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FILM 343 Speculative Media Studies: Fictions, Fans, and Franchises Units: 3.00
A survey of speculative media, working around three organizing themes (fictions, fans, and franchises), this class will introduce key issues in speculative media studies. Students will explore various sub-cultural and popular SF or speculative genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, alternative history, and speculative futures.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (FILM 236/3.0 or FILM 240/3.0 or FILM 260/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Acquire skills to engage in critical analysis of speculative media.
- Critically articulate in academic writing the implications of speculative media in relation to representation, authorship, audience, and/or capital.
- Engage transmedial fandom through participant observation.
- Evaluate speculative media practices, personally, and globally.
- Navigate and parse divergent perspectives on speculative media content, form, and cultural impact.
- Understand speculative media from a perspective of fiction, fans, and franchises.