Section Info: FMT-330EA-01

Course Title: Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Envisioning Apocalypse'
Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024
Term: Fall Semester 2024
Description: With ever more dire news about our planetary future hitting the headlines regularly, what better time to look at how human beings past and present have envisioned the demise of the earth or our species? In this course we will study representations of apocalyptic futures from illuminated manuscripts, from illustrated poetry, and from science fiction films that waver between hope for escape and doomsday scenarios. Along the way we will also take seriously nonfiction representations of global crises, analyzing how phenomena like climate change and galactic collision are represented across media forms, including infographics, visual models, digital memes, and documentary films
Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course
Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     Credits:4.00    

Faculty         Phone         Email address        
Hannah Goodwin             hgoodwin@mtholyoke.edu  

Meeting Dates         Method         Meeting days         Meeting times         Building name         Room     Frequency    
09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024   Discussion   Tuesday and Thursday   01:45PM - 03:00PM   REES - Reese   304   Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses        
Prereq: FMT-102 or FMT-104. Take previously   Required  

Comments        
Additional Comments        
Course Tags        
NXJRN0001   NXJRN: Nexus in Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse   This course is approved for the Journalism, Media, & Public Discourse Nexus track.  
CST0001   CSTH: Critical Social Thought major   This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.  
CST0001   CSTH: Critical Social Thought minor   This course has been approved to count towards the Critical Social Thought major and minor.  
FMT0002   FMT-TH: Theory   This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Theory area.  
FMT0004   FMT-CR: Critical Studies   This course has been approved to count towards the Film, Media, Theater major in the Critical Studies area.  

Cross-listed Sections        
None  

Course Availability
Section status: Closed     Capacity: 18     Enrollment: 19     Available: 0     Waitlist: 0

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List         Required         Publisher Full Price        
To be determined.                    

Additional Book Comments        
This is NOT the complete book list for this class.