This online course will screen and study the most important masterworks in science fiction cinema. Themes and representative works may include, but not limited to, space fantasy, futuristic world, alien intrusions, time travel, disasters, mental powers, biological sciences and mutations. We will also cover key concepts of Media Language, Audience, Institution, and Representation of Gender and Race.

Crosslisted with SLLC468M. Credit only granted for CINE459M, FILM459M, or SLLC468M.