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A Learning Community at Wofford College |
Good science fiction is both good science and good fiction. In this learning community, we will read short stories by the best writers in the field, writers who know the principles of physics as well as the techniques of characterization and plot. We will discuss the stories from both a literary perspective, focusing on the conflicts and complexities of the human condition, and a scientific perspective, focusing on the physical rules that seem to structure our universe. In addition to reading great stories, students will be asked to engage in lively interdisciplinary discussions, participate in collaborative learning activities, analyze multimedia presentations and even create science fiction stories of their own. Themes explored within the community will include the possibilities of surviving on other worlds, of traveling vast distances, of manipulating DNA, and of altering the nature of reality itself. |
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Humanities 101B
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Physics 104A
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Preceptor
Achini Bandara |
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