Science Fiction
English · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Fall Or Winter Or Spring, Every Year
ENGL-2612 prerequisites
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Description
This course explores the literature identified as 'science fiction' in an attempt to define its characteristics and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses. While the texts include some Utopian and satiric fantasies of earlier centuries, the course concentrates on science fiction since H.G. Wells.
Requisite courses
6 credit hours of First-year English, including ENGL-1001(6) or ENGL-1000(3) [prerequisite(s)].
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