The calendar below provides information on course's lecture (Lec) and lab (Lab) sessions.
Course Calendar
| 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.) |