Instructor:
Prof. Frederick
M. Walter (ESS 459; 632-8232;
fwalter at astro.sunysb.edu)
HON 114 is a 1 credit Honors College Seminar. We will focus on
"hard" science fiction as a venue with which to explore our universe.
Prerequisites: None.
Expectations:
Students are expected to have done the assigned readings
prior to the class meeting.
Course Description :
This is a 1 credit seminar.
We will meet for two hours once a week for seven weeks, September 11 through
November 13. We will not meet on October 16 or November 6. I'd like to reserve
November 6 and 20 available in case I need to postpone classes.
Syllabus: click here
Attendance Policy : Students are expected to attend all
seven class meetings.
One absence will be permitted with a valid excuse.
Short stories will all be available on-line through blackboard.
The reading for the first week,
Asimov's Nightfall,
is available on-line
(alternate download site here).
Grading :
Grades will be based equally on:
Office Hours: TBD, or by appointment.
Required books:
The required texts should be available in the University bookstore,
or can be ordered on-line.
A number of versions of this story are available.
It was first published in 1976. An unabridged version was released later.