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Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies (SFFS)

Undergraduate Minor and Certificate

The Undergraduate program in Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies introduces students to the long history of dialogue between the sciences and the humanities and more, and is concerned with products of the human imagination that reflect on both the future and the past. While grounded in literature, this fundamentally interdisciplinary area of inquiry can range across numerous fields including Science and Technology Studies; Environmental Humanities; Philosophy; History; and others. Students intent upon numerous career paths will benefit from a firm grounding in interdisciplinary conversations bridging literature and the sciences, particularly at a time when the pace of technological and resulting social changes continues to accelerate to unprecedented levels. This expanding field of study promises to help better orient students in relation to an always unpredictable future.

Students may earn this minor or certificate by completing 12 credits in courses that focus on Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies. Students may choose from the content courses below to meet the 12-credit requirement.

The certificate is available to degree-seeking students, non-degree students, and working professionals. The minor is available to all undergraduate degree-seeking students and may be earned upon successful completion of the coursework below and the simultaneous completion of a bachelor’s degree at �鶹Ů��.

Of the 12 credit hours required, 9 must be at the upper-division level; at least 9 must also be completed at �鶹Ů��; and students completing the minor or certificate must earn a minimum overall �鶹Ů�� grade point average of 2.0 within the coursework required.

Required Courses (6 credits):

• LIT 3312: Fantasy Literature*
• LIT 3313: Science Fiction

Elective Courses (6 credits):

Choose two courses from below. In addition to the electives listed here, students may take one 3-credit special topics or other themed course focused on Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies, from any department, as approved by the director(s).

Regular English Department Course Offerings:

• ENL 3425: Backgrounds for British and American Literature* (as Mythology in Spring 2027)
• LIT 2310: Science Fiction and Fantasy
• LIT 3333: Literature of Adolescence
• LIT 4001: Literary Genres: Horror Fiction* (as Folklore in Spring 2027)
• LIT 3344: Detective Fiction*¹
• LIT 4001: Literary Genres: Spy Fiction and Film² repeat from above

Courses Outside the English Department:

• PHM 4133: Science Fiction and Philosophy
• SPW 4583: Género Policiaco

Other courses from across the College when a topic or theme may be SFFS-related.

Example Elective Courses Requiring Approval:

The courses below are often but not always offered with an SFF theme or considerable SFF content. Students should inquire with the director(s) before registering for one of these courses with the intention of it contributing to ensure you are taking a sections with significant SFF content.

• AML 4930: Special Topics such as “Superhero Comics”
• CRW 4930: Special Topics* such as Writing SFF, Fictional Worldbuilding, Writing Magical Realism
• ENG 3822: Introduction to Literary Studies* when taught by SFF faculty
• ENG 4114: Literature and Film* such as Science Fiction Literature and Film, Fantasy Literature and Film, and Horror Literature and Film
• ENL 2022: British Literature Since 1798 such as Ghosts, the Gothic, and the Supernatural
• ENL 4251: Victorian Literature such as Victorian Fantastic/Supernatural and the Gothic
• ENL 4930: Special Topics such as 21st-Century Medieval Monstrosity
• LIT 4192: Caribbean Literatures in English such as Caribbean Folklore
• LIT 4233: Postcolonial Literature* such as Postcolonial Literature: Ghosts, Hauntings, and Hidden Histories
• LIT 4434: Literature and Environment such as Climate Fictions
• LIT/AML/ENL 4930* such as American Pulp Science Fiction,��Postapocalyptic Literature, Afrofuturisms, the Graphic Novel, and Latinx SFF

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