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Instructor:
Anastasia Salter
anastasia.salter@ubalt.edu
Office Hours:
12:30-1:30 Thursdays and by appointment

Grading and Assignments

Assignments will include short group presentations, response papers to class readings, an in class midterm exam and a final group design project. Grading is broken down as follows: 20% participation and in-class exercises; 20% short writing assignments; 20% midterm examination; 40% final project.

Each response paper will be a short, two to three page paper drawn from the assigned readings of the day and particular virtual world stimuli. All page standards are set for standard Times 12, double spaced.

Plagiarism, persistent absence (upwards of 3) or continual lateness are all grounds for failure.

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Final Project

A fully revised journal, edited based on feedback received throughout the semester, is due on April 27th. The presentation of this journal"virtual, illustrated, print, etc" is to be developed by each student to create a multimedia experience reflecting the ideas of the course.

Required Readings

Philip K. Dick. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Cory Doctorow. Little Brother.
Mark Meadows. I, Avatar.
Neal Stephenson. The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.
Bruce Sterling. Mirrorshades.
Charles Stross. Halting State.