Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Designated Emphasis
Catalog pages 427
Subject abbreviation: SFTS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Rob Latham (English), Co-Director Sherryl Vint (English), Co-Director Office, 1202 HMNSS rob.latham@ucr.edu; sherryl.vint@ucr.edu
Advisory Committee & Participating Faculty
Jayna Brown (Ethnic Studies) David Biggs (History) Derek Burrill (Media and Cultural Studies) John Fischer (Philosophy) Stephanie Hammer (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages) Tamara Ho (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Nalo Hopkinson (Creative Writing) Stuart Krieger (Theatre, Film and Digital Production) Tim Labor (Music and Media and Cultural Studies) Margherita Long (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages)iiya Juliet McMullin (Anthropology) Yolanda Moses (Anthropology) Lisa Raphals (Comparative Literature & Foreign Languages) Robin Russin (Theatre, Film, and Digital Production) Dana Simmons (History) Eric Schwitzgebel (Philosophy) Chikako Takeshita (Gender and Sexuality Studies) James Tobias (English) Susan Zieger (English) Designated Emphasis Requirements
The Designated Emphasis is a 12-unit interdisciplinary graduate course of study, requiring coursework across at least two departments. Two of the three required courses, if otherwise eligible, may count towards the student’s Ph.D. requirements.
- 1. All students must take ENGL 247 (4 units),
a core course that applies technoculture and science-and-technology studies perspectives to some text or context relevant to the student’s discipline. This course culminates in a 25-page research paper, thus fulfilling the research requirement of the Designated Emphasis. Students may petition to substitute another class that also requires a substantial research project in lieu of this core course.
- 2. Two (2) courses (8 units) selected from
ANTH 262, CPLT 272, CPLT 273, CPLT 275, CPLT 276, CWPA 255, ECON 268, ENGL 246, ENGL 248, ETST 243F, HIST 287A, MUS 251, MUS 264, and PHIL 237. Students may ask to count another course with relevant content as approved by the Designated Emphasis Directors. Students must select courses from at least two different departments or programs, one of which may be their home department. Undergraduate courses taken to fulfill these requirements must be accompanied by a 292 course with extra work mutually agreed upon by professor and student.
All requirements for the Designated Emphasis must be satisfied before a student advances to candidacy in their Ph.D. field; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is required for the award of the Designated Emphasis.