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HUMA 651W: Humanities and Science: Humans, Robots & Machines Syllabus: Spring 2012

January 26: Course introduction January 28: Edison’s Eve

February 02: Villiers, Tomorrow’s Eve February 04: Villiers, Tomorrow’s Eve

February 09: Capek, R.U.R. February 11: Capek, R.U.R.

February 16: Metropolis (film) February 18: Metropolis (film)

February 23: Modern Times (film) February 25: Modern Times (film)

March 02: Asimov, I, Robot March 04: Asimov, I, Robot

March 09: The Stepford Wives March 11: Westworld

March 16: SPRING BREAK March 18: SPRING BREAK

March 23: Forster, “The Machine Stops” March 25: Forster, “The Machine Stops”

March 30: Wells, The Time Machine April 01: Wells, The Time Machine

April 06: Wells, When the Sleeper Awakes April 08: Wells, When the Sleeper Awakes

April 13: Bellamy, Looking Backward 2000-1887 April 15: Bellamy, Looking Backward 2000-1887

April 20: Bogdanov, Red Star April 21: Bogdanov, Red Star

April 27: Zamyatin, We April 29: Zamyatin, We

May 04: Sleeper (film) May 06: Course retrospective