ENGL2520 — Science Fiction: Reviews & Ratings

ENGL2520 (Science Fiction) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.

Traces the development of various science fiction themes, conventions, and approaches (human vs. machine, human/machine hybrids, alien encounters, colonizing other worlds, dystopian and postapocalyptic futures). Examines how science fiction explores what it means to be human and how self- and group identities are formed when measured against the idea of the non- or other-than-human.

Last taught

Fall 2025

Credits

4 Hours

Prerequisites

ENGL 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGL 1111 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1102 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1111 with a minimum grade of C or WRIT 201M with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1113 with a minimum grade of C or ENGW 1114 with a minimum grade of C

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Interpreting Culture

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