Honors 353: 002

Technology in American Society

Schedule

Week 1 (Jan 25-27): Course Intro: Cybernetics, communication, codes, and control.
Begin Wiener, Human Use of Human Beings Preface.

Week 2 ( Feb 1- 3): Wiener, ch 1-3
Feb 3: Feb 3: Movie and Pizza Night. Blade Runner. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 3 (Feb 8-10): Wiener, ch 4-8

Week 4 (Feb 15-17): Wiener, ch 9-11
Feb 17: Movie and Pizza Night. The Maltese Falcon. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 5 (Feb 22-24): Bush, "As We May Think"
Essay 1 due Feb 24.
Feb 24: Movie and Pizza Night. Forbidden Planet. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 6 (March 1-3). Prep for midterm exam.
Midterm exam March 3.
March 3: Movie and Pizza Night. No Maps for These Territories (William Gibson documentary) . 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 7 (March 8-10): Lessig Code. Ch 1-5

Week 8 (March 15-17): Spring Break

Week 9 (March 22-24): Lessig, ch 6-8, appendix
March 24: Movie and Pizza Night. Forbidden Planet. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 10 (March 29-31): Lessig, ch 9-11

Week 11 (April 5-7): Lessig ch 12-17; Lessig at OSCON 2002
Begin research projects
April 7: Movie and Pizza Night. Johnny Mnemonic. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 12 (April 12-14): Vinge "Technological Singularity."
Begin Gibson Neuromancer
April 13: Dr. Amelia Rutledge talks about Neuromancer and How to Read Science Fiction. 5:55-7:10, Lecture Hall 1.

Week 13 (April 19-21): Continue Neuromancer.
April 20: "Perspectives on Neuromancer," an interdisciplinary panel. 5:55-7:10, Lecture Hall 1.

Week 14 (April 26-28): Finish Neuromancer.
April 28: Movie and Pizza Night. The Matrix. 7:30 pm, Eisenhower Hall Multimedia Room.

Week 15 (May 3-5): Essay 2 due May 3.

Final exam time (Research projects due): Tues. 5/17, Noon

 

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