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Undergraduate Course: Exploring Science Fiction (LLLG07011)

Course Outline
SchoolCentre for Open Learning CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryScience fiction is a rich and exciting genre that uses the development and inventions of science and new technology to explore fundamental questions regarding what it means to be human. This course explores a number of great works of science fiction across the 20th century, using literature as a starting point for wider discussions about society. Authors include H.G Wells, Ursula le Guin, Isaac Asimov and Dorris Lessing.
Course description Week 1: Introduction to Science Fiction



Week 2: Aldous Huxley - Brave New World (1932)



Week 3: Stanislav Lem - Solaris (1961)



Week 4: J.G. Ballard ¿ The Drowned World (1962)



Week 5: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ¿ Hard To Be A God (1964)



Week 6: Ursula Le Guin ¿ The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)



Week 7: D. G. Compton - The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe (1974)



Week 8: Doris Lessing - Memoirs of a Survivor (1974)



Week 9: Philip K. Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968)



Week 10: P. D. James - The Children of Men (1995)
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  16
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: ¿ demonstrate a working knowledge of the vocabulary and narrative conventions of science fiction; ¿ discuss the history of science fiction, its cultural and political context, and of contemporary developments in the field; ¿ read actively rather than passively.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Rachael King
Tel:
Email: Rachael.King@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Kameliya Skerleva
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Kameliya.Skerleva@ed.ac.uk
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