California State University, Los Angeles California State University, Los Angeles 8 courses
The Minor in Science Fiction (SF) provides students the opportunity to study this popular and important genre while completing their general education requirements. Students in the minor will study the history of SF in literature, film, and television, and explore the traditions of SF as they intersect with ongoing cultural debates about race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class, and other social categories that structure identity. Students will also study how science and culture interact through SF to shape our understandings of exploration, progress, and the future. Program requirements: Students must take two courses to give them a basic foundation in the major media histories of science fiction; Students must take four directed electives. At least one course must be taken in “Social and Cultural Dimensions of Science,” at least one course must be taken in “Traditions of Science Fiction,” and at least one course must be at the 4000-level. Advisement Students interested in the minor should confer with an advisor in the Arts and Letters Advisement Center (on the second floor of the Music Building) or the Department of Liberal Studies (ET A405).
History of Science Fiction Courses (6 units)
1. Social and Cultural Dimensions of Science
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 4670 | Human Evolution in Pop Culture | 3 |
| LBS 3860 | Gender in Science (also listed as WGSS 3860) | 3 |
| LBS 4200 | Cultures of Science (also listed as NATS 4200) | 3 |
2. Traditions of Science Fiction
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