The calendar below provides information on course's lecture (Lec) and lab (Lab) sessions.
SES # | TOPICS |
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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.) |