| Course Title: Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Back to the Future of Writing and AI Technology' |
| Start Date: 09/09/2026 End Date: 12/22/2026 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2026 |
| Description: This course is designed as an upper-level humanities seminar on writing as a technology with a long history (cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and runes) and an interesting future within film, social media, and generative artificial intelligence. We will wade through various historical media and cultures of writing as a communicative and representational technology, then spend time thinking about contemporary forms such as emoticons and AI. Students will write and revise their own writing of sentences, paragraphs, and essays, and they will experiment with the affordance and detriment of AI as a cyborg author of thinking and writing. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Kate Singer | ksinger@mtholyoke.edu | |
| Amy Rodgers | 413-538-3038 | arodgers@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/09/2026 - 12/22/2026 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | TBA | TBA | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English or Film Media Theater, or the equivalent. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| NOPRI0001 | Used to identify non-primary sides of crosslisted courses for Workday conversion | |
| 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 |
| ENGL-382FW-01 Future of Writing & AI |
| FMT-330FW-01 Future of Writing & AI |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 0 | Available: 18 | 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. |