ENGL-26123 credit hours

Science Fiction

English · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Fall Or Winter Or Spring, Every Year

ENGL-2612 prerequisites

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6 credit hours of First-year English

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ENGL-1000English 1A

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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)].

Lecture

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