Fall 2023 English Department Capstone: Time and Time Travel in Science Fiction

Kip Thorne’s 2015 illustration of the effects of quantum gravity.

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[CAPS] [M] Advanced Topics in Literature 3 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 6 hours. Course Prerequisite: Certified major in English; junior standing. Seminar with term paper project; focused studies in American, British, or global literatures.

Course Description

Lewis Mumford argues in Technics and Civilization that “[t]he clock, not the steam engine, is the key machine of the mod...