ClassInfo - Spring 2019 Cultural Stdy/Comparative Lit Classes

Spring 2019 | CSCL 3335 Section 001: Aliens: Science Fiction to Social Theory (54500)

Instructor(s): Matthew Hadley
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:: UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019

Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM

UMTC, East Bank

Nicholson Hall 110
Enrollment Status:: Open (22 of 48 seats filled)
Also Offered:: (Tentative) Spring 2025
(Tentative) Fall 2023
(Tentative) Fall 2022
(Tentative) Fall 2021

Course Catalog Description:: Do interactions with people from other countries affect fears, anxieties, and desires about beings from other worlds? In whose interests are "aliens" used? Novels, radio broadcasts, and films considered from perspectives of sociology, philosophy, psychology, literary criticism, and history.
Class Notes:: This course was previously listed as CSCL 3465 under the same title. CSCL 3465 and CSCL 3335 are equivalent.
Class Description:: Are we alone in the universe? Do aliens actually exist? Are they here right now? While these questions are fun and engaging, this class will build on our fascination with the extraterrestrial to address issues related to this planet. How have conspiracies of other-worldly life played a role in communities on this world? How do fears of the alien other (whether extraterrestrial or human) factor into our social, political, and cultural identities and formations?
Who Should Take This Class?:: If you have an interest in science fiction and alien life and enjoy thinking and talking about philosophical questions about who and what we are, this is your class.
Class Format:: 30% lecture; 50% discussion and projects; 20% top secret
Workload:: 40-60 pages of reading per week. Periodic writing assignments and group projects.
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/54500/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 14 November 2018

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