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Current and Upcoming Modules

In-progress Month: May 2025   •   Confirmed Month: June 2025

Voting Month: July 2025   •   Spotlight Month: August 2025

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August 2025 Modules

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Stay tuned! The full list of candidates will be available here by August 10th.

August 2025 contains spotlight modules. These are upcoming modules which we advertise in advance on Blackberry, featuring one module from each of our sectors. If these modules are added to your wishlist, we will let you know when they are available for voting or enrollment.

Module Preceptors Days and Times Status Format Sector Portals
Meeting Mondays & Fridays at 8:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25 Candidate Discussion-based • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies Film Studies
JRR Tolkien
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 7:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Candidate
vote by July 1
Discussion-based • Medium intensity Language Advanced Languages
Germanic Studies
Ancient Greek 1 First in the Series
Meeting Mondays & Tuesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 Spotlight Confirmed Mixed Lecture/Discussion • High intensity Language Beginning Languages
Meeting Mondays & Wednesdays at 9:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27 Spotlight Candidate Discussion-based • Medium intensity General Humanities Anime
China
Classical Literature
Cultural Studies
East Asian Studies
Ethics
Fantasy
History
Japan
Le Guin
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Poetry
Religious Studies
The Middle Ages
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Spotlight Confirmed Discussion-based • Medium intensity Creative Writing Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Year of the Novel
Meeting August 1, 2, 3 according to this plan:
Friday, August 1st at 8:00 PM Eastern for two hours
Saturday, August 2nd at 10:00 AM for three hours
Saturday, August 2nd at 3:00 PM for six hours, including a supper break together
Sunday, August 3d at 1:00 PM for three hours
Candidate  Intensive
vote by July 1
Discussion-based • High intensity Creative Writing Collaborative Feedback
Creative Writing
Skills
Workshops
Pre-recorded lectures will be supplemented by live meetings Sundays at 12:00 noon Eastern for four 1-hour sessions on August 10, 17, 24, 31 Candidate  Hybrid
vote by July 1
Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Low intensity General Humanities History
The Middle Ages
Viking Age
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 11:00 AM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Candidate
vote by July 1
Discussion-based • High intensity Fantasy Studies British Literature
Fantasy
Pre-recorded lectures will be supplemented by live meetings Thursdays at 10:00 PM Eastern for four 1-hour sessions on August 7, 14, 21, 28 Spotlight Confirmed  Hybrid Mixed Lecture/Discussion • Medium intensity Fantasy Studies Adaptation Theory
Film Studies
Science Fiction
Video Games
Meeting Mondays & Thursdays at 7:30 PM Eastern for eight 1-hour sessions on August 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28 Candidate
vote by July 1
Discussion-based • Medium intensity Language Advanced Languages
Beginning Languages
Conversational Languages