Science Fiction & Fantasy

Course Level: College Preparatory

Credits: 2.5

Grade Level: 12

Prerequisite: Refer to Level Placement Policy

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This semester course allows students to take a critical look at the genres as well as their roles in society. It will dive into speculative fiction that deals with both imaginative and futuristic concepts as well as magical and supernatural elements. Through the study of this literature students will explore how it can create fantastical and metaphorical worlds and how those narratives can be used as a conduit for real human emotion and experience.

Possible texts: Scythe, Hunger Games, Farenheit 451, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Lord of the Rings/Hobbit

*This course is eligible as a replacement for any one (1) semester of an English IV standard course for students who have thus far met all graduation requirements