软件app will read what they have to say and analyze the social, historical, and political contexts for such themes as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, alien invasion, climate change, pandemics, and fascism. 正规赌钱软件app will read speculative fiction and graphic novels by H.G. 正规赌钱软件applls, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood, and others, and we will watch movies, including Cloud Atlas and Interstellar. After that, you will write a script for your own speculative film or podcast about the year 3000. |
Credits: | 1.00 |
Start Date: | August 21, 2024 |
End Date: | December 14, 2024 |
Meeting Information: |
08/22/2024-12/12/2024 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 09:45AM - 11:00AM, Room to be Announced
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Faculty: | Szczeszak-Brewer, Agata |
Course Status
Section Name/Title | Status | Dept. | Capacity |
Enrolled/ Available/ Waitlist |
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FRT-101-16
Imagine the Future |
OPEN | Freshman Tutorial | 16 | 0 / 16 / 0 |