Reading Schedule

READING SCHEDULE

*Schedule subject to change. You are always encouraged to read ahead, as sometimes the reading load is heavier than at other times. Please look ahead and plan wisely for these times.

Week One - TIME TRAVEL

Th 2/1 Course Introductions

HW: purchase all books; read up to page 75 in Kindred

Week Two 

T 2/6 

HW: read to page 125 in Kindred

Th 2/8 

HW: read to page 200 in Kindred

Week Three - AI/THE SINGULARITY

T 2/13

Th 2/15  Essay #1 Introduction

HW: finish Kindred; read this four page excerpt from Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave

Week Four

T 2/20 

HW: read up to page 75 in The Stepford Wives

Th 2/22

HW: complete Essay #1 rough draft

Week Five 

T 2/27 Essay #1 Rough Draft Workshop (bring two printed copies to class for Workshop)

HW:  finish The Stepford Wives

Th 3/1 
HW: complete final draft of Essay #1

Week Six - Dystopias, Surveillance, & Totalitarian Regimes

T 3/6 Essay #1 final draft due on Moodle only; watch Advantageous

Th 3/8 watch Advantageous

HW: read "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas"

Week Seven

T 3/13 Introduce Essay #2

HW: read A Handmaid's Tale to page 75

Th 3/15
HW: read up to page 228 in Handmaid's Tale over the break; begin Essay #2 rough draft over the break

Week Eight

Tu 3/20 SPRING BREAK

Th 3/22 SPRING BREAK

Week Nine

Tu 3/27 

HW: finish A Handmaid's Tale; complete rough draft of Essay #2 for workshop

 *Th 3/29 Essay #2 Rough Draft workshop

HW: complete final draft of Essay #2

Week Ten

Tu 4/3 Essay #2 due; Black Mirror

HW: read The Hunger Games to page 100

Th 4/5 introduce Report from the Future

HW: read Hunger Games to page 200

Week Eleven

Tu 4/10 *1:30 class observation

HW: read The Hunger Games to page 300

Th 4/12 Black Mirror

HW: finish The Hunger Games

Week Twelve - Climate Change 

Tu 4/17

HW: read up to page 58 in Annihilation

Th 4/19

HW: read up to page 119 in Annihilation

Week Thirteen

Tu 4/24

HW: finish Annihilation; Report from the Future Analytical Essay and Creative Component due WEDNESDAY 4/25 by 9 pm on Moodle 

Th 4/26 Presentations


Week Fourteen


T 5/1 Presentations

Th 5/3 Presentations; Evals

Week Fifteen

T 5/8 Presentations; Party

Final paper due via Moodle by May 11th at 6 pm.