Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; research, 3 hours
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Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor
Description: Considers the alien in science fiction studies as an image of both alterity (Otherness) and a reflection on what it means to be human. Topics include alien contact, societies and languages, and the deliberate modifications of both humans and aliens. Utilizes short stories, novels, and film.