August 24 - Introduction, goals and contours of the course: What is the discourse of biotechnology? Contemporary Concepts: Gaia, Artificial Life, Genomics.
Assignment: Post email address to discussion board. Respond to class question, check out alife links.

August 26 - Lecture and Discussion - Artificial Life - its history and its character.

August 31 - Stories of alife from web sources - tamagotchi, etc

September 2 - Historicizing Artificial Life: Frankenstein

September 7 - Frankenstein

September 9 - Frankenstein

September 14 - Frankenstein

September 16 - First paper due

September 21 - Darwin, Origin of Species

September 23 - Darwin, Origin of Species

September 28 - Darwin, Origin of Species

September 30 - Darwin, Origin of Species

October 5 - Preston, The Hot Zone

October 7 - Preston, The Hot Zone

October 12 - No class, Fall Break

October 14 - Preston Hot Zone

October 19 - Gattaca

October 21 - Watson, The Double Helix

October 26 - Watson, The Double Helix

October 28 - Watson, The Double Helix

November 2 - Watson & Crick, "Genetical Implications of the Structure of Deoxyribonucleic Acid."

November 4 - The Fly

November 9 - Paper 2 Due, Jurassic park

November 11 - Jurassic Park

November 16 - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

November 18 - Androids

November 23 - Androids

November 25 - Dawn

November 30 - Dawn

December 2 - Dawn

December 7 - Roe V Wade

December 9 - Roe V Wade last day of class