The calendar below provides information on course’s lecture (Lec) and lab (Lab) sessions.
| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Introduction |
| Lab 1 | Doctor Strangelove |
| Lec 2 | Fictions of War, Philosophy of War, History of War |
| Lab 2 |
Ran
Air Force |
| Lec 3 | WWII: Code Wars |
| Lab 3 | Akira |
| Lab 4 | Rumsfeld’s War |
| Lec 5 |
The New War Machines
Guest Speaker: Owen Cote, Associate Director of Security Studies at MIT |
| Lab 5 |
Eternal War Research Topics: Discussion of Final Papers and Projects
Control Room |
| Lec 6 | History of War Technologies/War Games |
| Lab 6 | War Games |
| Lec 7 | First-Person Shooters |
| Lab 7 | The Fog of War |
| Lec 8 |
Virtuous War
Guest Speaker: James der Derian |
| Lab 8 |
Virtual War
After 9/11 Wag the Dog |
| Lec 9 |
Man Machines: Race and War
Guest Speakers: Director Reggie Hudlin and Comic Artist Kyle Baker, Birth of a Nation Comic Book Project |
| Lab 9 | Birth of a Nation and Hearts of the World |
| Lec 10 | 21 Century War: The War in Iraq and the Branding of Terrorism |
| Lab 10 | Battle of Algiers |
| Lec 11 | Project Presentations |
| Lab 11 | Project Presentations (cont.) |
| Lec 12 | Project Presentations (cont.) |
| Lab 12 | Project Presentations (cont.) |
