- All reading and writing assignments are due on the days listed.
- Except for some films, all texts not available through the College Bookstore will be provided in-class or on our OpenLab course site (including readings on writing process/strategies to accompany our in-class writing workshops and help you with your assignments). It is your responsibility to print out these texts and bring them to class with you (you can print for free at the college’s computer labs). It is mandatory to have the assigned texts printed and in class when we are discussing them. If you don’t, you will be considered absent for the day.
- Additional texts/assignments may be added throughout the semester to supplement the texts listed here.
- Some weeks require a heavy amount of reading and/or writing, so I encourage you to plan ahead.
- Always consult this dynamic Schedule on our OpenLab site for the most up-to-date version of the schedule, access to readings, and more detail about assignments.
| Date | Focus | Reading/Writing (Due on Date Listed) |
| Th 8/25 | Introduction to Course, OpenLab, & Science Fiction
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 8/30 | What are the Elements of Fiction?
What is Science Fiction? Writing Workshop: active reading (annotation, asking questions, making notes, defining vocabulary, identifying claims/evidence) |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 9/1 | Writing Workshop: finding/incorporating textual evidence
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 9/6 | Writing Workshop: blogging & paragraph structure and development (topic sentences, transitions, claims, evidence)
Class Notes: Johnny
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 9/8 | Â Class Notes: Alex | Read/Watch
*Make sure you actively/close “read” this film the same way you would for a printed text (short story or novel). You should take notes as you watch the film, annotating it (looking up words you don’t know, taking notes, asking questions, noting down elements of fiction, writing down quotes–cited by the time (minute:second), making claims). Bring these notes to class with you, and come ready to discuss specifics of the film (including pieces of textual evidence). Blog/Due
*Remember to use specifics from the text (film) in your response, transcribing the exact quote (or stating accurately the scene) and citing the movie by the time (minutes:seconds). |
| Tu 9/13 | Â Class Notes: Rino
*W 9/14: Course Withdrawal period begins; A grade of W is assigned to students who officially drop a course. |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
|
| Th 9/15 | Class Notes: Jovan
*Sun 9/18 5pm: Science Fiction event at Brooklyn Book Festival (extra credit opportunity!)
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 9/20 | Â Class Notes: Ruben | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 9/22 | Â Class Notes: Daniel | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 9/27 | Â Class Notes: Joselin | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 9/29 | Â Class Notes: Tajay | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
|
| Tu 10/4 | No Classes Scheduled | |
| Th 10/6 | No Class (CUNY Monday) | *Two Extra Credit Opportunities: Watch movie versions of Brave New World and blog in response (due by 4pm on Tu 10/6) |
| Tu 10/11 | No Classes Scheduled | Â Blog/Due
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| Th 10/13 | Â Class Notes: Marco | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| F 10/14 | Class Notes: Cody
Review for Midterm Exam Class Held (CUNY Tuesday)
|
Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
| Tu 10/18 | Â Class Notes: Ghasan | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 10/20 | Â Class Notes: Duran (Everyone, please help crowdsource these notes!)
*National Day on Writing (extra credit opportunity!) |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 10/25 | Class Notes: Danny | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
**(optional) Extra Credit Opportunity: Blog on #WhyIWrite for the National Day on Writing (posts due by Su 10/23 at 11:59pm) |
| Th 10/27 | In-Class Midterm Exam
*Professor Belli away at conference (Class is Held: Professor Ellis Subbing) |
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| Tu 11/1 | Class Notes: Moises | Read/Watch
*there are a number of different versions, but we are watching the Final Cut, 2007 **You may have access to the film another way, but if not, the City Tech library has a copy that you can watch in the library [it is a four disc set: again, make sure you watch the Final Cut, 2007]
Blog/Due
|
| Th 11/3 | Writing Workshop | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
*This is an individual mid-semester reflection on your development as a critical thinker, reader, writer throughout the course to date. How has your knowledge of/thinking about the purpose/power/scope of Science Fiction developed as a result of the readings/discussions in this course? What beliefs/assumptions have been challenged (or reaffirmed)? What new ideas have you encountered? Why? How might you apply this knowledge to other areas of study (or society as a whole, or your life)? What do you hope to learn more about in the second half of the semester?  There is no “right” way to do this, though your reflection should be a thorough and thoughtful (revised, proofread) piece of writing, and should be a minimum of 750 words. |
| Tu 11/8 | Writing Workshop | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 11/10 | Class Notes: Rino
*Course Withdrawal period ends; Last day to drop a course with a grade of W
|
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 11/15 | Science Fiction Archives | Read/Watch
Blog/Due |
| Th 11/17 | Discussion of Final Project; Peer Review of Proposals | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 11/22 | Class Notes: Joselin | Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 11/24 | College is Closed: No Classes | Â |
| Tu 11/29 | *City Tech Science Fiction Symposium
*Final Project Conferences with Professor Belli |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 12/1 | *City Tech Science Fiction Archive: Class Meets in Library
*Final Project Conferences with Professor Belli |
Read/Watch + Blog/Due
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| Tu 12/6 | Futures Past Archive (Science Fiction Digital Archive)
In-Class Final Project Presentations
Class Notes: Emmanuel |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 12/8 | In-Class Final Project Presentations
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Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 12/13 | *Reading Day (NO CLASS) | Â Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Th 12/15 | Final Project Peer Review & Writing Workshop
*Final Examinations |
Read/Watch
Blog/Due
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| Tu 12/20 | *Final Examinations | Blog/Due
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