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In Brief

Summary of Course Components

Required Texts

James Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells, 1977 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).

James Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein, 1979 (New American Library), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).

James Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here, 1979 (New American Library), 1996 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).

James Gunn, ed., The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here to Forever, 1982 (New American Library), 1997 (White Wolf), 2002 (Scarecrow Press).

David Hartwell, ed. Visions of Wonder: The Science Fiction Research Association Reading Anthology, 1996 (Tor Books).

Gardner Dozois, ed. The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twenty-third Annual Collection, 2006 (St. Martin's Griffin).

Recommended Text

James Gunn, ed. The Road to Science Fiction #5: The British Way, 1998 (White Wolf).

James Gunn, ed. The Road to Science Fiction #6: Around the World, 1998 (White Wolf).

James Gunn, Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction, 1975 (Prentice-Hall).

Number of Lessons: 10

Number of Written Submissions: 11 (10 writing assignments and course plan or research paper)

Maximum Number of Writing Assignment Submissions per week: 1

Do not submit writing assignment 2 until your instructor has returned writing assignment 1 to you, and you have read the comments. After that you do not have to wait until the previous writing assignment is returned to submit your assignment; however, do not submit more than one assignment per seven-day period.

Supervised Exams: 1, the final

Time allowed for exam: 3 hours
Aids allowed for exam: none

Before you apply to take the final exam, all the writing assignments in the course and the course plan or research paper must be submitted. Your application for the final will not be processed until all assignments have been received in the Student Services office.

Grade Distribution

Writing assignments 50%
Course plan or research paper 25%
Final exam 25%

You must pass the final exam to pass the course

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