Welcome to Freshman Composition II, which I also like to call "Writing in the Outer Limits." This
second-semester writing course asks you to enter the most discussed, written
about, and watched form of entertainment in the 21st century: science fiction.
Not necessarily the spaceships-and-aliens kind (though we will consider that),
but also the kind that uses the future, technology, and other worlds to help us
examine our own. In the end, we only look to the future to understand who we
are or want to be when we get there. And for many people, we’re already there,
exploring a brave new world where computers chart the far-reaches of space and
even our phones can predict the weather. Through our discussions and writings,
I’ll challenge you to consider some of the ‘hot topic’ conversations of our
century, and become a better writer and thinker in the process. You’ll also
read some pretty interesting books!
Required
Texts: (a) Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2016; (b) Anderson
See you in class!
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