Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Minor
Catalog pages 431
Subject abbreviation: SFTS College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Committee in Charge
Sherryl Vint (English) Jayna Brown (Ethnic Studies) Dana Simmons (History) Tamara Ho (Gender and Sexuality Studies) Nalo Hopkinson (Creative Writing) Eric Schwitzgebel (Phiilosophy) Milagros Peña, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences, ex officio
Supporting Faculty
Derek Burrill (Media and Cultural Studies) Stuart Krieger (Theatre, Film and Digital
Production) Margherita Long (Comparative Literature) Juliet McMullin (Anthropology) Yolanda Moses (Anthropology) Lisa Raphals, (Comparative Literature) Robin Russin (Theatre, Film and Digital
Production) Chikako Takeshita (Gender and Sexuality Studies) James Tobias (English) Susan Zieger (English) Milagros Peña, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social
Sciences, ex officio
The minor in Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies explores the intersections linking science fiction studies, science and technology studies (STS), and technoculture studies. The program examines the histories and cultures of science, technology, and medicine to understand the role that culture has always played in the production of science and the reciprocal way that changes in science and technology have shaped culture. The program uniquely emphasizes the role of popular culture and the genre of science fiction in partricular in mediating public understandings of science, serving as an imaginative testing ground for technological innovation, and articulating hopes and anxieties regarding technocultural change. Drawing on faculty from across CHASS, the Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies minor enables students to develop a critical understanding of the cultures of science and their dialectical exchange with contemporary popular culture.
- 1. Upper-division requirements (24 units)
- a) Four (4) units from SFTS 001
- b) Sixteen (16) additional units, selected from
the following groups. Students must take at least four (4) units from two of the three groups. GROUP ONE: Fine Arts; selected from CRWT 162; CRWT 172; MCS 146; MCS 151G; MCS 153 (E-Z); TFDP 166C.
GROUP TWO: Humanities; selected from CPLT 118; CPAC 132; ENGL 179A; ENGL 179B; ENGL 179C; ENGL 179D; ENGL 179T; JPN 184; HIST 105; HIST 107; HISA 147; PHIL 137; PHIL 167. GROUP THREE: Social Sciences; selected from
ANTH 143; ANTH 162; GSST 106; GSST 161; GSST 185; GSST 187; GSST 189.
- c) Four (4) units from SFTS 193 (senior
seminar)
All students must take the introductory course and the senior seminar. There is no required order in which elective courses must be taken but credit in SFTS 001 is required for entry into SFTS 193.
See Minors under the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for information on minors.