SCIENCE FICTION AND DYSTOPIAS

This elective course is designed to increase students’ knowledge of the literary genre known as Science Fiction. The course will feature novels and short fiction that depict future worlds, handle the complex ethics of future sciences, and present challenges that arise from new technologies. Emphasis will be on dystopias, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, human/genetic modification, and human psychology in a futuristic environment. Authors might include Mary Shelley, Ray Bradbury, H.G. Wells, Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler, Margaret Atwood, etc.

 

Pre-requisite: Completion of English 2 & instructor recommendation. Must be in 11^th or 12^th grade.

Credit: 0.25