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September 2023 Modules

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Module Preceptors Days and Times Status Format Sector Portals
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 7:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Completed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
John Garth (Guest)
Patrick Lyon (Section 1)
James Tauber (Lecturer)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion Section 1 Meeting Thursdays at 10:00 PM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 7, 14, 21, and 28. Completed  Hybrid Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies JRR Tolkien
Dr. Sara Brown (Section 2)
John Garth (Guest)
James Tauber (Lecturer)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion Group 2 Meeting Thursdays at 11:00 AM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 7, 14, 21, and 28. Completed  Hybrid Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies JRR Tolkien
Dr. Sara Brown (Section 3)
John Garth (Guest)
James Tauber (Lecturer)
Discussion Sessions: Discussion Section 3 Meeting Thursdays at 3:00 PM Eastern for four 1-hour discussion groups on September 7, 14, 21, and 28. Completed  Hybrid Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies JRR Tolkien
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 10:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Completed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies Creative Writing
Dune
Fantasy
Frank Herbert
Science Fiction
Worldbuilding
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Completed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Creative Writing Collaborative Feedback
Composition
Creative Writing
Fall Survey 2023
May Showcase 2023
Workshops
Sparrow F. Alden (Section 0)
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 6:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 31, September 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Spotlight Completed Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Creative Writing Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Skills
Workshops
Meeting Wednesdays & Fridays at 10:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 Completed Discussion-based • Low intensity General Humanities Adaptation Theory
Fairy Tales
Fall Survey 2023
Film Studies
JRR Tolkien
Monsters
The Middle Ages
Meeting Tuesdays & Thursdays at 5:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28 Completed Discussion-based • Low intensity Language Beginning Languages
East Asian Studies
Japan
Japanese: From Zero - 3 Continuing Series
Meeting Tuesdays & Fridays at 9:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 1, 5, 8, 12, 19, 20, 22, 26 Completed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Language Anime
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Japan
Linguistics
Latin in a Year 8 Continuing Series
Meeting Tuesdays & Thursdays at 6:00 PM Eastern for seven sessions on September 5, 7, 12, 19, 21, 26, 28. Please note: on the 12th and 19th, sessions will begin at 5:30 and run for 90 minutes. Completed Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Language Beginning Languages
The Greco-Roman World
Meeting Mondays & Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27. Spotlight Completed Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Low intensity Fantasy Studies Children’s Literature
Ecocriticism
Le Guin
Old Norse 3 Continuing Series
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 31, September 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Completed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Language Beginning Languages
Germanic Studies
Meeting Fridays at 8:00 PM Eastern for four 2-hour sessions on September 8, 15, 22, 29 Completed Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Low intensity General Humanities Ancient Middle East
Comparative Mythology
Fall Survey 2023
Religious Studies
The Greco-Roman World
Meeting Mondays & Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on September 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 Cancelled Discussion-based • Low intensity Fantasy Studies Fall Survey 2023
JRR Tolkien
May Showcase 2023
Meeting Tuesdays & Fridays at 1:00 PM Eastern for 1-hour sessions on September 5, 12, 15, 19, a 90-minute session on September 22, 1-hour on September 26, and 90 minutes on September 29.

​The topics will fall out in this manner:
5th - 1h - Visions
12th - 1h - Sublime
15th - 1h - Beauty
19th - 1h - Water
22nd - 90m - Mountains
26th - 1h - Animals
29th - 90m - Humanity
Completed Discussion-based • Low intensity Fantasy Studies Anthropocene
British Literature
Ecocriticism
Epic Fantasy
JRR Tolkien
Legacy
Literacy
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Romanticism
Travel Literature
Women's Studies